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Topic: Resurrection. 1969 Teisco Del Ray

Back in 2017. I bought a 1969 Teisco Del Ray tulip guitar for $75.00.
It sat for over 7 years. I decided to try and fix it and see what happens. The tuners were seized up. I was afraid of cracking the headstock drilling out the holes for the tuners. I didn`t even know if the electronics were any good. A new set of tuners, Some cleaning and strings brought it back to life.
    Now I have another electric to add to my arsenal.

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Re: Resurrection. 1969 Teisco Del Ray

I  remember  Tiesco  guitars  bein sold in Woolworth here  in the  UK  back  in the  60s  nice    find  Joey     

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Re: Resurrection. 1969 Teisco Del Ray

Need some pics to see the guitar ...

https://www.watchuseek.com/attachments/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pictures-jpg.676789/ 

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Re: Resurrection. 1969 Teisco Del Ray

here is a link to the guitar for sale on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/176965656597?c … O-EALw_wcB     

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Re: Resurrection. 1969 Teisco Del Ray

neophytte wrote:

Need some pics to see the guitar ...

https://www.watchuseek.com/attachments/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pictures-jpg.676789/ 

Cheers

Richard

I tried. I cannot post pics.     

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Re: Resurrection. 1969 Teisco Del Ray

joeyjoeyjoey wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Need some pics to see the guitar ...

https://www.watchuseek.com/attachments/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pictures-jpg.676789/ 

Cheers

Richard

I tried. I cannot post pics.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Y58AAOSw7xNn6N6o/s-l1600.jpg

Wow, that's a nice looking guitar!! How do those pickups sound? Are they gold foil (as some guitars were in the 60's)?

Cheers

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Re: Resurrection. 1969 Teisco Del Ray

neophytte wrote:
joeyjoeyjoey wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Need some pics to see the guitar ...

https://www.watchuseek.com/attachments/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pictures-jpg.676789/ 

Cheers

Richard

I tried. I cannot post pics.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Y58AAOSw7xNn6N6o/s-l1600.jpg

Wow, that's a nice looking guitar!! How do those pickups sound? Are they gold foil (as some guitars were in the 60's)?

Cheers

Richard

The same thing. Except for the modern set of tuning keys. The old one`s were junk. 4 had plastic knobs. Two were chrome. They wouldn`t turn anyways.
A nice new set of chrome Gotoh tuners fixed that. It sounds and plays good. The new tuners are so smooth. A big difference.     

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