Hello and meet my Westone Dimension iv

I just wanted to say hey everyone! Guess I am part of the family now  I was looking for an eye catching 80's shredder to add to the collection and was lucky enough to find this bad boy in super good condition.

It is beautiful and really very fun to play. I was a little disappointed in the tones as the variables with the push/pull pick-up settings was one of the reasons I sought the model out. It is harder to get a good chuggy metal sound than my LTD. Eclipse (Seymour-Duncan pickups) and it sounds a little "tin canny" for my tastes in general with distortion. Oddly it seems better fitted to clean channels. But I am still playing around with it and hope to land on the right tone soon (all part of the fun).

One thing is, although it has no dents, it does have some scuffs or what I call "dirty lines" on the star/fin tips. I can reduce them to an extent by rubbing with my thumb but I am concerned if I keep rubbing as hard as I am I will start to rub off finish. Any cleaning tips for this? (I know its hard without seeing what exactly the marks are like).

Thanks!

...it does have some scuffs or what I call "dirty lines" on the star/fin tips. I can reduce them to an extent by rubbing with my thumb but I am concerned if I keep rubbing as hard as I am I will start to rub off finish.

A lot depends on exactly what the marks are, but rubbing with your thumb will not rub the finish off! The finish on Westones is extremely tough.

Start simply, with warm water a little drop of dish washing liquid and a soft sponge. If they are dirty surface marks that should do it.

If the surface is scuffed or lightly scratched it should  respond to a fine rubbing compound followed by some car polish.

If it's scratched deeply you're into more intense work using several grades of wet sand paper, rubbing compound and polish.

Hey thanks Barry exactly the type of advice I was looking for. Much appreciated!

Pretty guitar!  

Thanks - I am really enjoying playing it and am getting more accustomed to its tone(s).

Ah my good man. I feel you need to embrace the Westone tone as it truly is. You can't try to make it what you want it to be. It is what it truly is as a Westone sound. Love it or leave it. To be honest I prefer it clean. If I want something more distorted I reach for the Westbury or ibenez. As for the marks on it? consider them love smudges! I know, Im weird!

I am looking for a replacement neck. I would like to keep it original but, I am having trouble finding one. Doe's anyone here have a resource for that?

Thanks,
Rick

Shplarf - I will stop resisting and go with the (tone) flow. Actually I am really getting into it! Playing it as much as my Eclipse and my dear (pawn shop bought) Squire Bullet Special lol.

Rickyg wrote:I am looking for a replacement neck. I would like to keep it original but, I am having trouble finding one. Doe's anyone here have a resource for that?

Thanks,
Rick

Hi Rick,
You are off topic here.

Please post in the appropriate Wanted Forum when looking for something in particular. This just confuses viewers and you will not get the proper exposure to your query.

Thanks