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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 Cigar Box Nation on December 13, 2011 at 9:47am: Just listed this one on eBay. Don't know the make/model, though...

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 12, 2011 at 5:46pm: sweet guitars there shane , ,, ! good deal too!

Comment by Cigar Box Nation on December 12, 2011 at 5:12pm: Not Teisco, but Harmony H802. I love these things. I'm selling these as a two guitar lot on eBay.$210 Buy It Now

Comment by colin mcgrath on December 9, 2011 at 1:57pm: [|8v)>

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 9, 2011 at 10:12am: *left for *dead *

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 9, 2011 at 10:11am: cool .. i have a few franky teiscos ;-) even left for dear they are worth something ;-)

Comment by colin mcgrath on December 9, 2011 at 9:15am: Yup, I just googled that and it looks exactly like what I had. The crazy thing is I found it sitting in a repo'd truck bed at my old job. Not even in a case. But, it will be reborn as a Frankenstein git.

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 9, 2011 at 9:07am: sounds like you had the "tulip" model simular to shane's below but un modified .

Comment by colin mcgrath on December 9, 2011 at 5:03am: Just joined this group to tell my tale of Teisco. Evidently I had either a replica or real one, before I even knew anything about these guitars. The headstock had no name of any kind and the whole neck was trashed. The body was still in good shape but I took everything off and set it aside. Since then I have lost the pups and wiring. Given away the plastic shield part with all the flower designs. And cut up the body to retro fit the solid body I am building for my daughter. Anyway, I would have liked to have been informed while I had everything in front of me those years ago. But, you all know the saying about hindsight.

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 7, 2011 at 5:33pm: teisco tin toy --- up grade ;-)

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yup , its all TIN .. neck too ;-)

this little tin gem was made by a subdivision of teisco for sears in the 60’s , as a more affordable guitar for kids. Just an Acoustic tin guitar made to look electric with fake pickups etc .. .
as you can tell , i “ jerry rigged” it and added some attitude and electrified it .
.... i may never go back to cbgs now .. lol .
This thing is 20 pounds of fun in a 5 pound bag ;-)

Sorry My recording set up sucks , it sounds much better live . ;-)

i'll probably do some tweeking and swap out the strings etc .. later .. this was just a taste test ;-)
hope ya like it ;-)