company in Chicago although these were badged as Kingston guitars. Teisco began to export to the US through Jack Westheimer's W.M.I. At least five sunburst hollowbodies were offered - the PE-7, PE-8, PE-13, PE-14 and PE-51.The company changes its name to 'Teisco String Instrument Corporation'. J-5 changes to the now more popular Fender style.
The designs moved towards the Fender shape. P-1, T-60 and EB-1, probably Teisco's first bass, were introduced. The EP-61 is introduced, another Spanish archtop. The company changes its name from Aoi Onpa Kenkyujo to Nippon Onpa Kogyo Co., Ltd. The J-5, a single-cutaway solidbody a la Les Paul, was introduced around this time. The first solid body Teisco electric guitars were produced - the J-1, J-2, TG-54 and TN-54 - which copied the popular Les Paul design of that year. The EP-6 is intruduced, a Spanish archtop with possibly a single neck pickup. All guitars at this point had a Gibson three-and-three headstock style. The first standard guitar, the EO-180, is a Spanish acoustic guitar fitted with a mic pickup. The first products to carry the Teisco name were mics, amps and a lap steel guitar. Atswo Kaneko and does not stand for the 'Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company' as is thought by some. The Teisco brand arrives! The brand name was coined by Mr. the company was called Aoi Onpa Kenkyujo (which, roughly translated, means Hollyhock Soundwave or Electricity Laboratories). The company that was to go on to create the Teisco brand was formed by Mr. Where the USA model numbers are different from the Japanese designation they are shown in italics. For detailed descriptions of some of the models listed below you need to read Michael Wright's two articles from Vintage Guitar Magazine.īTW, I'm not going to cover the Teisco lap steel guitars - visit Brad's Page of Steel for those! If you can help with this please contact me. I would like to add a special thanks to writer Paul Day for supplying information on the history of Teisco guitars in the UK.Ĭheck out the 'ID Parade' page for photos of specific models. CO, Ltd website and Michael Wright in two excellent articles from Vintage Guitar Magazine - thanks to both! It's probably not 100% accurate (and probably never will be!) but is still a major achievement and can only get more detailed and accurate as people's interest grows along with their desire to root out the facts.
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