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Is this worth an hour drive?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:01 pm
by anthoney

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:02 pm
by matthoj
yes

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:05 pm
by mickie08
it depends if you actually see yourself using them and if you like that garagey rock type sound that these seem to have. I wouldn't run to buy them thinking of flipping them or anything. By the time you count gas, time, and effort to do so it would probably be a wash. If you want to get a funky guitar and take the risk that there are major problems with it then go for it. I would make sure before you drove over there that the guy will hold it for you until you get there though. I have gotten burned twice on long drives that were sold while I was on the way even though they knew I was coming.

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:09 pm
by anthoney
Thanks for the advice. I'm mostly interested in the amp, though I really like those old guitars as well. It wouldn't be to flip. I'd like to see what I could do with them. Just wondering if the time, gas and $100 is a good "price" for the package.

By the way, I probably posted this in the wrong forum...not sure if it's a shortscale.

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:13 pm
by mickie08
I am also not sure if transistor means tube or solid state. Of course I am not an electronics person. I wouldn't be too excited for a 60's or so solid state amp.

For 100 it seems like a good deal, but with 2-3 hours of time and gas included it all comes down to how much extra cash you have and what you want to sepnd it on.

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:32 pm
by stewart
i think those teisco del ray guitars are supposed to be decent quality, jcyphe would be the one to ask.

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:37 pm
by DGNR8
Just to be able to call it Kokomo.

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:42 pm
by aen
transistor means solid state.

and ew, no thats not worth a five minute drive.

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:58 pm
by Justin J
yeah, i'd stay away. the amp is probably worthless in both value and utility. and, while teisco did make some decent guitars, that's probably not one of them. expect a really bowed neck the size of a baseball bat with no intonation.

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:34 pm
by matthoj
if you are mostly after the amp then no

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:01 am
by anthoney
Cool, cheers guys! I'll probably just stay away from it.

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:01 am
by Sloan
for $10 MAYBE.

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:06 am
by hotrodperlmutter
NO

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:30 am
by gaybear
depends on your goals, but i think it could be worth it for shits and giggles at 70-80 bucks. good fun studio sorta situations. prolly not as a player.