Hi, yeah, Teisco guitars are by far my favourite guitars, here’s what I know… in the 60s, everyone and their uncle had a band thanks to the success of the Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Velvet Underground and others, but the dominant models of the time (Les Paul, Stratocaster) were very expensive. Thus to fill the gap you had budget guitar companies, the equivalent of Jay Turser or NRG today. The difference is the budget axes back then were as good or better as their more expensive counterparts. Some of the companies in America were Supro, Harmony, Kay, Silvertone, and of course Airline which made the Res-o-glas that Jack White of the White Stripes plays today. The Japanese answer to these was Teisco, which made the coolest looking, playing guitars around. There were great inovations in apperance and design. For example, check out the sleek look of the most coveted model, the Spectrum 5. The TRE-100 (which I own) had a great built-in amp, one of the first travel guitars. Some featured 4 pickups, others looked like teardrops, stars or even tulips! These guitars were basically designed for surf music (Dick Dale/Beach Boys) and rockabilly but were reapropriated in the 90s by Nirvana and other such groups. Today they are primarily used by bands like The White Stripes. Teiscos are a collector’s dream basically because they look so cool! They play super well too and distort well. I say for rockabilly and ska the guitar you described should be good depending on the condition of the pickups & wiring. And there you go!