Japanese guitar-makers were always allied with various Trading Companies, who were sort of the business bosses, often intertwined through marriages, etc. To be honest, the subject is awfully complex. I made some preliminary contributions with my writing, and Japanese publications like Bizarre Guitars (you need a copy if you like this subject) and Frank Meyers’ recent work help make identifying Japanese guitars much easier, if not yet infallible. Thankfully these days there’s a lot more information available to anyone interested in finding out the Plain Truth about where their guitar came from thanks to the efforts of a few intrepid historians and (however much you might hate them) Google. Well, the guitar seen here really was made by Teisco, and very early on. Or, should we say… “guiter”?įor many, many years-can you say “Still today?”-any electric guitar that smelled of being made in Japan (or not obviously American) was labeled as being “made by Teisco.” This was the equivalent of the labelling of any mysterious American guitar-can you say “Still today?”-as being “made by Regal.” I admit this intellectual disingenuousness was one of the strong motivators that propelled me into exploring the nooks and crannies of guitar history way back when. Guest blogger Michael Wright writes about a very rare, early Teisco guitar.
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