They rapidly developed more advanced models using their own in-house technology and research & development.Īria first opened shop (started producing guitars/instruments) in 1963 in Matsumoku.
They had a good reputation after years or manufacturing for other makers. Westone was formed in 1981 as a division of Aria/Matsumoku factory to sell direct to dealer, good quality, low priced electric guitars. The Dan Armstrong models debuted in the Westone line in late 1989. There is one small ding in the back of the neck but it's not noticeable while playing. The pickguard shows general playing wear. There's very minor wear to the finish on the front which is a glossy black. The frets are somewhat large and in excellent shape. The action is fast and the neck is straight. Definitely heavy rock, metal, or even electric blues. Overall, it will work best for heavier sounding music. The pickups on this guitar are extremely hot. The fourth selector position is both pickups together and the 5th/final position is the front humbucker by itself which is extremely clean and rich sounding it'd even be nice for jazz-style work.
#1989 WESTONE GUITAR FULL#
The bridge pickup has three settings: humbucker (1st/rear position)-sounds full and very rich but biting, single coil one (2nd position), single coil two (3rd position). The neck position has a "Mini" humbucker rhythm pickup. The bridge pickup is a three coil custom "Rock Monster" "Maxi" pickup. The pickup selector switch has five positions. It points the opposite way which is indicative of the second generation production run. The headstock on this guitar is also different than the first models. The part nearest the bridge is cut unevenly. The pickguard looks like it was made by hand. The initial run of the Dan Armstrong Signature III line from 1989 used chrome bridge's, this one has a black bridge. The guitar was ultimately pulled from production. Although, it's possible this was a prototype model for the second generation headstock style. So they changed it but very few of the 3+3 tuner headstock models were made. The first edition had a 4 + 2 tuner configuration which, when debuted at NAMM, Ernie Ball claimed he owned the patent for that configuration of tuners. But it is a later run of the original Dan Armstrong Signature III guitars. Initially, we thought it was a prototype but it's probably not. It's from 1991 and was part of a very small run of Dan Armstrong-designed guitars from 1989-1991. It's a Dan Armstrong III and is extremely rare.
Instantly one of my favorites.This is a very cool and rare, Dan Armstrong designed Westone solid body electric guitar. That adds some extra flexibility in tone adjustment on the guitar.
The mini-toggles give a great deal of sonic flexibility, and it has the mid-shape control that helps scoop out or boost the mids. Those didn't show up until the 1989 models. The 1988 US catalog and 1989 catalogs just mention 3 2-way toggles.įinally, it doesn't have the flat, triangle side washers that all previous Westones had. But one of the other reasons I think it might be a UK SP5112 is that the UK catalog mentions 2 2-way mini-toggles and 1 3-way, which is what mine has. Could this be it? Maybe, but there is no mention of adding in the reverse headstock. The 1988 UK catalog has a Spectrum II SP5112 that looks identical to the Corsair Standard in the US catalog, but in the price list, they mention the SP5112 as being one of the models that got a 24-fret neck in the latter part of the year. But they only have 22 frets and regular direction headstock. The US catalog has a Corsair Standard which almost looks right, right down to the lack of a bridge HB pickup cover (although that is clearly aftermarket on mine) and black Bendmaster Deluxe trem. The 1989 Corsair GT has the right beveled neck joint w/o plate, the binding/color combo is correct, and it the 24-fret neck w/ reversed headstock matches.but the 89s had a recessed trem space (lined with foam, I think) whereas mine doesn't, and the 1989s all have Kahler Spyder trem, whereas mine has the Bendmaster Deluxe. But the 90s had different logos, so that's out. The only the 19 Korean Corsairs had 24 frets. The 1987 models are out: they all had neckplates and 22-fret necks. The controversy for me is that it is slightly different than anything in any of the catalogs. Westone Corsair or maybe UK Spectrum II SP5112:
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