Teisco Del Rey, QUALITY AUDIO with ET-200 Tulip

[XmyAssYTmofo]

Whatever suits ya bro. But some of the purists would say you ruined that Teisco.

I just scored one of those ET-100 biatches and it's being shipped. Having the Teisco Del Ray badge is the coolest, but I've got Kent, Silvertone, Kingston, and Kimberly ones that are just different Jap badge marks for different dept store chains. Though I think only TDR used this cool floral pick guard.

[cloudyproject]

@XmyAssYTmofo Hey, I can't get too torqued up about "ruining" an $80 guitar (besides, swapping pups ain't really permanent - and I do own two of the tulips). Myself, I think those pups on the Tulip are a really limiting sound. Can't see using it often, not very articulated and the distortion isn't really "pleasant". I see it more like keeping some heavy spices in the kitchen to use judiciously. But with the P90's, it's a go-to guitar. (I do love the same pups on my hollow Teisco though...)

[XmyAssYTmofo]

@cloudyproject Not doggin' ya bro, it's all good. I wish I had the money and skill to change pots n pups and wiring harnesses man. I'm still waitin' for my single pup ET-100 to arrive from Tacoma and will be lucky if it sounds half as good as your pre upgrade 200. With cheap USPS I got it for $132.95 and am red-faced embarrassed I spent that but I had to have a classic other than the quality Harmony Strats from '74 - '82. No way First Act beaters will ever be considered cool unless pimped out.

[cloudyproject]

@XmyAssYTmofo I dig the little Teisco's, and love the fact some beatles-freak kid probably started on one in the 60's. They're great guitars to learn soldering with. There's tons of how-to-solder tuts on the net, and plenty of good guitar repair pages, or books from Amazon and StewMac.com. It's pretty tough to actually destroy anything, but good to know how to fix a pot. Give it a shot, with these old guitars it can be pretty necessary! (And I'm wanting to hear a Teisco with a phase switch!)

[XmyAssYTmofo]

@cloudyproject Deude I did it!

I put the electronics from my nephew's screwed frets popping out Starcaster in my Teisco Del Rey ET-110. I'm editing the unveiling video of it now.

I even managed a pigtail that deleted the middle tone and switched it to bridge by golly.

Even after all the wood I removed it went from 4.2 pounds to 5 pounds weight after I added the 3 heavy single pole Starcaster pick-ups. That old Teisco pick-up weighed no more than an empty sardine can omg.

[XmyAssYTmofo]

@XmyAssYTmofo Whoops I mean the ET-110.

[MrScrewdriver96]

Please post another video showing the finished guitar! I've been meaning to do a project like this for some time now :)

[cloudyproject]

@MrScrewdriver96 - look in my videos for "motherless child" - it's this ET with surface mount P90's, which to me sound luscious, complex, cool - but very hard to play when you raise the action to clear those big pups. I now have 2 ET-200's and I plan on routing the body & pickguard for humbucker-case P90s. I have all the parts, just no time! Should be cool when I get around to it.

[MrScrewdriver96]

@cloudyproject Sounds pretty cool :) My only problem with obtaining one of these lovely old axes is that they tend to be pretty expensive, which is a bit silly considering how cheap they are :P There's a lovely one on ebay at the moment that comes with an original Teisco stack amp. Now THAT would be something!

[cloudyproject]

@MrScrewdriver96 - Both of my "tulips" were about $100 each; just have to keep an eye out. My hollow body was more like $200, other Teiscos can get up there. But the ETs seem pretty plentiful - though I haven't looked at prices in the last year or so.

[portamenteff]

I've got that exact same one, original pickups and all. Having fun with it.

[FIRECRACKER392]

Before i decide to screw up my original sound of my Teisco 220,, I`ll grab my Gibson LPC 335 and run circles around most any sound you want to hear

I like the vintage Teisco sound,, I like my vintage 335 sound too, it can stand toe to toe w/any guitar made.

But i think ill find an ol beater & trick it out to see what happens, looks cool , ill try not to destroy a classic though

[cloudyproject]

@FIRECRACKER392 - a vintage 335 really should run circles around a teisco - the teiscos are cheap, entry level guitars that happen to be pretty old. I figure, if you like it stock, cool - I don't imagine it'll be worth more than $100 or so in my lifetime. On the other hand, new pickups can really get some unique tones (which I happen to dig more than stock). My hollow Teisco sounds great & I wouldn't change it - updating the ET made it useable (for me anyway) - and it still looks funky and cool.

[FIRECRACKER392]

@cloudyproject ,

Right on, we like what we like,, and yes they are funky & cool wish i had another,, by the way my 335 will hold its own, but w/someone else playin it though,, i cant play a lick,, i just thought it would be a cool beginners guitar,, lol, had a chance & took it,,,, Thanks for the upload.. :)

[micmoable]

Nice guitar---like the designs on pickguard

[joelaka3pac123]

personally i like the original pick ups

the gritty sound is good for the era it was made

with the heavy psychedelic riffs

like inna gadda da vida style it would fit that i think

[Cincinnatification]

I just like a more distorted sound though.

[cloudyproject]

I have a hollow Teisco, and there's something cool about its sound - kind of like "AM Radio Motown" or something, subtle but spooky. On this guitar, the tone coming from the P90s is just really complex & deep & special... in this case, I don't miss the old pups at all (hey, wanna buy 'em? Stick 'em on a tele!!!)

[gageman70]

@cloudyproject those pups wouldnt happen to still be for sale would they??

[Cincinnatification]

I like the original pickups better. You did a nice job though.

[tylerkaleolott]

i think the pickups people choose to use varies with different styles of playing or sound that they are looking for.... theres no need for battering fellow musicians is there? :/

[cloudyproject]

Yes, battering musicians is over rated - you should really dip them in flour, then egg, and then seasoned bread crumbs before frying.

[LesediLoFi]

@cloudyproject lmfao.

[MIchigan4x4]

the original pickups are better you little girl

[cloudyproject]

Sheila, those are the original pickups. Which sound like ass compared to the P90s I later added.

I can understand that year after year of being brutally raped by your uncle and his drinking buddies has left you some gender confusion (and probably a distended sphincter). But just because they call you "little girl" until you passed out from the pain doesn't mean that it's an appropriate name for other men.

[skateforguitars]

are you able to talk into the pickups cuz i heard in some the pickups they are so hot you can talk into them

[cloudyproject]

It's got nothing to do with the pickup's output (or how "hot" it is) - a pickup is called "microphonic" when its windings vibrate freely enough to pick up things like voices, or to feedback like a microphone. Potting pickups can reduce or eliminate it.