The first guitar I ever touched was a single pickup one of these belonging to my old man. I used to pretend it was a battle axe when I was a kid. Thirty something years later I still have it, still love it, and still play it :)
Dave, long time subscriber, first time commenter. Your energy is infectious, you technique is outstanding but most of all, when you play I feel the meaning of every note. You sir are one in a 7 1/2 billion, I'm just glad to be part of the same 7 1/2 billion. Please never stop being The Dave Simpson!
you probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me atm you can watch pretty much all the new movies on Instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my girlfriend these days :)
WOW!!! Bought one of these from Woolworths in 1973, was a single pickup version, £12.50p, the twin pickup was outa reach at £15, was only on £12a week! The pickups are amazing! Seen them put into telecasters, if you go on the teisco website you can get the delray logo for about £15, loved this video....
Oh my! I haven’t seen one of those since I was 14 years old! (I’m 52 now) this was the very first electric guitar I ever got when I started playing. My mother bought it for me. She found it at a garage sale for 50 bucks. They didn’t know what hey had. Neither did I because I eventually sold it to buy a Strat. I sure wish I had it now.
Had one as a kid - think more 1973/4 - bought off a Kay’s Catalogue - £78 0ver a year rings a bell 😀😀 loved it and last month bought another - 260 quid 😀- must be 3/4 the size and half the weight of a Strat but couldn’t remember that - think the tremolo arm on yours either much earlier model - later versions? A flatter chrome bar - Enjoy
awesome jamming there...in 1970 ..i got From Woolworths the Teisco branded one t hink ?..two pickups .cant for the life of me remember the whammy on it though ,hmmm ..yup was £12.99 or there abouts..same sunburst.. so refreshing to here different tones ..we get bombarded with strat and gibson pickups etc .that we forget there are imense tones to be had from lesser brands....but at the end of the day ...you have the gift to make any guitar sound F.A.B .....rock on Dave...peace.
I had one of these and sold it for fiscal reasons... very organic and sensitive probably due to the sparsely wrapped and unwaxed coils … a bargain shop joy.. nice one Dave
I had close to this guitar! (Teisco Silvertone 309-1412) Bought it in 1969 from Simpsons Sears cataloge. $50 Canadian with 15W amp, carrying bag and cord. Played with it in the highschool band. Would love to have one again.
Would like to see one of your close-up videos of this guitar. As an old geezer these are what was available to us as teens who were low on funds back in the mid to late Sixties. The rich guys had Fender Mustangs.
Awesome playing Dave, got one myself last year in pristine condition. Turn up at practice and other band members are WTF, start playing it and their smile drops. Then it’s really WTF!!!!
Dave....maaan...you are blowing me away with your playing, skills and this fantastic late-60s Teisco/Kawai!!! I just recently caught the Teisco/Kawai disease in my fifties after decades of lefty Pauls and lefty Strats... so damned surprised how great these "long-ago-deemed-poopy" pickups sound. The second of now five (in two months) Teisco (Kawai) guitars is an EG-413-3T 3-pup righty with vibrato arm from approx 1969-1972 (same era as yours) and it is kick arse!!! The zero fret made it easy to turn around the nut/string-guide for lefty play! Running it through my L6 Helix and it's stoopidly cool!!! I may well re-fret it myself as it is worth it for sure :)
Super nice. I've owned a lot of similar guitars, Kays, Harmonys, Silvertones. They all have so much more unique and interesting sounding pickups than modern guitars. And I honestly don't know why zero frets aren't on every single guitar ever made. They just make so much sense and I can't think of a single downside to them... :)
Great video. I just picked up an unbranded 70s MIJ Jaguar looking thing. 2 single coil PUPs. I'm inspired about the possibility after watching your video
Great video, Dave! If you like Teisco... I'm gonna plug a channel I like a lot. Drowning in guitars. All sorts of teisco, lawsuit era, guitars made in places besides USA, UK, and the far east. I've been itching for a Galanti guitar from Italy that has been featured there... ;0) Oh, they have a website with information and history of all these kind of guitars as well.
