I believe I just happened to end up with a gem.ĭont get me wrong, going toe to toe with just about anything put out by Fender, Gibson, Epiphone or probably even Squier, not to mention a miriad of other popular well respected brands, the Teisco is gonna lose.
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None of the screw holes in the pickguard are the same, for one, one of the two necks is one of the worst I've ever played, while the other is absolutely the best I've ever played (though the bad one is salvageable by grinding down the frets and cleaning off the fretboard), and one of the seven screw holes was positioned differently on the good tuning key assembly I used to replace the bad tuning key assembly (the metal band on the bottom was longer on the replacement by almost a full centimeter.) And the tuning pegs (where the string feeds) were not as tall and therefore didnt stick out as far on the replacement as they did on the original.įit and finish and build accuracy on these Teiscos is absolutely terrible and I can totally believe how some people could end up with a totally crappy guitar and some could end up with somewhat of a gem. I should mention that even between only these two Teisco guitars, three pickguards, and three sets of tuning key assemblies, I can tell you first hand that fit and finish on them varies more than anything I've ever encountered on a guitar before. I'll try to get some pictures of them put up. So, to conclude: I like my Teiscos, and they will get used, both on stage and on albums.but not to the extent tht the strat or dot will. One has frets that are too large and stick out a little too much, but the other one is the best playing guitar I've ever played as far as fast and easy action goes, better than the strat and dot, even. Now, what do I think of them? Well, it goes without saying that they are not as good of guitars as my Strat, or my Dot Archtop, but nevertheless, I kinda like them.
It has writing on it too, though with the thick brush they used, it's hard to tell what it says.something like: "Tox's O'Grady" (Does that make sense to anybody?) I considered painting over it, but decided that it was a time-piece, and so it will remain as is. The E-200 still has it's original finish on it and looks good, the E-110 however was given a homemade psychadelic paintjob that is just aweful. I still have that pickguard and electronics, but have swapped them out with a pickguard and all electronics from an E-200 (the two pickup one) So, essentially, I have an E-110 and an E-200. One is a stock E-110 (1969 Tulip), and the other one is also an E-110, but when I got it, the electronics had been modified and so had the artwork on the pickguard.
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