Yeah i have one i picked it up from my sis' friend who was in debt of bout £90, i paid a £10 for it.xD Black model its a bit worse for wear I don't blame you for keeping it, wish I still had mine. I don't know if I've seen the white model. Not sure what you paid for it? Maybe $32.50 but I sure hope it wasn't $3,250 for a Westone.īought a white one in 85, gave it to my daughter in 97, got it back in 2010, rehearsed with and was still pleased with the sound having used a Strat and a Les Paul, bought it from a catalogue back then for around £200.00 or something, i,m gonna keep it now I have a orange red one and it is excelent condition condition i payed $3,250 fo it and IT sound incredibly awsome You're right, they look good, feel good, and sound good. In general, most favour the SLM versions to the PCM ones and the documentation and models are better represented by the SLM versions. Pacific Coast often have an X on the headstock or the pickguard. Both companies often imported from the same source.
Pacific Coast Music's Electra logo was nearly identical to the SLM Electra logo from 1972 to 1975 except instead of the SLM gold text, a black text on a white background was used. Bernard Kornblum's Saint Louis Music (SLM) Electra brand competed with his own brother David Kornblum's California based Pacific Coast Music (PCM) Electra brand yet the two were not connected. SLM changed the brand to Alvarez (it's acoustic brand) and switched production to other plants, including Korea. By 1987 or 1988 Singer Sewing Machines had bought Matsumoku and killed guitar production. By the beginning of 1984, the brand became Electra-Westone and by the end of 1984 just Westone. In the fall of 1983, the Electra Brand becomes Electra Phoenix. Some Korean production began in the early 80's. By around 1981 ties with Matsumoku further solidified and decision eventually made to merge SLM's Electra brand with Matsumoku's Westone brand. Open-book headstocks changed to wave or fan shape by 1978. In 1975 the Tree-of-Life guitars debut with a leaf pattern carved into the top, and the Electra line expanded to 25 models. The first guitar, simply called The Electra, was a copy of the Ampeg Dan Armstrong lucite guitar and issued in 1971, followed quickly by a variety of bolt-neck copies of other brands. The Electra line replaces SLM's Japanese made Apollo and US made Custom Kraft lines. Most of the instruments were made by Matsumoku in Matsumoto Japan. Here's a site with a bit more information and pictures.Įlectra guitars were imported from Japan by St.
Pickups - Magnaflux I UBC (Unbalanced coil)Ĭontrols - volume, tone (Push/pull switch for coil tap) Machine heads - Gotoh TSA (Tremolo System Approved)
These Westone guitars are a great deal for the price and if you come across one, pick it up!ġ985-1987 Matsumoku built Westone Spectrum ST X135 It's a great sounding guitar and has plenty of tonal options with the coil tap switch. I found out it was made in 1985-1987 by the Matsumoku plant in Japan. I picked up this guitar in January of 2009 and it has a market value of $78.00.
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