Great sounding guitar! Although I suspect you could make a steaming pile of crap of a guitar sound like a bed of roses! Great video, love them, keep them coming!
Nice one..... These style of guitars where in most cash converts in the 90s ...I had one at some point and a Columbus and a hofner and the Italian guitar eko. you got a good one there Dave ,sound very nice. That trem sounds great (Jeff beck style) Cheers mate
Loved your slide playing Dave. I've got the exact same guitar, it was included in with a Squier guitar I bought. It's an intriguing, unique guitar for sure! Mine has a round 'Top Twenty' logo held on by 2 pins.
Dave... you are an absolute joy to watch, you play incredibly well and your enthusiasm and passion is infectious, I’ve watched this particular video around 5 times already. The Teisco sounds outrageous and I came across your video because I’m looking for one and searched for reviews etc. I am actually looking at a similar Jedson telecaster style with the same dual pickups etc. Have you seen or played a Jedson, apparently they are the same as the Teisco, Kay and Audition guitars pretty much. I am definitely buying either a Teisco or a Jedson and your video has inspired me even more. Thanks, you are a breath of fresh air and so funny too. Cheers mate. Stay safe! 🙏🏻🎸
Great video. Picked up a Top Twenty branded one of these off Facebook for just £15. Came with a Park amp and original case as well lol. A clean up and the action lowering a bit and it’s great fun. No Trem arm with it either funnily enough.
Dangerous for me to watch Dave's vids. I tried to buy one of these on eBay within five mins of watching. Wouldn't ship to Northern Ireland so some other lucky duck got it! Good job I suppose as couldn't really spare the cash. But this is what happens when I watch sir Simpson!!
Dave, found this info regarding Teisco guitars on Reverb- Kawai Kawais are probably most often mistaken for Teiscos because Kawai bought the Teisco brand name in 1967 and continued to make familiar Teisco guitars, while adding new models every year. Though sometimes sharing some similar looks, Kawai guitars tend to be a bit inferior to original Teisco guitars, especially when it comes to the wiring and pickups. There is one good way to distinguish a Kawai (or a Kawai-era Teisco) from an original Teisco: look for a string bar on the headstock. Kawai used this feature on a majority of its solid bodies, while original Teisco guitars never used string bars and instead favoured pitched headstocks.
Hi. You can buy a logo badge for it on eBay or elsewhere, made of metal. That bridge and neck is identical to the ones on the Zenta, another badge of the same brand.
Man, you can get about anything to sound good. I am having one of those days where I can't get a tone out of anything and what I am playing sounds like a big repeat. Best to just put it up and listen to Dave....glad there is only one Monday a week.
This sludgy, low fidelity tone reminds me so much of the English blues rock records of the the 60s and 70s. Savoy Brown (Kim Simmonds), Ten Years After, pre-pop rock Stevie Nicks & Buckingham Fleetwood Mac, etc. Also the American blues rock of the time, Johnny Winter, early ZZ Top. To me it sounds less Led Zeppelin and more Deram Records. They never paid much to get their stable of artists recorded and the results were often low fidelity, fuzzy, bad ass sounding records. It's amazing how close your tone is to those records. Honestly you blow most of those classic players out of the water. Isn't that amazing? I think people forget while making the "greatest players ever" list that players like yourself have kept the art form evolving. I have always maintained that there's about a thousand dudes nobody has ever heard of out there that can probably beat the breaks off those "10 best guitarists ever" lists. I realize there's many factors to that, such as their social/cultural impact and how many records their respective groups sold, but measure for measure you're right up there with some of the best I've ever heard in my life. I don't mean to worship at your alter TOO much lol, but if your playing is something to behold.
