Teisco ET-230 Solid Body Electric Guitar (1966)
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Teisco ET-230 Model Solid Body Electric Guitar, c. 1966, made in Japan, serial # 224246, Lake Placid Blue lacquer finish, hardwood body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, original black chipboard case.
The Teisco ET-230 was one of the most stylish and colorful electric guitars to come out of the mid-60's "Japanese Invasion" period. From the same line as the celebrated Teisco Spectrum guitars, this instrument features a dramatic dressed away "German Curve" body design with exaggerated pointy cutaway horns. Sometimes nicknamed the "sharkfin" style, the body and neck are finished in a vibrant Lake Placid Blue finish as nice as anything Fender was doing at the time! The "striped" brushed metal pickguard mounts two pickups with individual on/off rocker switches, with an additional "rhythm/solo switch, with a master tone (that works backwards) and individual volume controls mounted below them. The headstock sports the trademark Teisco 4+2 tuner array and an almost ax-shaped upper profile. A snazzy, solid and snarly sounding guitar, this is a much better instrument than many period 1960's Japanese guitars. It proudly bears a colorful metal crown headstock badge proclaiming "Teisco del Rey" roughly translating as "Teisco of the King"�king of what we're not sure, but it is certainly high up on the cool Japanese '60's guitar roster!
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) deep. Scale length is 24 1/2 in. (622 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). Very fine original condition, with fairly minimal wear overall. There os one chip off the lower bass side corner of the headstock, and a few scratches to the pickguard but otherwise not much wear. The Logo plate and vibrato arm are exact modern repros; everything else is original. Great looking with a vibrant unfaded finish, and a good player as these go. Excellent - Condition.
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The Teisco ET-230 was one of the most stylish and colorful electric guitars to come out of the mid-60's "Japanese Invasion" period. From the same line as the celebrated Teisco Spectrum guitars, this instrument features a dramatic dressed away "German Curve" body design with exaggerated pointy cutaway horns. Sometimes nicknamed the "sharkfin" style, the body and neck are finished in a vibrant Lake Placid Blue finish as nice as anything Fender was doing at the time! The "striped" brushed metal pickguard mounts two pickups with individual on/off rocker switches, with an additional "rhythm/solo switch, with a master tone (that works backwards) and individual volume controls mounted below them. The headstock sports the trademark Teisco 4+2 tuner array and an almost ax-shaped upper profile. A snazzy, solid and snarly sounding guitar, this is a much better instrument than many period 1960's Japanese guitars. It proudly bears a colorful metal crown headstock badge proclaiming "Teisco del Rey" roughly translating as "Teisco of the King"�king of what we're not sure, but it is certainly high up on the cool Japanese '60's guitar roster!
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) deep. Scale length is 24 1/2 in. (622 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.). Very fine original condition, with fairly minimal wear overall. There os one chip off the lower bass side corner of the headstock, and a few scratches to the pickguard but otherwise not much wear. The Logo plate and vibrato arm are exact modern repros; everything else is original. Great looking with a vibrant unfaded finish, and a good player as these go. Excellent - Condition.