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    Teisco ET-200
    Teisco E-110
    Kay ET-200
    Heit Deluxe (model unknown, twin pickups with tremalo bar)
    Conrad (model unknown, single pickup, similiar to Gibson SG junior)

    All are 100% original, although NOT in mint condition.
    I had to do some work on them (new nut, string bar, bridge piece, etc.)
    Couldn’t help myself, I did mod the Tiesco E-110 (one neck pickup), with a RY Cooder/Teisco gold foil pickup.
    Sorry vintage fans, it is too good a pickup NOT to use!

    Steve

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    • #74846
      boogieman
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      8)

      Yeah Jammin’, I know what you mean.The last three CD’s my band has recorded I have used ny original 52 P Bass on some of the songs, and 60’s MIJ, Italian, and USSR stuff on MOST of the songs. They seem to have that Hip & Groovy,Lowdown,BBQ, Voodoo-Mojo vibe that sounds great on loud and rowdy Blues !! 8)

    • #74820
      SB
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      Hey guys,

      I’ve got a freakishly obsessed number of 60’s MIJ guitars, you can see about half of them at VintAxe.com.

      Although I love the style and tone of most of them it is true that their quirkiness prevents most of them from being reliable daily drivers. I must confess my main axe is a Smith Strat.

      However, I love these instruments for recording. In the tightly controlled setting of the recording studio you can compensate for whatever challenges the instruments might pose and capture some great tone on your songs. Besides that, they look great hanging on the wall!!

      sb

    • #74835
      boogieman
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      8) I had trouble just getting a pic of my 57 P Bass on here. For some reason my computer does not like uploading !! I’ll see what I can do. If you send me your email it may be easier to send them that way. 8)

    • #74814
      lee_UK
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      Any pictures of your collection boogieman? i’d love to see the USSR stuff.

    • #74806
      boogieman
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      8) I am not a guitar player. I play bass. I do collect 60’s MIJ stuff. I also love the 60’s USSR stuff. But then again, I play Blues.Some of the 60’s stuff sounds GREAT in the studio. Has kind of a Voodoo vibe to it. 8)

      If you know of any 60’s MIJ or USSR basses out there for sale, let me know.

    • #74825
      glw
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      I’ve had a couple actually. Sold them on though, because they weren’t really players.

      Now if you were talking 1970s japanese guitars, then I’ve got a perspex-bodied Strat copy from Sanox Sound Creator.

    • #74802
      mrblanche
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      Nope, just a decoration on the wall of an Applebee’s.

    • #74804
      lee_UK
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      [quote=”mrblanche”]Did you see the photo of a four-pickup…I think it was a Teisco…some time back, here? It’s hanging on the wall of a restaurant near here![/quote]

      Does it have pride of place above the grill?

    • #74805
      mrblanche
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      Did you see the photo of a four-pickup…I think it was a Teisco…some time back, here? It’s hanging on the wall of a restaurant near here!

    • #74823
      lee_UK
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      Bopsalot, you are preaching to the converted, we all revel in the greatness of Jap guitars, old and new, i myself have:

      Maya 1980 tele copy
      Squier Strat – 1994
      Squier System 1 strat -1983
      Strat ’62 reissue – 1998
      Tele ’62 custom – 1997
      Tokai Silverstar strat – 1982
      Tokai LP Reborn – 1979

      I think it’s long been known that the quality and sound of the Jap guitars old and new are superior to a lot of the US models currently being turned out by Fender, Gibson and a few other big brand names.

    • #74808
      BopsAlot
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      ok, you found me out. That was merely a clever ruse to deflect attention from my secret obsession— vintage Japanese guitars. 😳 Foiled again. In all seriousness (ummmmm), while probably not quite vintage, one of my prize possessions is my first guitar ever, a black 1983 Japanese made Fender Squier Bullet. White pickguard, telecaster headstock, strat-ish body, it plays remarkalby smooth and solid for a cheapo. It seriously feels like a million bucks in your hands, but sounds like its made of tin and plywood. Somehow, lately these are becoming quite the collectors’ item. On eBay, they are now routinely selling for over 20 times the price I payed for mine in 1991. Two acquaintances were plotting to throw the guitar from a speeding vehicle and videotape the carnage. While I’m sure that would have been a monumental stunt for the ages, guaranteeing fame and fortune and maybe even an Acadamy Award for Best Documentary of 1991, I talked them out of it for 20 bucks. One week later I was playing clangy buzzing acoustical renditions of greats such as The Misfits “Some Kinda Hate” and Spinal Tap’s “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You (Tonite)” and the rest is… well,….actually, I havn’t really improved much. 🙄

    • #74819
      lee_UK
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      Im sure there are one or 2, ive seen Teisco questions answered with great zest hinting that there are a couple of anoraks on here.

    • #74815
      BopsAlot
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      How very kind of you to think only of the interests of others. Sadly, though, there is no one who collects vintage Japanese guitars from the 1960s. Anywhere. But especially not here. 😉

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