This tuneful time-machine is ready to plug in and rip the walls off your garage.
Teisco del rey ep 8t full#
The side-marker material runs the full length of the board, doubling as full fretboard binding– it also includes the nut, and looks very much like aged bone or ivory! All original.
Teisco del rey ep 8t plus#
Plus one pole-adjustable single-coil pickup, of the type made famous by Ry Cooder) the at-the-time unique 4+2 tuner arrangement, plus the completely unique fretboard side markers. So many of these fine guitars are now missing their little metal badges– BUT THIS ONE HAS ITS BADGE! These cool little small-bodied guitars feature a cunningly designed combination trapeze tailpiece/adjustable bridge.
The cool and distinctive Teisco Del Rey badges of this era were only being glued to the headstock, and by the mid-80s the glue had lost its ability to hold the badges to the wood. more realized, thus explaining the poor condition of so many of them– it’s great to find one in such good shape as this nice single pickup E-120. some sold for as little as $99.9 9 in American department stores and catalogs) Their value as solidly built surf and garage axes was immediately. With Teisco headstock badge) Great looking striped aluminum scratch plate guitar. One is a kill switch the other seems to be a boost off sorts. All the electronics work including the flip switches. The finish looks pretty good when you consider it's age. It's a good looking guitar with a few scratches and paint dings but nothing serious. Very snarly and has a really nice bite that in Posted withĦ0's Vintage TEISCO DEL REY E-120 Electric Guitar/ Made in Japan! Year: 1966-67(Circa) Manufacturer: Teisco Model: E-120 Del Ray Color: Sunburst Condition: Very Good with a few minor cosmetic issues Tuners: Vintage"Butter Bean" 4/2 The finish on this classic Teisco is a brown sunburst. Soundwise its what you woudl expect from this era Japan guitar.
more It is playable up and down as well but you can tell the previous owner set it up for slide. Neck itself has some relief in it(there is no truss rod adjustment) and with the new taller nut it's more set up for slide with higher action. Frets are smaller profile and do show wear but still retain a playable profile. Has a really cool looking metal mirror finish pickguard. There's one tone and one voume control and a slider switch labeled treble/solo. Has 2 pickups each with an on/off rocker switch. Electronics are a bit scratchy but all does work. The"B" and high"E" string plastic tuner bushings are missing. All aprts appear to be original except the nut which is a modern replacement. Guitar has its original red finish and sports a maple neck with bound rosewood fingerboard. PLEASE SCROLL BELOW DESCRIPTION FOR FULL-SIZE DETAILED PHOTOS Nifty made in Japan ca.1960's electric guitar.