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Teisco
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:14 pm
by Freddy V-C
I'm considering buying a new guitar with my birthday money. A friend of mine was obsessed with Teisco's for a while and he's got me obsessed too. They sometimes seem to go for fairly cheapz on the 'Bay, but obviously buying from there there's no chance of trying it out beforehand. So does anyone have any experience with Teisco, Kay, Zenta, etc...? Is it worth buying one, or am I better off saving my cash and getting something expensive-er and potentially sexier later on?
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:34 pm
by jcyphe
It all depends on the model. They made super cheapo crap with crap pickups, crappy guitars with interesting pickups, and guitars that were just plain cool and the height of Japanese design up to that point like the KL models(sharkfins) and Spectrum 5 models. It all depends.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:05 pm
by stewart
be careful is all i'd say. a lot of them feel like they're made of paper and the necks are often fucked. and getting quality replacement parts to fit is generally going to be a bit of a headache.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:57 pm
by Freddy V-C
I'm thinking something
along these lines. Any thoughts?
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:15 pm
by benecol
They've got a certain something (I set one up for a friend a couple of years ago) but pay no more than £25.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:18 pm
by Freddy V-C
Okay I won't do, cheers for the advice.
My aforementioned friend reckoned those ones usually went for £60-100.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:20 pm
by timhulio
They're shit. You can't imagine how bad these are because all beginner guitars for the last 20 years have been at least playable. These are unplayable.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:22 pm
by Freddy V-C
Okay, looks good but plays crap. I guess that's a no then. I shall wait until I have some more monies and get something better.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:24 pm
by Noirie.
Freddy V-C wrote:Okay, looks good but plays crap. I guess that's a no then. I shall wait until I have some more monies and get something better.
Get a classic vibe duo-sonic. Thats small, retro and not shit.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:25 pm
by Freddy V-C
I did actually see one of those in York last week, I'll give it a go next time I'm around those parts.
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:50 pm
by stewart
timhulio wrote:
They're shit. You can't imagine how bad these are because all beginner guitars for the last 20 years have been at least playable. These are unplayable.
yup, they're DREADFUL guitars. i got one for £20 for a laugh and immediately wished i'd spent it on chocolate or parma ham instead. pickups are salvageable, but everything else is cack.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:04 am
by Circa
They really are utter crap, to a point where they are at an unexplainable sense of lousiness.
Heres an old Hofner I have, has been refinished because I felt the old paint job was hazardous to my health. very similar to teisco, same tremlo and pick-ups (I still have all the hardware but It's very depressing when together, to the point where I want to cry).
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:13 am
by robert(original)
im about to get one for free that looks just like that one.
same guard and all(minus the color of course)
i want to say that it has a simple trem, but an archtop styled bridge.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:20 am
by Mo Law-ka
robert(original) wrote:im about to get one for free that looks just like that one.
same guard and all(minus the color of course)
i want to say that it has a simple trem, but an archtop styled bridge.
let me see it!!!!
you know how i feel about awesome quirky vintage guits, after all, ive got 2 of them, and no idea what anything on them does.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:45 am
by Circa
The refinish was just a cheap project and the original finish was bottom line horrible, so it wasn't a lost. But getting these for free is good because they are worth virtually nothing.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:50 am
by endsjustifymeans
Circa wrote:The refinish was just a cheap project and the original finish was bottom line horrible, so it wasn't a lost. But getting these for free is good because they are worth virtually nothing.
Lol, I'm buying one off of hotrod. Color me stupid.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:53 am
by hotrodperlmutter
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:54 am
by endsjustifymeans
Lol, I think it's awesome. I will make that thing a player. Mark my words.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:58 am
by Circa
As long as you don't get one that's missing a tuner and has cigarettes in the pick-guard, they really aren't as bad. Plus mine is a Hofner, below the quality of Teiscos. It just sounded like absolute crap, so I destroyed it by picking parts and refinishing it.
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:14 am
by dub
guy on a local auction site keeps listing this one:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instrume ... 534268.htm
I find it strangely attractive. Despite the monkey grip bollocks.
I think its the set neck and the aluminium pickguard...
Guy wants retarded money for it though. aha
