Westone Thunder 1A Fretless Bass Demo

[@EpictheEpicest]

Great demo, friend. Only demo I can find on KZbin. Your playing was good here, hope you kept it up.

[@hihosilver666]

like it, best basses ever made. totally underestimated.

[@shelfdiscs]

nice to see it in action, I just go mine (black-identical) back from storage aftr 8 years, such a joy to have it back....a wonderful and vastly under rated bass in its day. thanks... nice post.

[@francobettinif]

Thank you! I own one but it says 1974 on the back of the headstock

[@kingstumble]

Impossible. The Westone Thunder was only made from 1981 to 1987.

[@AxemanTurk]

I was using my normal guitar amplifier which is an all vlave Wharfedale TC35 combo with a 12". As it was at low volume settings, I was able to get a clean tone on it. I played it through a Trace Elliott a while before and it sounded incredible. I don't see why you couldn't take the frets off but must be done very carefully as you could damage the fretboard.

[@violinmyth]

Great sound! Which amplifier did you use here for the demo? I have actually the same model but with a fretted fingerboard. Wonder if I should take the frets off...

[@drummerelijah]

You seem to know your stuff. How different is a fretless bass from a fretted bass? Aside from the lack of frets obviously lol