The Teisco brand name stands for 'Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company'. It has the usual fussy switches and pots that you'll find on a 40 year old guitar that hasn't been restored. With the hole in the trussrod pocket it seems this guitar has spent part of it's life as a wall hanger. The Tremolo bar is also missing and the spring itself is missing. The guitar is in very good shape although it's missing the original nameplate and the bridge has been changed out for a modern style. The model number listed on the back nameplate is the EP-8T with the T in the model number for the tremolo. Please bid well and thanks for looking.This is a late 1960's Teisco thinline Hollowbody guitar in the Gibson ES style. Likewise, they were imported in the U.K under such labels as Arbiter, Sonatone, Audition, Kay and Top Twenty, this 'Top Twenty' branded guitar it's in very good condition for its age, there are a few small dings and scratches here and there which is only to be expected for its age, I don't have an amp to plug it into so I am unable to verify that it's all ok electronically although everything appears to be there so it should be fine, the guitar comes in what I believe to be the original case from the 60's, please understand that guitars like this from the 60's era don't have the precision set up or action as modern guitars and therefore require a bit more effort to play but this nothing that a good setup shouldn't sort out by someone who knows what they're doing. under several brand names including Silvertone, Kent, Beltone, Duke, Encore, Heit Deluxe, Jedson, Kimberly, Kingston, Lyle, Norma, Tulio and World Teisco. Teisco guitars were also imported in the U.S. Here we have a Vintage 1969 Top Twenty Electric Guitar, 'Top Twenty' were a brand from the 'Teisco' instrument factory in Japan, Teisco guitars were imported to the United States since 1959 or early 1960, and then re-badged as "Teisco Del Rey" after 1964.
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