This ones a classic in the scene of japanese 60s guitars (as far as I know). I'm not sure about the mentioned "Dip" in the fretboard. The missing screw in the bridge, the worn down finish, the weird rusty tuners, the whole thing just kinda attracts me to some degree, I dont know why. This unknown Teisco/Kawai/Kent is objectivley seen absolute JUNK, but hell do I like it. The ones that I chose for myself are the following (this is where you guys might help me out a bit, as you guys probably know your stuff and can give me a few tips on these!)
I'm no gear nut so correct me if these aren't actually gold of silver foil PUs. That very hollow sounding, crunchy, microphonic gold foil/silver foil sound.
Lookswise (which is important to me, a lot) I don't dig the guitar all too much, but soundwise its the best for me. Right at the beginning until about 4 minutes in, he's playing quite cool slide. I just love the sound of Dave Simpsons demo of his Teisco: I'm alot into old delta blues, slide, but also garage rock (you know, the whole White Stripes type of thing) and classic rock. So since forever I wanted to have one of those quirky, weird old japanese made guitars from the 60s. – nice site you have here in remembering some older cheap guitars for those starting out that couldn’t afford the GRETSCH’s & the GIBSON’s… (Hofner’s…. Even Paul Simon owes more than a bit of his ‘soul’ for what you gave to him in making that ‘Bridge’ to the world in his music and on the piano. – Rest in peace LARRY… one of THE greatest keyboard players (and even bass players) ever to walk into the studios in LA, and onto stages all over this world. To stadium crowds and ‘commercial success’? What’s next ‘Scott’ – complaining about the Beatles success for not staying in leather pants and playing the Cavern and the Star Club instead of listening to Brian Epstein in appealing to a wider audience and possibly fame for “selling out” But to “fault” him for NOT being stuck in the studio and using his vocal talents to take the “pop route” to greater stardom is like faulting ANY successful musician for making both money AND his name known to the public at large – as well as some “wannabe” who doesn’t seem to know where that pop music comes from in the talents of those who make that music. Glenn WAS one of THE most famed (and most requested) session players known to all working within the industry. WITHOUT members of the CREW being involvedįrom the MONKEES to the (early) BYRDS – Phil Spector – Brian WIlson & The Beach Boys (which is how Campbell actually was a ‘Boy’ for awhile)… and that (famed) guitar solo on LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE (again – Campbell)…. You COULDN’T HEAR a session coming out of L.A. Oh, by the way, do yourself a favour and catch up with Henry Kaiser.ĪNY musician (who’s actually a WORKING musician) SHOULD know about how important GLENN CAMPBELL was in MOST of the 60’s west coast sessions AS an ‘ax man for hire’ in the WRECKING CREW with HAL BLAINE/JIM GORDON – LARRY KNECHTEL/LEON RUSSEL – CAROL KAYE etc… etc… But sometimes you catch a really big one, and relling it in is so much fun! As a customer once stated, it is like fishing, catch and release. Once I get them, I start looking for the next and the initial romantic attraction wanes. Cool things come and go every month, but this one was worth a mention for sure. So goes the lifetime obsession of guitar collecting. But wait… this one was a plexi Spectrum!! What the hell? Apparently they made 100 or so in Japan (where Henry got it earlier in the decade) so I’m guessing not many – if any other than this one – ever made it across the pond. Yes, a Teisco Spectrum is always in the top ten in my “trade-for” list. What did Henry have to trade? A Teisco Spectrum. He saw an older article from the My Rare Guitars website that circled around a particularly wierd guitar and was interested in trading something for it. Vintage 1960's Teisco Plexi Spectrum 5 GuitarĪ while back I got an email from one of the worlds best “out there” guitar players – Henry Kaiser.
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