Following his hitch, he returned to the gig at World Wide. Shortly thereafter, Uncle Sam came knocking, and Westheimer was drafted into the Navy, where he served from 1955 to ’57. He went to college in the early 1950s and upon graduation went to work for World Wide Sporting Goods, Chicago, a company involved in the import/export trade. Westheimer didn’t set out to get into the music business. Some of what you are about to read will correct previous misinformation that has been perpetuated here and by other sources. VG recently had the pleasure of a number of long conversations with Westheimer, and we’d like to share some of what we learned, and use the opportunity to document the brand he’s currently most associated with – Cort. And it was Westheimer who, along with folks like Jerry Freed and Tommy Moore, brought Korea to the point where today more than half of all guitars made in the world come from that Asian peninsula. In fact, Westheimer was one of the earliest (and most influential) importers to cultivate Japanese manufacturing in the years surrounding 1960. Even if you haven’t played one of these guitars, there’s a good chance that if you’ve ever played a decent-quality beginner import, you’ve played a guitar associated with Westheimer. Among the brands associated with his activities are Kingston, Teisco, Teisco Del Rey, Silvertone, Emperador, Cortez, and Cort, not to mention a host of other monikers that have graced guitars coming from the Cort factory. Jack Westheimer – one of the pioneers of global guitarmaking.
While there may have been a handful of intrepid pioneers who began developing international guitar manufacturing, it’s no exaggeration to say that no one has had a bigger impact on the globalization of guitars than Mr. “How” is a long, interesting discussion that covers most of the last century or two and that we’ll have some other time.
How did we arrive at our current state of affairs, and who is responsible? Indeed, from the middle of the 19th Century until the 1960s, inexpensive guitars were the province of American mass manufacturers with names such as Haynes, Lyon & Healy, Regal, Stewart, Oscar Schmidt, Harmony, Stromberg-Voisinet, Kay, Valco, and the United Guitar Company. We’re in a global economy McLuhan’s global village instantaneously connected with e-mail. In fact, these days, where a product is made is almost irrelevant to the consumer. And you have to admit that, for the price, what we get is pretty darned good. The pickups look very similar.Today we pretty much take it for granted that if you want an inexpensive guitar, you’re going to buy one made in Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Indonesia, China, maybe even India.
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The Aria had a Pro II series made in this factory around the same time.Įlectra also had guitars made at Matsumoku. However there are a couple other companies that were made in the same renown Matsumoku (Japanese) factory as the Westone Spectrum. There are some on sale on ebay but I'm determined to find something for around $200.
However I am having a very hard time finding information about these pickups and the spectrum was bought out from under me. (what a great website btw) What very little information that I have been able to find about the Magnaflux pickups on this guitar seem to prove that not only are the pickups high quality, but that they also fit my needs very well. I did some research on a Westone Spectrum X1230 Before I can make a final decision, I need someone who knows alot about 80's guitars to help me out. I found some guitars from early to mid eighties that have the pickup configuration I am looking for: A humbucker with two single coils above it (I play indie metal).
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