Great mother of Godzilla! This is the last thing I expected to see today. That is a variant of the first guitar I ever owned, bought when I was a youngster in 1972. For $42. It came with a "Prestige" badge, instead of "Teisco," and had a slightly different body shape, with a longer lower horn, more Mosrite than Strat. It had 4 pickups and a bizarre bridge comprised of a threaded crossbar and roller saddles. The vibrato was sort of a Bigsby thing, but instead of an axle, the pivot worked like a door hinge and it would go out of tune if you just breathed on it. I'm surprised yours is so stable. You can see a picture of it here: imgur.com/PrlOvq9.jpg
Picked up one of these from my local guitar shop in ruins for £25 (mainly cus I’m in a cure tribute and Robert Smith has one on the first album) gonna be a fun little project EDIT: Finished the guitar about a month ago... I am in love with it, might throw in an Epiphone Pickup in the middle for extra tone!
Do you still have this guitar Dave? How do you date them? Are there any tell-tale signs as to what year they are from? Want to get one but most people say they are shite. Your one certainly sounds like some good shit to me!
Dave, this is weird. I had just watched a video by a guy named Gavin Lazarus before I started watching yours, and he had a guitar that if it isn't the one you have it would really be freaky! I just noticed your video is from 5 years ago, his was from 3 years ago, but it is the same model, in great condition, and it's missing the Teisco headstock emblem! I hope you read this if you're not already aware of the situation. I had one of the one single coil models in the Tulip series I got from a membership warehouse store called Gemco in the States around late 70's. I think I paid around $29USD. Peace
Love the intro Dave. Great looking and sounding guitar. It would be a good video showing the re-fret of the Teisco Del Ray, is it a job that you would do yourself or do you have a guitar tech ? Loved the “Man of the World” bit, quite haunting. 👍🏻
Hi there, How would the output of the teisco pickup be described against the more known humbuckers, stratocaster single coils etc ? Disregarding the effect of the pickup position and width ofcourse.
@@thedavesimpson I managed to transform a jazzmaster pickup in this one's width and trying to get as close as possible. You think it could it be done with some audio transformations/effects ? I was thinking about EQ cutting the proximity effect region (~200 Hz). Also, since they're microphonic do they have a proximity effect similar to cardioid microphones ?
The radius of the pick-ups is tighter than the fret board. I raised mine as high as I dared and adjusted out the pole peices on the outer 4 poles of each pick-up. It helped a lot. Given than most folk never have their amps up full, means you have scope to turn it up. I think the trade off between lower output and great tone is worth it.
Those cheapo old guitars are great for slide! I read that Ry Cooder takes the pick ups off tiasko guitars an puts them on his gigging guitars. Cheap pickups but sound dirty an good for slide. Hound dog taylor played a cheap japanese guitar too. 😎🎸
DAVE! I've got this exact guitar (at my Dad's). I've worked on it and worked on it and I can't get a low action and I'm afraid I'm going to snap the truss if I tighten it any more. I think I've put 9's on it. It's playable but not amazing. Any advice on that or should it be high? (Edit: Just got to the part about re-fretting. Yeah - it probably needs re-fretting at this point). It does, however, have the original trem-arm on it. Love the trem on this guitar, seriously good.
Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company - TEISCO
Thats really cool. :)
I had no idea
Aw, this old rumor! Sorry bud, that's actually not what it stands for. It doesn't stand for anything!
Ok... That tone has nutritional value!!
The first guitar I ever touched was a single pickup one of these belonging to my old man. I used to pretend it was a battle axe when I was a kid.
Thirty something years later I still have it, still love it, and still play it :)
Dave, long time subscriber, first time commenter. Your energy is infectious, you technique is outstanding but most of all, when you play I feel the meaning of every note. You sir are one in a 7 1/2 billion, I'm just glad to be part of the same 7 1/2 billion. Please never stop being The Dave Simpson!
Thank you very much. : )
you probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me atm you can watch pretty much all the new movies on Instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my girlfriend these days :)
@Jordy Harlem Definitely, I have been using InstaFlixxer for months myself =)
When you misread the title as "Tesco"... Every little helps. ;)
I read Tiesto and we were gonna find out about a trance music tone
EXACTLY my first electric guitar...1970... JC Penney.... brand new 29.95.
