Adrien Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 Perfect! searching with FT ... I found out it is a '70s MIJapan FT 350 BL Eldorado and value is 200-300$...Problem is that without the blue label inside of mine and without serial nr it is worth less I presume... Anyway, thanks again and I'll keep you posted with news from the Westone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrien Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Still no answer from the Rainbow II guy BUT I did my homework and also found a Rainbow I. The guitar seems to be in very good condition...the ad says its a 1983 model but I can't see the headstock to see if it has the eagle or whatever it should be ;-) Pup's have been replaced by dimarzio but I don't know if the originals are still available... Pics are here : http://s420.photobucket.com/albums/pp285/elnationalquarterback/Westone/ The guy is asking 300€ but the ad is a bit old so I could probably grab it for 250... Can you tell me what's the difference between a rainbow I / II ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchie1281734003 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Still no answer from the Rainbow II guy BUT I did my homework and also found a Rainbow I.The guitar seems to be in very good condition...the ad says its a 1983 model but I can't see the headstock to see if it has the eagle or whatever it should be ;-) Pup's have been replaced by dimarzio but I don't know if the originals are still available... Pics are here : http://s420.photobucket.com/albums/pp285/elnationalquarterback/Westone/ The guy is asking 300€ but the ad is a bit old so I could probably grab it for 250... Can you tell me what's the difference between a rainbow I / II ?? Adrien. The differences are as follows. 1). The Rainbow I has a three piece Maple neck, with a Rosewood f/board, a Brass nut and Pearloid dots. The Rainbow II has a three piece Mahogany neck, with an Ebony F/board, a bone nut, and Large Pearloid fret markers. 2). The Rainbow I has a standard two volume, two tone arrangement, whereas the Rainbow II has the PEQ tone pots(which are basically, a roll on/off coil tap). 3). The Rainbow II has more elaborate binding, Gold plating, and gold Knobs. The Rainbow I is plainer, with Chrome h/ware, and Black knobs. And those are the differences, this Rainbow I is an early MK 2 version (the Mark 1 version from 81-late 82 was larger, with Mickey Mouse ears, and a standard tailpiece)so it will be from before late 83, and without the Eagle head "W" logo. It is basically a plain version of the Rainbow II, a nice guitar, but made infamous by it`s use in the corny Spandau Ballet video of "True" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrien Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Adrien. The differences are as follows. 1). The Rainbow I has a three piece Maple neck' date=' with a Rosewood f/board, a Brass nut and Pearloid dots. The Rainbow II has a three piece Mahogany neck, with an Ebony F/board, a bone nut, and Large Pearloid fret markers. 2). The Rainbow I has a standard two volume, two tone arrangement, whereas the Rainbow II has the PEQ tone pots(which are basically, a roll on/off coil tap). 3). The Rainbow II has more elaborate binding, Gold plating, and gold Knobs. The Rainbow I is plainer, with Chrome h/ware, and Black knobs. And those are the differences, this Rainbow I is an early MK 2 version (the Mark 1 version from 81-late 82 was larger, with Mickey Mouse ears, and a standard tailpiece)so it will be from before late 83, and without the Eagle head "W" logo. It is basically a plain version of the Rainbow II, a nice guitar, but made infamous by it`s use in the corny Spandau Ballet video of "True" [/quote'] Damn you know quite a bit about those axes frenchie... Unfortunately, the rainbow I is already sold and still no news from the rainbow II guy so I keep searching... I feel quite unlucky these days but I'll keep searching until I find one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrien Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hey Frenchie! little update : still no news from the Westone Rainbow 2 guy...it really sucks but owkay! I also put my epi (acoustic) online for sale and it have allready a few nice reactions : a bid at 300€ or 2 exchange possibilities : an Ibanez AF 120 (korea) with case or an Epi Casino (2 years old) serial U07082225... can you please tell me a bit more about the quality of this guitars, i think this might be good guitars... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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