Vintage silvertone teisco guitar tremelo
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You can see it in the photos if you look hard. One has a small bend in it, but I did not even notice this when I was buying it that is so slight. The tone pots work in reverse as all Teiscos are from this era. The knobs are on well but a little bit crooked but still turn well without issue. They move very easy and were probably sprayed out before I got it as they work great. The electronics all work well, even the flip switches for the pickups. The headstock still has its Silvertone logo, which is almost always missing on these. Some small dings and some overall wear to the finish, but I think the photos tell the whole story here so check them out. Condition wise, it is quite clean, though.
#Vintage silvertone teisco guitar tremelo for free
I forgot to replace these before taking the photos, but if someone wants me to install them I will do so for free with new quality ones from Allparts that I have in stock. Also, for what ever reason the guy removed the strap buttons (I think he needed the strap locks he had on it). I inserted a Jazzmaster bar into the slot and it seemed to work well, so if someone wanted to rig one of those up for it this would be an easy solution. It seems he misplaced the tremolo arm long ago, but apart from that it is stock. This guitar came to me as you see if from a guy who had owned it for a long while. Nope, these were a hot commodity back in Japan and have certainly been embraced by a cult following in modern times that are constantly driving prices up. Part of the magic of these higher end Teisco guitars is that had flashy, cutting edge neo-Futuristic styling that looked like something Ultraman might play after destroying a marauding alien, but they also function great! Their 4/2 split tuner exaggerated headstock, two tone metal pickguard, raygun style controls and unusual inlay markers were certainly as 'space aged' as you can get, but they also were reliable players with a decent sound unlike most of the single pickup midget student garbage guitars a lot of people think of when you say Teisco.
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A lot has been document on the internet about these first wave import Teisco guitars, and even to the untrained collector it is clearly an early product of the pre-Kawaii owned Teisco guitar factory as it has recognizable parts from the higher end Spectrum series so coveted by collectors and players. I think that is why there is such a large following for Teisco guitars these days. I have always been impressed with their playability and quality of their construction as opposed to what other makers were doing at the time. I would say that I have owned this model more than 20 times in different configurations of color and pickups. This guitar is one of many Teisco made Silvertone guitars I have owned in my time. But in examples like this one they achieved pretty amazing results in keeping a close eye on US pickup design and construction while doing their best to make a very decent product. They did things in their designs that the Fender and Gibson brands never would have tried and had a certain Si-Fi Modernist Futurism to the lines, look, and vibe of their instruments. The sound of many of them is raw and nasty in all the right ways, but they have a lot to offer someone in terms of high quality tone. But these cool and wacky early Japanese imports occupy a certain space in my heart I cannot ignore. When this wave of new Japanese guitars hit the US it spelled certain disaster for the future of budget American made instruments from these US companies and by the early 70's they were all folding.
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These were sold as part of a full catalog line of instruments under the Silvertone name through Sears catalogs with some of the line that were made in Japan and some that came from companies like Harmony, Supro, Danelectro, and Kay. This is an auction for a clean example of a mid 60's Teisco made Silvertone electric guitar. Includes original case! Starting at only 99 cents with no reserve! Two soulful single coils that are like a Strat pickup on steroids!Īmazing performance with incredibly low action!Ī cool guitar in the clean condition! superb recording and live tone! Rare 60's Silvertone (by Teisco) model 1435 electric guitarĪ completely stock, deluxe guitar design from the mid 1960's Japanese import boom!