Teisco Guitar Boogie

The lead guitar music played in this video was recorded with this 1967 Teisco del Rey guitar.


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C'mon baby, don't you wanna DANCE?!?!
The Teisco is a vintage guitar with more history than there are letters in the word "Kenkyujo".

The guitars were first made in Japan in the late 1940's by the Aoi Onpa Kenkyujo company. Hawaiian guitarist, Atswo Kaneko, and engineer, Doryu Matsuda, were the masterminds behind this guitar company.

Though the brand name Teisco came into use in the 1940's, the guitar company itself, first known as the Aoi Onpa Kenkyujo Company, then later renamed the Nippon Onpa Kogy Company, Ltd., finally became the Teisco Company around 1964.

Teisco made amps, mics, and lap steel guitars in its early years. The first standard Teisco guitars had a 3/3 headstock. There is some disagreement between vintage guitar website editors on this, so we'll just say this Teisco may have been lightly influenced by the Gibson. Whether it was or wasn't remains up for debate.

At one time all homes had outhouses, and it wasn't until the invention of the toilet that people made bathrooms a certain way. This 3/3 headstock standard of the day is very similar to outhouses in that it was probably one of the only designs even heard of or used at the time.

The first solid-body electric Teisco was released in the 1950's when electric guitars were coming into vogue. In the 1960's, which may even be coined Teisco's golden decade, Teisco released the innovative amp-in-a-guitar. This may sound like a starter kit for a beginning rock star - that's because it was. Although most people who bought them did not become rock stars. Go figure.

During the first half of the 20th century, Americans were overall, die-hard "Buy American"s. Typically, only items that were not available domestically, such as caviar and French perfume, were imported in those days. Hence, Teisco guitars didn't appear in the United States until the early 60's when they were imported by the Jack Westheimer/WMI corporation in Chicago. Some of the other early imports were made for the Bugeleisen and Jacobson Company in New York.

In 1967, Teisco Company was bought out by Kawai. Historically, Teisco would put any name a buyer wanted on the guitar as long as he purchased enough units. Kawai continued this tradition. Teisco-made guitars bore names such as Kent, Heit Deluxe, Kingston, Kimberly, AOL Ultra Deluxe 68, etc... and many still had the Del Rey labels as well. Oh, the variety!


Recorded by M A N Who Am I, D. Logan Foster, lead guitar, Mark Anthony Nelson, rhythm guitar.

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[jks2]

what type model of teisco is this?

[MANwhoamI]

A 1967 EP-9T all original

[groberson2007]

Absolutely Spell binding...10**********s

[MANwhoamI]

Thank you, thank you, thank you !!

we appreciate your visiting and recording!!

[Papachulo57]

Wow, loved your video. My Mother bought me my first guitar when I was 14 yrs old in 1971 and it was a Teisco and looked alot like this. I traded it for a junk Bridgestone motorcyle. I loved that guitar, I guess you always love your first. Wish I still had it. Thanks for sharing your vids

[MANwhoamI]

hey, thank you

[crbacsw]

The guitarist in my first band had one of these. They really do sound as bad as I remember. Some things are better left to memory.

[gezutzelunlimited]

I´ve got the same just in a diverent color

built in 1966

[folxam]

Hey what radius is there on the fretboard? Looks pretty flat, but some kind of radius I bet :D

The reason I'm asking is that I've got an old beaten up EP-7 that someone wanted to play slide on I guess ... Someone filed the frets and the fretboard pretty flat :(

I'm thinking of maybe restoring it to it's original splendor ;)

[wfd57fatman]

Oh Yeah! The old muddy "Buzzomatic" roller bridge! Nothing beats that swell intonation! Gadz... I hated mine back then, but now I really miss the damned thing! What other guitar can you "almost" play notes on, and yet use the pickups as microphones all at the same time? Miss that lovely little beast. Oh those choice woods, fit for making the best of toothpicks! But you can't get that wonderfully absent tone anymore these days, it's so sad! So very sad!

[nodata11]

This is not a "boogie" by any stretch of the imagination... though it rocks nicely.

[groberson2007]

The pleasure was all mine!

[MANwhoamI]

thanks Jack

[MANwhoamI]

thanks

[MANwhoamI]

just making it up as we went along

[tonyvequeau]

love this song

what this please?

thanks

[woundedwomb]

was thinking about picking one up but you made it sound too cheesy

[dulcajack]

Great Music.

Great vid

Thanks*****

Jack