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Westone Thunder III Fretless Bass


Same specifications as the Thunder III fretted bass (And the second version of the Thunder II bass) but without the frets (Obviously) and neck inlay position markers

Body is solid Canadian ash, with a through-body heelless neck which is a laminate of maple and walnut with an Ebony fingerboard.
Two split-coil with 3-way selector switch
Phase reverse, 'dual tone' and active tone switches
Volume, active and passive tone controls
Brass nut, saddles and bridge , anodised aluminium brass effect backplates.

Thunder III fretless frontThunder III fretless backThunder III fretless bodyThunder III fretless head
At some point the design changed - the 1987 review of the Thunder III fretless shows a guitar with black hardware, black plastic backplates, a graphite nut and Magnabass pickups.
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