The
Guitar Gallery
This website is a great source of information
on all guitars produced by Japanese guitar manufacturer Matsumoku. The site
contains tons of pics, specs and a lively forum with a lot of friendly and helpful
people. It also has a section with a number of catalog scans containing the
Japanese built Washburns, including the Wing Series.
Washburn
Guitars
Alive since
1883 in acoustic string instruments, manufacuring electric guitars and basses
since the Wing Series came in 1978.
The
Washburn Forums
A large
forum on all Washburn guitars and basses can be found here.
Daion
Guitars
The Yamaki
guitar factory existed for only a short period in the 1970's and early 1980's.
They built guitars for Washburn in that era but became famous with their own
brand of high end quality guitars, Daion.
Westone
Guitars
Westone
guitars and basses were produced by Matsumoku in Japan until 1985, after that
production shifted to Korea. This website is a great source of information on
all Westones ever produced. People looking for spare parts to get their Westone
back in original shape might try their luck here.
The
Westone Forums
A recently
built forum page on the Westone guitars.