Westone Spectrum LX (X198)
The only difference between the Spectrum FX and LX is the neck - bolt-on on the LX, set on the FX
- Solid Maple body,
- Hard Maple neck,
- Rosewood fingerboard with graphite nut 25.5 inch scale, 22 frets.
- Pickups - two Magnaflux II UBC (Neck and bridge) and one Magnaflux IV (Mid)
- Master volume control (Push/pull for coil tap), two tone controls (Push/pull for mid pickup on/off and bridge pickup phase reverse)
- Bendmaster FT trem with FT string lock
First appears in the 1985 UK catalogue, available in Candy Red, Metallic Black, Pearl Burst or Candy Blue Listed at $425 in the Jan and April 1985 US pricelists, rising to $450 in Sept 1985 and $575 in the August 1986 pricelist which also features a new finish, black with red graphics (Japanese flag - pictured in the 1986 Spectrum catalogue) at $599. The LX does not appear in the April 1987 pricelist.
The following pictures are of a Candy Red Spectrum LX, with serial number 5011333. Thank you to Jerôme Pasquer for them.
Dave Brock of Hawkwind and his
Spectrum LX
Buying tips - check the trem is complete, parts may be very hard to obtain.
The pickups may not be the ones listed in the catalogues - see the UBC pickups page for details