![]() Short scale, one gold foil pickup, volume, tone, real simple. Check my about me page for the ebay listing. While guitars manufactured by Teisco were ubiquitous in their day, they are now very collectable. under several brand names including Silvertone, Jedson, Kent, Kingston, Kimberly, Tulio, Heit Deluxe and World Teisco. ![]() Teisco guitars were also imported in the U.S. Teisco guitars sold in the United States were badged "Teisco Del Rey" beginning in 1964. Teisco was founded in 1946 by renowned Hawaiian and Spanish guitarist Atswo Kaneko, and electrical engineer Doryu Matsuda. The Teisco brand name stands for 'Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company'. This one is complete except for the missing namebadge and even has the hard to find Tremolo bar. Most Teiscos sported striped metal pickguards from 1965 on so we can use this as a general guide for dating these guitars. ![]() It appears this guitar is based on the MJ-2L model that was available from Teisco under their name. Being as there are no catalog references, the only other resource is Teisco info from that period of time which is scarce as well. Since they were never listed in any major seasonal Sears catalogs from that era they must have been offered only in select stores. The Silvertone 1435 guitar was part of the mid 1960's offerings of Teisco by way of Sears.
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