Oh yeah! Just had my face melted off by Dave Simpson! That was a thing of beauty!
This has got to be the best sounding guitar I have ever heard you play
Oh my god, Dave teach us slide playing! Pleeeaaaseeee! This is so badass
Mali Berto shitte man read my mind before I made the same comment
I've been all round my local Teisco and they didn't have one. None in Aldee either.
Chris Shades it’s an old Japanese company that stands for Tokyo Electric Instrument Sound Company
What about Aeisda and Morreissons?
@@homeone4054 at least you got the joke. :-)
WOW!!! Bought one of these from Woolworths in 1973, was a single pickup version, £12.50p, the twin pickup was outa reach at £15, was only on £12a week! The pickups are amazing! Seen them put into telecasters, if you go on the teisco website you can get the delray logo for about £15, loved this video....
Oh my! I haven’t seen one of those since I was 14 years old! (I’m 52 now) this was the very first electric guitar I ever got when I started playing. My mother bought it for me. She found it at a garage sale for 50 bucks. They didn’t know what hey had. Neither did I because I eventually sold it to buy a Strat. I sure wish I had it now.
Mississippi Dave you got it sounds right on the money cheers Dave
Had one as a kid - think more 1973/4 - bought off a Kay’s Catalogue - £78 0ver a year rings a bell 😀😀 loved it and last month bought another - 260 quid 😀- must be 3/4 the size and half the weight of a Strat but couldn’t remember that - think the tremolo arm on yours either much earlier model - later versions? A flatter chrome bar - Enjoy
man your mic quality has RISEN since last time i've seen you
IT's incredible how utilitarian the design of these old "cheap" (Were expensive by today's standards) guitars were.
awesome jamming there...in 1970 ..i got From Woolworths the Teisco branded one t hink ?..two pickups .cant for the life of me remember the whammy on it though ,hmmm ..yup was £12.99 or there abouts..same sunburst.. so refreshing to here different tones ..we get bombarded with strat and gibson pickups etc .that we forget there are imense tones to be had from lesser brands....but at the end of the day ...you have the gift to make any guitar sound F.A.B .....rock on Dave...peace.
Dave arrives home with a new guitar...neighbours go camping for a few days..lol. Sounds epic Dave. Glad you found her.
That was the first guitar I ever owned, bought from a Freemans catalogue, or something else of that nature. Wish I still had it!
Jim Robb they are all over eBay for between 100 and 200
£57 last year on eBay
This is phenomenal playing and tone! Thank you for blessing us man! ❤️
Mine was a Kingston and had 4 of those lovely singles.
Now, THOSE are some good tones!
I had one of these and sold it for fiscal reasons... very organic and sensitive probably due to the sparsely wrapped and unwaxed coils … a bargain shop joy.. nice one Dave
Had a lot of fun to watch this. You are a great Guitarist. Respect👍🏻👍🏻
I didn't expect that at all from you Dave. Boy you play a mean slide .Awesome 👌🏽👏🏽🎸
btw. delightful, wonderful story about the purchase.
Love you Dave, you are awesome!
Fantastic, Dave !!!! Just managed to get one of these Top Twenty's today !! Pick it up tomorrow night....🥳🥳🥳
I had close to this guitar! (Teisco Silvertone 309-1412) Bought it in 1969 from Simpsons Sears cataloge. $50 Canadian with 15W amp, carrying bag and cord. Played with it in the highschool band. Would love to have one again.
Great video Dave , awesome bluesy slide intro Dave , I love it, lovely sound guitar
Would like to see one of your close-up videos of this guitar. As an old geezer these are what was available to us as teens who were low on funds back in the mid to late Sixties. The rich guys had Fender Mustangs.
Awesome playing Dave, got one myself last year in pristine condition. Turn up at practice and other band members are WTF, start playing it and their smile drops. Then it’s really WTF!!!!
