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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 the anonymous pick on June 16, 2012 at 6:43pm: and you are pretty close to me don ;-) im inbetween london and toronto.

Comment by the anonymous pick on June 16, 2012 at 6:35pm: hot dam .. thats a nice collection there don :-D

Comment by Ottie(Skydog)Noble on June 16, 2012 at 5:09pm: Hey Don I was lucky and found 2 of the gold foil on an old Teisco but they are long gone, still have the neck gonna build a cbg for a buddy in nashville he already has one of mine but hes due

Comment by Don Tucker on June 16, 2012 at 4:54pm: Just stumbled across this group. I love these things! I hot rodded an ET 201 with gold foil pickups and other upgrades and it's now one of my favourite guitars. Other guitar players think I'm crazy til they try it out. It's never failed to impress. Anyway here's a pic of my Teiscos

Comment by Warren Shirley on March 5, 2012 at 7:02am: Thanks pick!

Comment by the anonymous pick on March 1, 2012 at 4:45pm: here are 2 pics of 50's j5's from the links above ,, sorry i cant blow up the pics more , and they aren't that great .. it may give you an idea though . you can add pictures from your computer when you comment with the second icon ontop .

Comment by Warren Shirley on March 1, 2012 at 12:17pm: I've posted some pics of an old J5 a friend gave me and I'm building a copy it. It didn't have a tail piece or bridge on it and I can't find any pics of it. I don't know how to get the picture on this groups page but there are a few on the home page. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Comment by JIm Trussler on February 19, 2012 at 6:52am: I have some on a different computer but will upload them as soon as I get a chance :-) BTW all my guitar buddies think I am a little off my tree for preferring Teiscos over other guitars.....lol

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 19, 2012 at 6:48am: love to see some pictures if ya got em jim ;-)

Comment by JIm Trussler on February 19, 2012 at 6:40am: Wow, It was Teiscos that led me to the guitar nation and here they surface again. I had strung a Teisco for 3 string open playing and that inspired me to build a CBG. Its great to see that Im not the only one who is into the 60's Teisco ceations.

Both of mine are the bobcat style body. One has a brass endnut and what sustain. Unbeleivable! Any one else have one with a brass endnut?