Another revival of the brand came in 2010 when German company Musik-Meyer began producing Weston-branded copies of traditional instruments from other companies, such as the Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster and Gibson Les Paul. In 1998, renowned luthier Sid Poole built some prestige guitars in England under the Westone name. Many Westone guitars and basses have since become collectors items. Just the right amount of punch on full, and a very nice clarity on the cut without losing major volume. (Things have been dead here lately) Man, this 'UBC' sounds just great in this guitar, and without the need to add a tone pot. Though initially popularized as inexpensive, entry-level guitars particularly useful for students, the transition to Asian manufacturing in the 80s brought a fundamental change in production, with designers emphasizing features such as custom pickups and electronics. I brought the X125 in to work today and swapped out the GFS Crunchy Pat that I had installed sometime ago. Louis Music replaced the Westone brand name by Alvarez in 1991. With Matsumoku ceasing operations in 1987, production was moved to Korea in 1988 and most of the innovative models disappeared. I was very excited to take it home and try it with my own rig and after playing a bit and watching a video I shot of myself I couldnt help but feel like my tone hadnt changed at all. The majority of Westone guitars of the 1980s were made by the Matsumoku factory in Japan and imported by St. My main guitar was a MIM strat with three single coils and I just recently bought a Westone X125 which is a one pickup bridge humbucker guitar. In 1984, they merged both brands to make the "Electra-Westone" brand, before dropping "Electra" from the name entirely from 1985 onwards. They began importing the Westone-branded guitars to the United States as a replacement for their previous line of Custom Kraft–brand instruments manufactured for them by Kay and Valco since the mid-1950s.Įlectra was also a brand of St. Louis Music registered the Westone mark in the United States in 1976 to market Matsumoku instruments in the country.
The first guitars to bear the Westone name were made by manufacturers in East Germany and Italy until 1975, when Japanese company Matsumoku acquired the rights to the Westone name, producing acoustic guitars and copies of some US models. We source products from major marketplaces and smaller sellers and manufacturers for related categories.
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