Teisco (テイスコ) was a Japanese manufacturer of affordable musical instruments from 1948 until 1969. The company produced guitars as well as keyboard instruments, microphones and amplifiers. Teisco products were widely exported to the United States and the United Kingdom. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ...

Guitars

Teisco guitars sold in the United States were badged "Teisco Del Rey" beginning in 1964. Teisco guitars were also imported in the U.S. under several brand names including Silvertone, Kent, Kingston, Kimberly, Heit Deluxe and World Teisco. Likewise, they were imported in the U.K under such labels as Arbiter, Audition, Kay and Top Twenty. While guitars manufactured by Teisco were ubiquitous in their day, they are now very collectable. In fact, highly sought after models are now being reproduced. Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...

From 1948 to the early 1960's Teisco products were often, like many Japanese products of the period, close copies of American and Western European products of the time. However, in the early 1960's Teisco products became increasingly unique. Teisco guitars became notable for unusual body shapes, such as the May Queen design resembling an artist's palette, or other unusual features such as having four pickups (most guitars have two or three). In 1967, Kawai bought Teisco. They started to produce all the Teisco guitars, as well as their own brand, Apollo. Three magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. ... The Kawai Musical Instruments Mfg. ...

Many Teisco guitars had a primitive 3rd bridge mechanism in their extended tail bridges with limited timbre when used in an extended technique. When the strings are attacked behind the bridge, a 3rd bridge sound is created. This is one of the reasons these guitars became popular again during the 90s among many noise artists as a cheaper alternative for the Fender Jaguar or Jazzmaster. In 2006 luthier Yuri Landman built the Moodswinger, a 12 string overtone guitar for Aaron Hemphill of the noiseband Liars The 3rd bridge guitar is an electric prepared guitar with an additional 3rd bridge. ... In music, timbre, or sometimes timber, (from Fr. ... Cover of Henry Cowell: Piano Music, with Henry Cowell demonstrating the longitudinal sweeping string piano technique Extended technique is a term used in music to describe unconventional, unorthodox or improper techniques of singing, or of playing musical instruments. ... The Fender Jaguar is an electric guitar that was introduced in 1962. ... 1962 Fender Jazzmaster Sunburst The Fender Jazzmaster electric guitar was introduced in 1958 and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the Fender Stratocaster, which itself was introduced in 1954 as a higher-priced product than the companys Telecaster series. ...

Basses

Teisco Basses are easily identified through a specific pickup design exclusive only to the Del Rey series. In consists of a larged rectangular pickup made up of chrome walls with a black plastic holding the four poles in one place. Other design may vary, but are all easily distinguishable and unique among more contemporary bass designs.

Amplifiers

Teisco also produced numerous models of guitar and bass amplifiers which were often sold under the Checkmate brand name, but also named Teisco or Silvertone. In the 1950s, early amplifier models were very basic 5-10 watt tube/valve designs. During the 1960s, more advanced and powerful models were offered, such as Checkmate 25 and Checkmate 50, featuring dual channels, reverb and tremolo effects. Teisco also brought out "solid-state", transistor-based, models, some designed no less radically than their guitars of the time.

Synthesizers

Teisco also producted a range of synthesizers, with models including the 60F, 110F, 100F, 100P, SX-210, SX-240, and SX-400.

The British band Hot Chip very visibly features a Teisco 60F in their stage act. The Belgian band Goose uses Teisco synthesizers as well. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

External links

• Teisco Twangers, a site for Teisco collectors
• VintAxe.com, features pictures and descriptions of Vintage Teisco Guitars
• Teisco synthesizers pages, with information on various models of Teisco synthesizers
• Vintage Synth Explorer: Teisco synthesizers
• Teisco Amps