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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 February 27, 2013 at 9:59am: i bet it sells tho ;-)

Comment by BrianQ. on February 27, 2013 at 9:50am: Saw something interesting on Ebay dis morning,a seller trying to sell a restored 4 string 2 pup Teisco Bass for $695.00. WOW!!! not gonna get too many bidders on dat one!!!

Comment by BrianQ. on February 23, 2013 at 6:19am: EP8T is a classic Hollowbody, good for U!

Comment by Dave Lynas on February 23, 2013 at 6:10am: Hey Vick, don't downgrade your Tulip. I've got a dozen MIJ guits and my favorite for easy playing and smooth clear mellow tone is my single pup Tulip.

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 23, 2013 at 5:22am: yeah when they hit ebay ,, the prices go crazy . :-/

Comment by Vick Griffin on February 23, 2013 at 5:13am: Yeah I'd love one of those also - too rich for my blood. Guess I'll have to be happy with my Tulip and my EP8-T...

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 23, 2013 at 3:37am: well its one of my bucket list guitars .. so if anyone has one and is willing to part with it please let me know . :-D

Comment by BrianQ. on February 22, 2013 at 10:39pm: Yea, one had thumbwheel pots & large plastic rocker switches,have u ever seen what's underneath da control plate? it's a mess!wires caps,resistors. the later one had a bunch of regular pots wit big ol' honkin' knobs & a sub-mini switch paired wit each of da pots,I had one wit a 4-2 headstock(Teisco) & one wit an elongated headstock(Kawai)like da pic of hound dog. hardly any of em' had parts marked? there was also like 4 or 5 different versions of it,one even had a strat style body,they all had slighty different headstocks on em',some short, some long, some fat. I've had da chance to do work on quite a few of em',every one I've seen has something different about it,I think they just did whatever they wanted in that factory,there was no uniformity?they must of ran out parts quite often.Funny thing about it was that it was dubbed da" Hounddog taylor" guitar but he favored a strat styled MIJ guitar wit 4 pups for most of his playing.

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 22, 2013 at 5:58pm: yeah a 64 SS4L they also made an ss4l alternative .

ST george had a version too .

all affectionatly called the "hound dog taylor " guitar by fans .