Great playing as always ...have looked at few to these now and after that the Teisco is on the must get list - good stuff
Dave....maaan...you are blowing me away with your playing, skills and this fantastic late-60s Teisco/Kawai!!! I just recently caught the Teisco/Kawai disease in my fifties after decades of lefty Pauls and lefty Strats... so damned surprised how great these "long-ago-deemed-poopy" pickups sound. The second of now five (in two months) Teisco (Kawai) guitars is an EG-413-3T 3-pup righty with vibrato arm from approx 1969-1972 (same era as yours) and it is kick arse!!! The zero fret made it easy to turn around the nut/string-guide for lefty play! Running it through my L6 Helix and it's stoopidly cool!!! I may well re-fret it myself as it is worth it for sure :)
Alrighty Now!! Why the thumbs down?? The best demo of this guitar I've seen. Jam On, Jam On!!
Super nice. I've owned a lot of similar guitars, Kays, Harmonys, Silvertones. They all have so much more unique and interesting sounding pickups than modern guitars. And I honestly don't know why zero frets aren't on every single guitar ever made. They just make so much sense and I can't think of a single downside to them... :)
You should really consider putting your intros out for download, that intro jams my mans
Great video. I just picked up an unbranded 70s MIJ Jaguar looking thing. 2 single coil PUPs. I'm inspired about the possibility after watching your video
Great video, Dave! If you like Teisco... I'm gonna plug a channel I like a lot. Drowning in guitars. All sorts of teisco, lawsuit era, guitars made in places besides USA, UK, and the far east. I've been itching for a Galanti guitar from Italy that has been featured there... ;0) Oh, they have a website with information and history of all these kind of guitars as well.
Ha, your Teisco is in such better nick than mine! Still it's hard to argue with how cheap these little vintage noise makers can be found for!
And, one more time, AWESOME!!!!
Great sounding guitar! Although I suspect you could make a steaming pile of crap of a guitar sound like a bed of roses! Great video, love them, keep them coming!
Hey ,Ho, Teisco , damn Dave careful of gators in that swamp you're in ,ha the opening is greasssyyyy,
£60 man unbelievable, the boy is back !
I have a slightly different one Dave. The necks like a bloody propellor now lol. Another fantastic video mate!!
Just got one of these , cleaned and setup , awesome playing Dave
damn it!, now i want a teisco
Nice one.....
These style of guitars where in most cash converts in the 90s ...I had one at some point and a Columbus and a hofner and the Italian guitar eko.
you got a good one there Dave ,sound very nice. That trem sounds great (Jeff beck style)
Cheers mate
Wowzers! That's good playing!
Loved your slide playing Dave. I've got the exact same guitar, it was included in with a Squier guitar I bought. It's an intriguing, unique guitar for sure! Mine has a round 'Top Twenty' logo held on by 2 pins.
Dave... you are an absolute joy to watch, you play incredibly well and your enthusiasm and passion is infectious, I’ve watched this particular video around 5 times already. The Teisco sounds outrageous and I came across your video because I’m looking for one and searched for reviews etc. I am actually looking at a similar Jedson telecaster style with the same dual pickups etc. Have you seen or played a Jedson, apparently they are the same as the Teisco, Kay and Audition guitars pretty much. I am definitely buying either a Teisco or a Jedson and your video has inspired me even more. Thanks, you are a breath of fresh air and so funny too. Cheers mate. Stay safe! 🙏🏻🎸
I would die for your review of the Eastwood guitars hi flier
canned heat at woodstock vibes, fucking sick playing skills
Oh my Lordy! Fine playin!! #inspired!
Loadsa fun, thank-you Dave; but I don't think I'll be looking out for one myself :o)
That was some really really cool playing:) i must say you master the slide very well! Keep rocking mr Simpson!
I’v got one similar to it.fun to play.made in the late 60’s
Phantastic guitar playing! Love your Tseico guitar!
Tu es un grand malade, j'adore !!!
