Westone Spectrum MX (X139)
Bridge humbucker and 2 single
coil pickups, volume and tone controls (Tone control is also a
push/pull switch for coil tap), 5 way pickup switch, floating
tremolo system (Very light, look at it the wrong way and it drops you
half an octave. That's not a bad thing, it's capable of some very
subtle and very extreme effects) which despite not having a locking nut
never seems to
go out of tune. Translucent blue lacquer covers the whole guitar, even
the fretboard. The finish is solid - this guitar was made in 1986
and there isn't one mark or scratch on the fretboard.
25.5 inch scale, 22 frets, solid
Maple body with Hard Maple neck and fingerboard.The single coil pickups
are Magnaflux IIIs, the humbucker is a Magnaflux I UBC (Unbalanced coil)
First appears in the 1985 UK catalogue, available in Transparent Red or
Transparent Blue
Listed in the Jan April and Sept 1985 US pricelists at $299.50, rising
to $349 by August 1986. The MX does not appear in the April 1987
pricelist.
They were also made in red and
I've come across rumours that there are supposed to be some very rare
white ones. This seems to be the Westone version of an urban myth -
according to all the catalogues and priceelists that I have available
they were only available in red or blue.
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2006
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