This information is taken from a post on the Westone Forumby Tom Presley, designer for Westone, Westone-Electra and other labels, during the innovative days of the Matsumoku period of production. We think FCN made the BC Rich copies and electro-acoustic models USA Development History (more about them at the Westone Forum HERE)
#Where can i get westone guitar parts series
The UK & Europe (Produced for FCN Music) had Clippers, Spectrum Series II and some very bad Thunder modelsġ997-FCN imports new Korean made guitars (WE1000, We1052) and to try and resurrect some earlier models but have no successġ998- Sid Poole Westones made by Status Graphite in limited numbersĢ002-A German company, Musik-Meyer, produces cheap Gibson/Fender copies. Louis Music) have Corsairs and Spectrums. Production continues in Korea for two distinct markets: See USA Development History below.įeb 1987-Matsumoku closes. Produces acoustic guitars and copies some traditional American electric models (e.g., Les Pauls, Rickenbacker bass)ġ979 to 1980-‘Testing the waters’ Early versions of the Thunder and Rainbow guitars producedġ981- Westone electric and bass models launchedġ983 to 1984-SLM becomes USA distributor, some design input for the US market. 19? – 1975- Westone instruments made for companies in the German Democratic Republic and Italy-but not by Matsumokuġ975-Matsumoku acquires the rights to the Westone name.