G L Wilson
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Tuesday 5 June 2012
1981 Westone doublecut electric guitar
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Kaizerart, the French seller of this Westone doublecut guitar from 1981 refers to it as being "70 Years" model, a reference that is lost on me. It's one of the earlier Japanese-made Westones from the 1980s, from before the better known models such as the Thunder, Concorde and Spectrum series. It's essentially a double cutaway Les Paul style guitar (albeit with simpler controls), with an arched top, set neck, and Bordeaux red finish.
This guitar is currently being offered for sale on EBay France with over five days left for the auction to run and with bidding currently just over €50 at the time of writing. If anyone can explain the "70 Years" reference to me, please leave a note in the comments.
G L Wilson
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
G L Wilson
© 2012, Guitarz - The Original Guitar Blog - now in its 10th year!
I'd guess that it's a mistranslation of '1970s' rather than '70 years'. Still, cool, if gawky, early Japanese guitar.
ReplyDeleteIn French, we say "les annés soixante-dix" to say "the seventies." It translates directly as "the 70 years," but you wouldn't actually say it that way unless your English needs some working on. So, the guy thinks his guitar dates from the 70s.
ReplyDeleteHe just means that the guitar is probably from the seventies, not seventy years old !
ReplyDeleteAt a guess, "From the 1970s."
ReplyDeleteWhat you refer to as "70 Years" in the original French of the advert is "annees 70" which actually just means "from the 70s" or even just "70s", meaning the decade of manufacture not any model name. Further down the page the seller obviously has found out it's actually from 1981 (presumably from the serial number) as he puts "GUITARE DE 1981 EXACTEMENT MERCI" = "guitar is actually from 1981 thanks". Finally my A-level French has been of some use! Hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. I know, I know... my French is APPALLING!
ReplyDeleteThe fact that I KNEW that Westone were not producing guitars in the 1970s probably closed my mind to the possibility of it saying that the guitar was "from the 1970s".
ReplyDeleteheloo Mr G L Wilson , please contact me : kuzyneiro@op.pl.com or writ me your email I want to talk with you about westone double cut I saw this guitar in Your profile here http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2012/06/1981-westone-doublecut-electric-guitar.html i v got some questions , ITS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME ! please... tahnks...