Great video. Picked up a Top Twenty branded one of these off Facebook for just £15. Came with a Park amp and original case as well lol. A clean up and the action lowering a bit and it’s great fun. No Trem arm with it either funnily enough.
Thank you very much. : )
That thing seems like a beast, damn.
Beautiful brother dave..
I think that one is a Teisco Audition. They used to sell them in Woolworths.
Dangerous for me to watch Dave's vids. I tried to buy one of these on eBay within five mins of watching. Wouldn't ship to Northern Ireland so some other lucky duck got it! Good job I suppose as couldn't really spare the cash. But this is what happens when I watch sir Simpson!!
Dave, found this info regarding Teisco guitars on Reverb-
Kawai
Kawais are probably most often mistaken for Teiscos because Kawai bought the Teisco brand name in 1967 and continued to make familiar Teisco guitars, while adding new models every year. Though sometimes sharing some similar looks, Kawai guitars tend to be a bit inferior to original Teisco guitars, especially when it comes to the wiring and pickups.
There is one good way to distinguish a Kawai (or a Kawai-era Teisco) from an original Teisco: look for a string bar on the headstock. Kawai used this feature on a majority of its solid bodies, while original Teisco guitars never used string bars and instead favoured pitched headstocks.
Thank you for the info. : )
Hi. You can buy a logo badge for it on eBay or elsewhere, made of metal. That bridge and neck is identical to the ones on the Zenta, another badge of the same brand.
i have one, bought it new in 1972 from Kays catalogue
you're incredible! i remember seeing you shred a Squier before and it was a surprise seeing you again when searching for the Teisco tone.
Thank you very much. : )
That sounds so damn good! My first guitar was a tiesco, but it was in really poor shape. Thinking about picking one up that actually works this time
Picked one of these up today. Already in love with it.
Lovely playing and great tones.
That things looks ubercool
Getting a marble finish one today-dig your vibes man!
You really get an amazing tone out of that guitar, loved it! :)
good sound can come from any equipment, I just got a fuzzface tone from my boss DS1 by running into my bandit while the amp was already at half gain.
In My Time of Dying tone
Noah Woodworth totally!
Yeah... Cheers Dave, thanks to your videos the prices have gone up like a rocket 🤣
I just scored one for 170 quid!
Man, you can get about anything to sound good. I am having one of those days where I can't get a tone out of anything and what I am playing sounds like a big repeat. Best to just put it up and listen to Dave....glad there is only one Monday a week.
when you played school at the end, I didnt think you believed your luck :)
This sludgy, low fidelity tone reminds me so much of the English blues rock records of the the 60s and 70s. Savoy Brown (Kim Simmonds), Ten Years After, pre-pop rock Stevie Nicks & Buckingham Fleetwood Mac, etc. Also the American blues rock of the time, Johnny Winter, early ZZ Top. To me it sounds less Led Zeppelin and more Deram Records. They never paid much to get their stable of artists recorded and the results were often low fidelity, fuzzy, bad ass sounding records.
It's amazing how close your tone is to those records. Honestly you blow most of those classic players out of the water. Isn't that amazing? I think people forget while making the "greatest players ever" list that players like yourself have kept the art form evolving. I have always maintained that there's about a thousand dudes nobody has ever heard of out there that can probably beat the breaks off those "10 best guitarists ever" lists. I realize there's many factors to that, such as their social/cultural impact and how many records their respective groups sold, but measure for measure you're right up there with some of the best I've ever heard in my life. I don't mean to worship at your alter TOO much lol, but if your playing is something to behold.
Oh, I forgot to mention...awesome playing!
Thank you very much. :)
You can order a replacement headstock logo on Ebay,Dave...but it will come from the U.S and it's not cheap.
Originals go for about 45$ but there are duplicates for 19$ . Still you have to mount the shipping costs so not cheap indeed.
Happy days eh Dave . 😁
Great mother of Godzilla! This is the last thing I expected to see today.
