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Post by Annoying Twit Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:20 pm

This needs to go to someone with the skills to restore it, IMHO.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1980s-WESTONE-bass-guitar-made-in-Japan-MIJ-project-/231150470972?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35d1a4473c
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Post by Sgt. Vimes Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:27 pm

Holy crap on a cracker!
Sais the paint job on the front is decent! I'd hate to see the back close up.

Concord 1 yea?
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Post by contrahell Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:59 pm

Wow! What kind of twit would paint the fretboard green? Good guitars in the hands of bad people...........
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Post by corsair Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:18 pm

contrahell wrote:Wow! What kind of twit would paint the fretboard green?
 
Bear in mind Westone has the SX/MX Spectrum with both red and blue fretboards....  Laughing
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Post by Westbone Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:13 pm

For fooks sake.. affraid
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Post by The Chad Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:31 am

Ya'll don't recognize that bass?!   That's an artist signature, it belongs to this guy...

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Post by Westbone Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:11 am

Sounds fine that...

Kind of reminds me of the UK E bay fella that turns 7 stringers into 6 for people with sausage fingers.... Laughing
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Post by Annoying Twit Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:16 am

Brushy One String is great. I must get around to buying one of his albums.

Green painted fretboards on the other hand...
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Post by Annoying Twit Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:19 am

contrahell wrote:Wow! What kind of twit would paint the fretboard green? Good guitars in the hands of bad people...........

Not me. I'm just a regular twit. It takes a solid gold twit to paint a fretboard green.
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Post by Westbone Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:57 pm

Well someone likes it, currently going to cost them £16.04.

Look nice with an Astro Turf scratch plate... Twisted Evil
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Post by Westbone Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:01 am

Currently £43 all in.
Picked up minters for less than that...
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Post by challpa Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:08 am

Westbone wrote:Currently £43 all in.
Picked up minters for less than that...
fully understand but also understand some peoples desire to restore


I recently paid about  $150 AUS to get all the bits of a concord 1 6 string to AUS from the UK


too much by many standards but to me when I get her together the price wont matter
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Post by Westbone Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:15 am

Fair do's, it's all swings and roundabouts... Smile
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Post by Annoying Twit Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:52 pm

I'm actually hoping that someone has got their mind set on buying and restoring this.
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Post by hoax Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:44 pm

Then go ahead and buy it!!

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Post by Annoying Twit Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:50 am

hoax wrote:Then go ahead and buy it!!

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I was hoping that someone sufficiently skilled an experienced at restoration would buy it. That's definitely not me.
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Post by Barry Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:13 pm

Hey Twit, someone has to do something to bring it back to life eh? You couldn't possibly make it look any worse than it is already!

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Post by Sgt. Vimes Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:15 pm

Oh I don't know Baz, I'm sure M.D.Phillips could put a tele sc in there and make it a diddlybow for fat fingered players.
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Post by Barry Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:21 pm

Face Palm Roll on Floor Laff 

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Post by Westbone Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:14 am

Sgt. Vimes wrote:Oh I don't know Baz, I'm sure M.D.Phillips could put a tele sc in there and make it a diddlybow for fat fingered players.
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Post by Sgt. Vimes Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:45 am

lol! 

havent laughed so hard in ages!
is that M.D Phillips himself?
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