Guitar
Westone Rail Bass.
The neck and the two body components are made from Maple and
give it a good solid feel.
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Guitar
On the Rails. . . . . . .
Westone Rail Bass.
I have two of these fascinating basses, looked for ages to find one
and then another one turned up, so I thought I would grab a spare.
and then another one turned up, so I thought I would grab a spare.
Medium scale, so you can whizz up and down the board with ease,
if you are used to playing a 34" scale bass.
if you are used to playing a 34" scale bass.
The neck and the two body components are made from Maple and
give it a good solid feel.
The sliding pick-up really does show how important pick-up positioning
is, and without any electronic trickery, a lot of different tones can be
eased out of this bass, simply by moving the pick-up.
Anything from sort of a Jaco bark to a Reggae dub and loads in between.
The centre component hold the pick-up, volume control and output socket.
Clever, eh??
Anything from sort of a Jaco bark to a Reggae dub and loads in between.
The centre component hold the pick-up, volume control and output socket.
Clever, eh??
I'm sure there are others out there that do the same thing - the Gibson
Grabber being one of them.
I also have a Quantum Bass, which is part of the family - I will come back
later with that one.
There is a great site dedicated to Westone instruments.
http://www.westone.info/
I also came across this a few months ago - some interesting reading from
a man who was very much involved with Westone.http://forum.westoneguitars.net/general-f1/westone-us-design-development-history-t971.htm
A fun thing that is a very serious instrument.
Back with some more another day.
Cheers. :)
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A fun thing that is a very serious instrument.
Back with some more another day.
Cheers. :)
If you have landed on this page and you want to go to the
latest post, go here:
Latest post.
- 1980s Westone Rail Bass Headless Design With Sliding Pickup
guitarz.blogspot.com: Hello! I'm a casual bass player with a lifetime goal to eventually become a bit better than at the moment. I first heard about Westone's Rail Bass in your blog (http://guitarz.blogspot.fi/2009/04/westone-rail-bass.html),...
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Right, time to get back on track! This is a cracking 32" scale, Firebird inspired bass, made in 1977, by Ray Cooper. Although this bass is now 37 years old, almost to the day, Ray is still involved in guitars and has a list of customers that...
- Yamaha Bx-1 Headless Bass. . . . .
Right, back to the job in hand! Sorry there has been a lack of content, in recent weeks - a lot to do, at the moment. So, inside this case. . . . . . . . . . .is quite an unusual bass!! The Yamaha BX-1 Headless bass, I think the...
- Guitarz Blog And 61k. . . . . . . .
Hi to you all! All set for my 60,000th visitor and it passed me by! There have now been 61,000 visits to my collection blog - amazing. I have also had a listing on the Guitarz Blogspot, which if you haven't ever seen is here:Guitarz Blog This...
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Peavey Zodiac! Body, neck, two pick-ups, tuners and strings etc. . . . A neat package - just a nice bass. These are great basses to play. This one was my "Fireside Bass" for at least 6 months. "Fireside" because as well as having a great sound plugged...