what i dug outta my friends garage

[jonn]

i recently dug an ancient guitar out of my friends garage was needing help identifying the company who made it.  :icon_scratch:
ill post pics soon.

as far as i know it has a neck like a strat and it says made in japan with pickups that aren't routed into the body with an aluminum pick-guard
:help:

 

[jonn]

heres some pics

 

[DangerousR6]

Probably need to put it back where you found it........j/k....could be fun.... :dontknow:

 

[jonn]

if i cant identify the guitar or its maker i play on stripping off the paint and making a new guitar out of it  :toothy10: after all...it was free  :headbang:

 

[DangerousR6]

if i cant identify the guitar or its maker i play on stripping off the paint and making a new guitar out of it  :toothy10: after all...it was free  :headbang:

It's most likely Japanese or Korean made...

 

[JaySwear]

my first thought it tiesco, or something along those lines. an old japanese copy. looks kind of cool though

is it just me or does this guitar not have pickup routes?

 

[pabloman]

Do you have any larger pictures? arty07:

 

[Graffiti62]

Its a Teisco ET-200. I found a pic of it on myrareguitars.com

The pickups look like they mount right on top of the guitar's pickguard, which would explain why there are no routing holes. Looks like it might be a fun project.

 

[jonn]

yeah thats what it looked like befor i took it apart  :toothy10:

exept the pickups just monted on top of the guitar itself not the pick guard

ill get some pics of the hardware

 

[Graffiti62]

Any thoughts on how you want to restore it?  Many of the department store/foreign guitars often had electronics on them that sounded like death rolled over.

 

[swarfrat]

Any thoughts on how you want to restore it?  Many of the department store/foreign guitars often had electronics on them that sounded like death rolled over.

Yes, but that's VINTAGE death-warmed over thank you very much. Sell it to someone who's into such a thing and roll the money into a project.

 

[jonn]

whats left of it u mean? one of the god awful  vintage pickups was taken apart and hanging off the guitar  by a wire when i found it

 

[Graffiti62]

whats left of it u mean? one of the god awful  vintage pickups was taken apart and hanging off the guitar  by a wire when i found it

I've given this some thought into what may work well on this guitar. If you're possibly open to a suggestion, I think lipstick tubes would compliment the sixties vibe this thing has, as well as sounding palatable enough to plug this into a bigger amp without remorse.

 

[jonn]

im open to any suggestions at the moment lol