These guitars are very definitely at the sow's ear end of the spectrum and, as such, cannot be made into a silk purse. UlricvonCatalyst wrote:Hello and welcome aboard.Īll the advice you've had already may be basically sound, but from your description it sounds like you're expecting more from your guitar than it was designed for, so there are a couple of other points worth considering: replacement bridges for Teiscos - especially the 'space control' variety - often go for insane amounts of money on eBay because inexperienced guitar modifiers seem to be of the opinion that if a guitar is old it must be good. What do you guys think? Any insight or experience with Teisco's or doing similar mods? Thanks!
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But it looks to be slightly bowed, beyond what the truss rod can do any advice on how to go about possibly straightening it, like at home diy style? haha not very educated in that regardĪnd lastly, I want to keep the neck as I don't really have money to splurge, let alone on a cheap guitar like this. One is missing a screw Do you think the strat-style 6 in line tuners would be ok? I don't know if Teisco and other old manufacturers had a standard or anything. " onclick="window.open(this.href) return false. I was thinking though of picking up one of these But it's annoying because the strings slip and whatnot, blargh. And seems like someone filed it down some because for each string there's like 3 indentations.lol. The bridge is just a bar, no rollers no nothing. The bridge looks like this (though this is not mine). But I've really wanted to start playing it but there's just a couple things I need to take care of on it before then. Not really sure you can call it an offset. Would love to pick up a Jazzmaster style guitar soonĪnyway, last week I picked up a Teisco ET-200, the tulip guitar with 2 pickups. no-one tell Matt Groening.ġ0 string (7) 12-string (93) 12-string bass (3) 1900s guitar (2) 1920s guitar (2) 1930s guitar (2) 1940s guitar (1) 1950s guitar (2) 1960s guitar (18) 1970s guitar (16) 1980s guitar (23) 1990s guitar (5) 2000s guitar (13) 2010s guitar (3) 3rd bridge (1) 5-string (2) 500 Guitars (9) 50s guitars (1) 60s (5) 7-string (16) 70s guitars (14) 8-string (13) 80s guitars (173) 9-string guitar (1) 90s guitars (22) Abel Axe (2) AC Guitars (1) Accessories (15) accessory review (1) acoustic (261) Acoustic Corporation (3) acrylic (41) Adam Black (1) adrian belew (1) aerodyne (1) Agile (1) Airline (10) Alamo (2) Alejandro Vasquez Rubio (1) Alembic (4) (1) all-experts (1) Alray (1) aluminium body (10) Alvarez (5) American guitars (58) American Legacy (5) American Showster (1) Ampeg (13) Amps (55) Andreas Guitars (1) anjo (1) antique guitars (20) Antoniotsai (4) Antoria (3) Apex Guitars (1) Apollo (2) Applause (1) Arbiter (1) Arbor (1) archtop (55) Argent (1) Argentinian guitars (4) Aria (27) Aristides (1) Art (36) art and lutherie (1) article (3) Atlas (1) Atlas Musical Instruments (1) Audition (1) Auerswald (5) August Carlstedt (1) Augustino LoPrinzi (1) aurora (1) Aurora String Corp.Hey all, I'm new here but looks like a great forum.
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It just goes to show, there aren't that many original ideas out there. Here's a Japanese Teisco Del Ray guitar from the 1960s, featuring a 4 + 2 headstock (way before Musicman thought of it) and a handle in the body (way before Ibanez thought of putting the monkey grip in the Jem range of guitars).