Westone Guitars and Basses

The Westone guitar and bass guitar resource site

This site is devoted to the Westone brand of guitars and basses made originally by Matsumoku of Japan from 1981 to 1987/88, and subsequently by SLM from 1987/88 to 1991. Whether you already own a Westone guitar or are considering buying one, this site will give you the most accurate information about Westone guitars and basses that you can find.

Most of the information in this site is either taken from Westone catalogues, magazine reviews or from my own guitars (I currently have 13 Westones, and have owned about 35 over the years).If the text in the description is green, it refers to a guitar I own or have owned and the info I give is 100% accurate. I try to name sources for info on other guitars and make it clear when I'm taking a best guess. I hope you enjoy your visit

Last updated 5th April 2008

Please note that this site does not cover -

Electra or Electra-Westone guitars (See the links page for a site that does cover them)

The Westone 'Prestige' models (Corsair and Cutlass) made in the UK in the late 1990s

Electric guitars and basses made under the Westone name in China or Korea since the late 1990s, which all seem to be copies of other makes such as BC Rich (Mockingbird and Warlock), Gibson (Les Paul, SG, 355) and Fender (Strat, Tele, Precision bass) - apart from the name, these guitars have nothing in common with the original Westone guitars

Acoustic and electro-acoustic made under the Westone name in China or Korea since the late 1990s (Including the Prairie/Praivie models)

Westone you can sit on

NOTE FOR EBAY SELLERS

Unfortunately there have been far too many instances where site content has been used inappropriately (Details copied from this site that do not apply to the guitar being sold) or in addition to inaccurate information, so I must set some ground rules -

Sellers may only add a link to http://www.westone.info as a source of additional information. Linking to any other page is not permitted.
Sellers may not copy any of the text on this site, other than text contained in the original catalogues.
Do NOT use ANY of the images on this site in your listings, use only pictures of the guitar you are actually selling. Hotlinking is expressly forbidden