#RED TEISCO GUITAR SERIES#

Tariffs made importing foreign instruments unreasonably expensive. The original company produced guitars for domestic use. At that time, Kawai discontinued the Teisco brand on their guitars, but kept the brand name for use on their electronic keyboards. The Teisco brand lasted until 1967 when the company and assets were purchased by the Kawai Musical Instrument Company. Teisco is the name that gave the company itвЂ™s recognition. There was another company called Tokyo Sound Co Ltd, that built Guyatone guitars. However, according to the company founder, Mr. The original name of the company was Aoi Onpa Kenkyujo, which can be loosely translated to Hollyhock Soundwave or Electricity Laboratories.Д«y 1956 the name was changed to Nippon Onpa Kogyo Company, then in 1964 it was changed to Teisco, which most sources explain is an acronym for Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company. Kaneko teamed up with electrical engineer, Doryu Matsuda. He also played the вЂњSpanishвЂќ style guitar. Teisco, was a Japanese Company that was founded in 1946 by a Hawaiian guitarist named Atsuwo Kaneko. It was a fad, but many companies saw it as a bull guitar market and rushed in to make money. I cannot describe the incredible demand for guitars and basses after the British Invasion. These guitars were normally sold by brokers, who usually re-branded them or had them rebadged them prior to shipment, then sold them to music stores, department stores, and even pawn shops.

Although there was no metal name plate on the headstock, by itвЂ™s pedigree, I can tell it was made by Teisco at a time when the United States and the United Kingdom were being flooded with cheap electric guitars made in Japan. He owned a grocery store, and took it in as pawn from a customer that could not pay their bill. I have one buddy who swears these will become collectable one day, but since I grew up on these Tulips I just canвЂ™t look at these as anything but old school rockers.I have an old guitar that my Dad gave me back in 1965. Some were dogs and some were winners, just the way it is. You can probably guess that quality control wasnвЂ™t a huge deal back then, and just like old fuzz pedals, you had to try these out. IвЂ™ve probably had this for 15 years, and it always sounded better than the others IвЂ™ve had. These guitars really make excellent garage band hammers, and I mean that! Like, the frets are super tiny so you canвЂ™t shred on these guitars, but the pickups sound so raw and powerful! ItвЂ™s like barre chord city! At least thatвЂ™s what these were for me! I had plenty of these back in the day, and this is the only one I kept. I do know that in my youth these could be had all day, every day, for $50 at pawn shops! These were as common as pointy вЂњsuperstratsвЂќ in the 80s, but the only difference is no one wanted these. So how about that painted neck? Is that common or rather rare for these tulips? Even though I love vintage Japanese guitars, I was never a huge Teisco buff so I canвЂ™t say for sure.

#RED TEISCO GUITAR SERIES#

These actually have some sustain! Pickups are ULTRA HOT and read out at 6.53k and 6.33k and of course this one has series wiring so with both pickups on you get that jump in output.

Red always seemed like a popular Teisco color, and during this time period (circa 66) all these guitars were built using solid wood (not plywood). I donвЂ™t think IвЂ™ve ever seen this on a Teisco before, and that tremolo arm is sorta unique, right? Notice how the knobs are raised on the pick guard? Usually these are seen with the late 60s floral pick guard, but this one has this seemingly rare stamped metal guard. Talk about a simple design, these Teiscos always reminded me of the Japanese Teisco equivalent of a Telecaster, only with more quirks! These ET200s were probably the most common and popular Teisco design, easily winning the prize for the often cheapest guitar in the Teisco lineup!

Red teisco guitar