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For all things Teisco. AND those sweet vintage japanese guitars with those vintage pickups made by Teisco that no guitar on the planet can match. if you have never heard em, you wouldnt understand. share,buy, sell, beg, whatever, have fun.

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here's some cool teisco links

http://www.mark-cole.co.uk/teisco/ great info and id your guit .http://www.myrareguitars.com/1960guitars.html some great guits here .http://guitar.webinjp.com/catalog_guitar.htm vintage teisco catalogueshttp://www.vintageguitar.com/1745/teisco-guitars-part-i/ teisco guitars part 1http://www.vintageguitar.com/1746/teisco-guitars-part-ii/ part 2

Discussion Forum

Cutting pickguards / using vinyl

Started by Where's Uranus?. Last reply by Paul Craig Mar 23, 2020. 7 Replies 0 Likes

So I have a 3 part question, I guess.1. What's the best way to design a custom pickguard2. How do I cut said pickguard3. I'm planning to use an old LP for the pickguard, any specific hints?This is…Continue

Short Jacks

Started by Where's Uranus?. Last reply by Paul Craig Mar 20, 2020. 10 Replies 0 Likes

What's a good replacement jack socket for an instrument with the jack socket mounted flush on the pickguard?In many cases the rout isn't deep enough for a regular Switchcraft, and most of these…Continue

64 Kiawa setup?

Started by mugs. Last reply by the anonymous pick Jan 31, 2020. 2 Replies 0 Likes

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Do you want to build your own Teisco-Copy?

Started by Hudson Wolf. Last reply by Paul Craig Jul 24, 2019. 14 Replies 1 Like

Some words about me and my drawings. As a hobbist I have built CBGs, electric basses and guitars for the last six years. Unfortunately it's difficult for me to do it now, because I'm working for the…Continue

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Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 1:15pm: And my flat as sh*t wooden bridge

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 1:14pm: The Matador badge

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 12:49pm: So strange. At least I have a better idea of what it actually is other than the Matador. I looked all over the net and only saw one or two acoustics and some other off brand electric badged as a matador.

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 12:46pm: The bridge actually works just fine. No problem with intonation really. Except it is kind of a flat bridge instead of having a radius with the fret board. But it has nice low action and plays just fine. I can't say for certain if its an original bridge or not.

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 12:41pm: Not Frisco teisco.

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 12:40pm: Wierd. I don't think this has anything to do with Kingston does it? I have another Kingston guitar that's like a Frisco that I've been working on and fixing. But all I really knew about this one is that it was a '65 Japanese teisco made guitar imported through st.louis or something like that. Until I saw your pic. It was probably made by the same people badged under another name for some company. The plate on the back is blank actually. No other info.

Comment by BrianQ. on February 16, 2013 at 12:31pm: Wierd I think yours is really a Tiesco Del Ray, as far as I can remember the Kingston Matador in 65' has a meat cleaver shaped headstock & the body was obnoxiously wide for dat year? does yours have a plate on the back with the model number? looks like an ET-310 to me?

Comment by BrianQ. on February 16, 2013 at 12:21pm: Original Bridge? yours has been modified, the original Bridge is a bit of a pain.

so, I can see why it's been changed. I had another one jus like yours & it had the same style bridge, it's one they used on quite a bit of the 200 & 300 series guitars in the mid to later 60's.

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 16, 2013 at 4:20am: sweet!!!!

Comment by Barry Potter on February 16, 2013 at 3:49am: Wow Brian - check it out! This is my 1965 Teisco Badged as a "MATADOR" guitar. Looks just like yours - except color obviously but notice on mine the bridge is made of wood!!!?!? no way to intonate. Where dya git that purdy little bridge?