Westbury Guitar Saturday Morning Blues Jam

jamming along to carlos santana esque backing
Some mistakes, bit hung-over from previous night and the amp's a 3 watt roland, so it doesn't do the guitar justice. It's tough getting to play with my Mesa F-50 in my flat.

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[LabelBob]

Is that an ebony fingerboard?

[nouoriel]

@LabelBob

Yes Bob.

[popstone1]

i don't think i've ever seen a WB in the flesh, but i discovered them while searching on the net for an aria LP i once owned. everything i read about them seemed that they are probably a great classic forgotten instrument. and your video, even thru the tiny amp, confirmed what i thought: a double-cut humbucker axe that would be perfect for 70's era santana style. Great playing, great guitar! i am so jealous!

[nouoriel]

@popstone1 Thanks, man. It needs another set-up though!

[JonniVanPlatoni]

Great playing nouriel. Nice to see someone else using a Westbury instead of just demoing it. Especially liked the Claptonesque snatch of Layla (?) at 1:31 the nice unusual exit from the hammering into a bend at 2:29 and of course the overall solo construction. 5 minutes and no boredom. Great writing and playing. My paltry Westbury effort encs as a video response.

[nouoriel]

@JonniVanPlatoni

thanks very much. the layla thing wasn't conscious, it's just a blues riff thing. the other bend is definitely a jeff beck influenced lick.

[TheJohnRitchie]

@growguyuk I know its a bit late but.............. My deluxe had a Super Distortion on the neck and a Dual Sound on the bridge. The Dual sound was just a Super Distortion that had one the option of having one of the coils switched out.

[Goosemeyer]

@101Volts No, it's @ 1 5/8 at the nut (which could be ordered polymer, bone or brass. The bridge and tailpiece are gibson stock. Most had a nashville bridge and hard-tail, This one here has the Gibson Harmonica bridge and hard-tail. The frets are very low, the action on my custom is such that a dime fits flat between the string and twelfth fret. If you ever come across a white DeLuxe, sell your first-born if you have to!!

More info on FB Westbury Guitar owners Forum!

[Goosemeyer]

@growguyuk Not entirely accurate.. The Super D's have allen wrench poles in both rails, the PAF's have one row of screws and a row of flat-top poles. The PAF Pro isn't what's in the pre-81 guitars, it's a PAF design that was hand built and hand-wound by Larry Dimarzio and family from a small start-up in Brooklyn, NY.

a super-custom had wax-potted pups with covers. There's much more info on Westbury Fan site on FB..

Cheers, The goose

[kellytttt]

hi .. i love westburys too . ive had a westbury bass for 15 years now .i found it at a carboot sale for £20 .. i wish i could find a 6 string standerd ive been searching every where! ebay and other websites but ive found nothing yet.. they are such an awsome guitar i wish that a company would reissue them ..