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Comment by Barry Potter on February 17, 2013 at 5:33am

Yeah thanx for all the info guys. Cool to find out I own a del ray in disguise. So weird. One things for certain. Japanese made interesting guitars that have character, history, mystery, etc.
Its like- I went to Guitar Center and bought a new Gibson SG. Its nice... yep...it's a Gibson... the end.

Nothing against big name guitars. But there not that interesting to me anyway. And they usually cost too much:)

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 17, 2013 at 3:27am

keep in  mind  also  that   teisco supplied  simpson sears  and other  stores with models  .  the  stores were given  a  base  model  guitar with      with  a choice  of add on  options  .    sears  etc  .. could pick    what  features  they  wanted    or   not  and what changes  to  make  .  hence  in the   xmas  catalouge   next   years model  would look like an  up grade  etc etc  .  usually   badged    under  "silvertone  "   and  other  names  ..  stores  could even  pick  names   at one  point  .   sears  usually    badaged   their sears  logo  on the   back  plate also   , or  on  a sticker  under it  .. (these stickers are  easily  removed  .

woolworths   etc ..  did not  badage  their  name ..

also  .. many  guitars are mistaken  for teisco  ..  ie  ; " st george"  is not  a  teisco  ..  but  has  simular models /shapes  etc  .

 

Comment by Dave Lynas on February 17, 2013 at 1:38am

Hey thanks Brian and Barry. This discussion has been very interesting. I have several of these relic MIJs and they are all mixed up with names, styles, parts, etc. It's nice to hear it's "normal" for the MIJs. I don't have any of them with more than 2 pups. Price has kept me with the one and two pup models. My very favorite is a simple one pup Global Teisco Tulip. It remains the best playing guit i own.

Comment by BrianQ. on February 16, 2013 at 6:38pm

I've had like 5 or 6 ET310's all different body/headstock I've also had like 3 or 4 E200's & 2 or 3 ET300's all varied from year to year, never da same. I don't know if they did it on purpose or jus threw whatever badges they had left on them or what?

That factory was so weird they didn't even keep track of serial #'s & dating, it's real odd for a guitar company? this is why the only way to really date them is by the dates on da pots.

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 4:55pm

That's what I was assuming. M

Comment by BrianQ. on February 16, 2013 at 3:09pm

They were always changing from year to year same number different look?

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 2:24pm

No there are no badge designating model or serial# like yours. And no evidence of one ever being on it.  Maybe it has something to do with the fact it was marketed under the matador name rather than "Teisco Del Ray" or whatever.  When I google that guitar model number I get slightly different looking guitars.  Is that because of a difference between ET310 from like 1964 compared to 1965 or something?

Comment by BrianQ. on February 16, 2013 at 2:08pm

There's no Badge on da back of dat 3 pickup model? Teiscos usually put em' on da back under da neck plate.

Comment by BrianQ. on February 16, 2013 at 2:02pm

Yea 4 out of 5 guitars from those companies were entry level/student guitars,

it's harder to find more deluxe models. I've got a student bass with a short scale like that these were their pre-teen models. it's hard as hell to find the original knobs for these things, I find em' sometimes in junk boxes @ used guitar stores.

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 1:18pm

This is my Teisco/Kawai? "Kingston" Guitar I've been working on.  Just need strap buttons and original knob(s).  I think its 23 and a half scale.

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