That is a variant of the first guitar I ever owned, bought when I was a youngster in 1972. For $42.
It came with a "Prestige" badge, instead of "Teisco," and had a slightly different body shape, with a longer lower horn, more Mosrite than Strat. It had 4 pickups and a bizarre bridge comprised of a threaded crossbar and roller saddles. The vibrato was sort of a Bigsby thing, but instead of an axle, the pivot worked like a door hinge and it would go out of tune if you just breathed on it. I'm surprised yours is so stable.
You can see a picture of it here:
imgur.com/PrlOvq9.jpg
Picked up one of these from my local guitar shop in ruins for £25 (mainly cus I’m in a cure tribute and Robert Smith has one on the first album) gonna be a fun little project
EDIT: Finished the guitar about a month ago... I am in love with it, might throw in an Epiphone Pickup in the middle for extra tone!
Do you still have this guitar Dave? How do you date them? Are there any tell-tale signs as to what year they are from? Want to get one but most people say they are shite. Your one certainly sounds like some good shit to me!
Dave, this is weird. I had just watched a video by a guy named Gavin Lazarus before I started watching yours, and he had a guitar that if it isn't the one you have it would really be freaky! I just noticed your video is from 5 years ago, his was from 3 years ago, but it is the same model, in great condition, and it's missing the Teisco headstock emblem! I hope you read this if you're not already aware of the situation. I had one of the one single coil models in the Tulip series I got from a membership warehouse store called Gemco in the States around late 70's. I think I paid around $29USD. Peace
Dave Simpson's hands and CR120 could make a turnip sound great.
I'm guessing the action on this guitar is really freaking high, hence the slide playing x).
That guitar has great slide tone I think Ry Cooder use those Teisco pickups in his guitar
Great demo!!!!
You have to check out the Band Handsome Jack... Awesome band with a really really hot Teisco guitar...
Smashing pumpkins too
That sounds amazing mate!
The trem arm was like a knitting needle, ala Brian May!
That tone is just killer man.
Thank you very much. : )
Reminds me of Hound dog taylor with some of the slide
Love the intro Dave. Great looking and sounding guitar.
It would be a good video showing the re-fret of the Teisco Del Ray, is it a job that you would do yourself or do you have a guitar tech ?
Loved the “Man of the World” bit, quite haunting. 👍🏻
Thank you very much for watching, The regret will be done by a local luthier so sadly i wont be able to film it. Sorry. : (
Hi there,
How would the output of the teisco pickup be described against the more known humbuckers, stratocaster single coils etc ?
Disregarding the effect of the pickup position and width ofcourse.
There weak but not much different to a fender single coil.
@@thedavesimpson I managed to transform a jazzmaster pickup in this one's width and trying to get as close as possible.
You think it could it be done with some audio transformations/effects ?
I was thinking about EQ cutting the proximity effect region (~200 Hz).
Also, since they're microphonic do they have a proximity effect similar to cardioid microphones ?
The radius of the pick-ups is tighter than the fret board. I raised mine as high as I dared and adjusted out the pole peices on the outer 4 poles of each pick-up. It helped a lot. Given than most folk never have their amps up full, means you have scope to turn it up. I think the trade off between lower output and great tone is worth it.
Those cheapo old guitars are great for slide! I read that Ry Cooder takes the pick ups off tiasko guitars an puts them on his gigging guitars. Cheap pickups but sound dirty an good for slide. Hound dog taylor played a cheap japanese guitar too. 😎🎸
Fuaaa!! Como suena eso hermano!!!
DAVE! I've got this exact guitar (at my Dad's). I've worked on it and worked on it and I can't get a low action and I'm afraid I'm going to snap the truss if I tighten it any more. I think I've put 9's on it. It's playable but not amazing. Any advice on that or should it be high? (Edit: Just got to the part about re-fretting. Yeah - it probably needs re-fretting at this point).
It does, however, have the original trem-arm on it. Love the trem on this guitar, seriously good.