This is not a toy and never was.
These were serious instruments, with a fairly hefty price.
Back in 1986, these were listed at $529, which in
today's money,
is over $1000, at today's $ to £ rate, is just over
£640!!
Medium scale, well balanced, with a great range of
tones.
When you go to pick it up, it is quite a surprise -
it is almost as heavy
as a standard bass, having a maple neck and
body.
Matsumoku built, so pretty much ticks all of the
boxes.
It has a cut-away, so if you wander into a bit of
80's Slappin' and Poppin',
you can easily get your fingers under the G and D
string.
This was also a feature on the Super Headless,
which is the one that
has escaped me, so far - would love to have a go on
one.
The stringing set up is as per the Westone Rails I
had, so there is no
need for double ball strings - any string will do,
so if you have a favourite,
stick 'em on and get playing.
This one has it's original silver carry bag and I
believe the original strap,
as one of my Rail basses, also came with the same
strap.
It is in very good condition, aside from the marks
on the pick-ups, which
is common on this type.
As you can see, got some shots at last - I think it's time for some lemon
Now I have done this one, I think I will carry on
the headless theme and do
my Yamaha BX1, which is lurking somewhere and
I may also do my Hohner
B2A, which is also probably lurking in the same
area as the Yamaha!!
Cheers. :)
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12 comments:
Hi Eric, nice bass. I have one too! Please check out my headless Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/329486003810785/
Hi. Had a look at the page - Look, no heads!!
I still have several headless - Gordy, B2A, Yamaha BX1 and the Quantum - all great to play.
Hello Eric, at the risk of sounding desperate, my Quantum was stolen a few years back and I haven't been able to make do with any other bass I've tried. Do you or anyone else here have a Quantum for sale or know of one for sale? I can repair if necessary.
Brian, Hi.To find a good one like mine, would take some time. A great bass, so I know that if it was a favourite you must miss it. If you scroll down my blog, you will see an email address - drop me a line and I'll see if I can help. Cheers. :)
I had that bass in the early 80s. Bought in a local store that also had a Rail, and I spent days going back in to play them both. I liked the look of the Rail better but liked the sound of the Quantum. It was the easiest-to-play bass I've ever had. I wanted a Fender P, was talked into trading it in by a bandmate, always regretted.
Hi. Quite a few readers have emailed about this bass, a few with the same experience you had. They were in fashion and then after a few years, went out of fashion, so were sold, swapped, moved on. All of them wish they had kept it. I haven't played mine in a while, so this is a good excuse to dig the old fella out. Cheers. :)
After playing my fretless Warwick for a while, I decided to bring my Westone Quantum back into use. Immaculate condition and most people think it is a new cool instrument. Then I tell them I’ve had it for 30 years! After I bought it I added a 4" black metal strap extension to the body to improve the balance, and resigned the controls to Treble cut, Mix, and Master volume. Having separate PU volume controls seemed a daft idea.
Hi. I've just tracked one of these down at what appears to be a reasonable price.
The current rate seems to be between £650 & £850 which is not only a bit OTT but beyond my wife's temper threshold.
Its due to arrive next week at some point.
I can't wait to see how it compares with my Hohner B2A but, if it's anything like my other Westones, I think it will blow it away.
Did you ever get to play a Westone Super Headless?
IIRC when this post first went up you hadn't got your hands on one.
Guess who has one?? ����
Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Nick
Nick, Hi. Not got my hands on a "Super", to date but there is still plenty of time!!
Nice to hear from you. Cheers. : )
Just scored an immaculate left hand version here in Oz...straight out of the bag beautiful.
Very impressed, the neck is glorious!
Such a cool weapon...looks like a rifle in the car!
Top Job - Another satisfied Westone player! Cheers. : )
Hi Eric, I got blown out by the shop that I was buying the Quantum from. Cancelled my payment with no further information. I presume that it had been sold a fair while back and they hadn't marked it as sold or taken the ad down.
I've just picked up a fairly tatty one on Reverb so watch this space.
The Super Headless plays like a dream. I've also just picked up an old Vantage VA900b. Very much like the Westone Thunder 3 unsurprisingly. Very well put together and extremely playable once you get used to the headstock seeming a fair way away due to the short top horn.
If your ever anywhere near Great Yarmouth, give me a shout and I'll get the Super headless out for you.
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