#Decca teisco guitar mod#
#Decca teisco guitar full#

Basically I offer three different specs: Teisco, Guyatone, and DeArmond. There is a little damage to the finish on the back and a ding on the edge. Vintage Teisco Style Gold Foil Guitar Pickup / Alnico 5. Guitar is playing great with a good neck. original tobacco burst finish in decent shape. Ry Cooder, a long-time fan of vintage Teisco guitars, is a passionate user of Gold Foil Teiscos in his long recording career, and on playing this bass I can see why. Vintage 1960’s Teisco Goldfoil guitar pickup Shim. 651 Likes, 11 Comments - Mojo Pickups on Instagram: “Strat sized Teisco spec gold foil set #mojopickups #mojopickupsuk” Gold-foil pickups began hitting the market on student guitars from Harmony and Teisco in the '50s and '60s. 1963 Teisco Wj-2l This guitar is an 'Audition' branded Teisco with two gold foil pickups. The 3-gold foil pickups with the outside screws are the highly sought after gold foils that many attribute to the'Ry Cooder' model pickups. This chrome-bedecked, super-equipped, offset-bodied, surf-tastic electric guitar was made by Teisco in Japan and features three 'gold foil' pickups. Known for their unique tonal character and open top-end harmonics, Gold Foil pickups are often sought out and removed from vintage instruments to provide player’s like Ry Cooder with a raw, organic sound unique to Gold Foils. I have repaired another Teisco Gold Foil that was around 6.

#Decca teisco guitar mod#

Gitty Gold Foil acoustic pickup is one of the most versatile and easiest magnetic pickups to mod for cigar box guitars. 60's TEISCO STYLED ELECTRIC GUITAR w/ GOLD FOIL STYLED PICKUP. ZU VERKAUFEN! 3 piece Gold-Foil Pickup set Silvertone/Harmony style. Gold Foil Mini Humbucker Pickup / Alnico 5. It had no output and showed no resistance on the meter so I took the cover off by removing the phillips head screws on top. The gold foil pickup is the correct Teisco model from an SSL guitar， with rear edge adjustable pole pieces. They are 1960's vintage Goldfoil guitar pickups similar to those used by Ry Cooder on his guitar. Sounds better than she looks Classic 1960's Teisco-style vibrato tailpiece with extra long trem arm. The neck pickups are vintage-spec Mojo UK Gold Foils, either Guyatone, Teisco or Dearmond spec. Details: teisco, vintage, guitar, pickup, dearmond, goldfoil, gold, foil, electric, removed. For the sound of gold-foils used with original vintage guitars, check out the playing of Tom Brenneck with the Dap-Kings, or Dan Auerbach with the Black Keys, who cover the Teisco Gold Foil repair. Product Attributes: brand=teisco, model=et-300, country/region of manufacture Silver foil is also an option for those who don't want gold. The orginal cardboard shipping box notes the DMI-201 model name on the exterior along with text reading 'Made in Japan.3K and I have seen DeArmond pickups showing upwards of 10K, so there is quite a variance in specs of what is called a 'Gold Foil'. The finish is a vibrant and unfaded two-tone Sunburst. There's only a hint of patina on the pickup cover and tailpiece, and other sparingly light cosmetic wear includes a couple tiny chips at the headstock edges and a few scuffs on the guard in the pick path and around the edges of the body. The simple electronics work as they should and the mirrored pickguard is accented by two original mini witch hat cream knobs.

On the headstock, the original gold silkscreen Decca logo is present along with the stock tuning machines that turn surprisingly smoothly and hold pitch as they should.

#Decca teisco guitar full#

The scale measures 24 1/2' and the nut is a full 1 3/4' in width. The action is comfortable while not being 'on the deck,' and the guitar frets cleanly in all positions.

The neck has a very chunky C shaped profile with a rosewood fretboard and slender fretwire that is virtually flawless.

A bell-like, percussive, and sweet sounding pickup, there's a reason why this pickup design is favored for gritty Blues. Lightweight at 6lbs 6oz, freshly restrung, and professionally setup, this Decca delivers the goods from one stock gold foil pickup with the desirable center screw construction. This pint sized Japanese guitar was by most accounts made by Teisco, and while we're not suggesting that there's a fervent collector market for what is ostensibly a student model vintage guitar, this is an incredibly well preserved piece of yesteryear. Up for sale, a 1960's Decca DMI-201 vintage electric guitar in exceptional, collector grade condition, complete with the original cardboard shipping box and strap.