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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 23, 2014 at 5:15am

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Comment by Cause the Blue rat on June 22, 2014 at 4:03am: Had a Teisco Del Ray years ago. Really nice hollowbody guitar.

Japanese guitars! Up to early 80's Aria and Electra guitars. Super sweat!

Comment by the anonymous pick on June 20, 2014 at 7:29pm: kinda funkey .. looks fuctional to me .. they just made that bass into a shorscale 6 .. with the tuners inbetween

Comment by Where's Uranus? on June 20, 2014 at 2:47pm: I think I found that weird guitar I had been talking about. But it looks like a joke.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KbZRqMe6FCA/UzigO5MvKiI/AAAAAAAADDA/PdRP_...

Comment by the anonymous pick on June 16, 2014 at 2:42pm: i have 3 seperate ways in my head to wire them .. not sure which i will chooose .. lol prolly some random 4th way .. we shall see ;-)

Comment by Where's Uranus? on June 16, 2014 at 10:33am: Nice, but the staggered pickups 3 poles, staggered for 3 strings?

That might sound very interesting, as with the staggering, each set will pickup the opposite extremities of the string oscillation. So one will bloom as the other fades, are you wiring them in series sets, or all six in parallel or what?

Comment by the anonymous pick on June 16, 2014 at 2:14am: TEISCO SPECTRUM 5 / SWAMP WITCH TRIBUTE MODEL !

you ... you heard right !

have a look and the upcoming swamp witch spectrum 5.oh.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/swamp-witch-spectrum-5-oh-comin...