What is a mint conditon teisco delrey model et460 wroth?!
Question: made in japan vintage blood red solid wood body metel pick guard sounds great
Answers: made in japan vintage blood red solid wood body metel pick guard sounds great
A Truly Minty one?
$500 & up.
Nobody knows if those are the Finest "piece-of-crap-junk guitars"...
Or the "Crappiest" FINE guitar...LOL
(I mean that in a nice way)
Teiscos in general were built as cheap import competition against Fender,Gibson,Ric's,,etc....the High Dollar USA Guitars.
The 460 surpassed it's TARGETTED Direct Competition,,model-to-model.
It ended up being more fairly comparable to some of the Higher End USA-made guitars,,,and Not just the "beginner models"
Took almost 30 years for folks to figure that out.
They had a TON of "features" and a design/style ahead of their time.
Even Right Now,,it looks more like a Modern Guitar than a vintage one.
"Sounds Great" is putting it mildly,,,they play great and have a unique tone,,and work good for all sorts of music.
"Twang" is a generic term applied to guitars which are Not Les Pauls or Strats.....when a person dont know what else to say to describe an unfamiliar guitar
ET460 is about a helluva Lot more than "Twang"
Started in '66~67,,and in '67model name changed when Company was sold and EXCLUDED the name "Teisco"
If Yours says Teisco,,it's a '66 or early '67,,"Pre- Kawai",,,
Or was imported by one of the earliest importers,,Westheimer Musical Instrumnets.
They were also sold by Sears as Silvertone guitars.
I'm not personally a big fan or close follower of Teiscos.
Most were very low-end "beginner" type guitars.
$50~100 is 'bout going price for MOST of them these days.
But the 460's were built as "high end" Intermediate/"pro" instruments.
They stand far apart from average garage-sale Teisco.
They're well made,good quality guitars and have begun to gain increasing attention among the "Collectors of Early Japanese Guitars"
As recently as maybe 15~20ys ago,,it woulda sounded Crazy to say "Teisco" and "Collectible" in same breath.
ALL of them,,under all the re-brand and store brand names have become increasingly desirable.
Even the crappy ones,for some reason.
they dont bring much $$,,but they Do sell.
460 is actually a genuine Collectible these days
I'm not trying to make it sound like a "$10,000-in-5 years" Investment Guitar,,,it aint.......but who knows???
My main point is ,,,they ARE sought after,,
and DO bring 5~10 Times the $$ ,,or More,,,than a plain ol' common $50~100 banged up Teisco will.
Dont let anybody beat you outa that guitar with some bullshit about ,,"Oh,,It's a Teisco? I 'll give you $100 if it works and has a case,,,take it or leave it"
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There's a Blue One on Ebay right now.
Bidding is at $375 among 7 bidders/21 bids,.,,with 4 days left to go.
Ebay is weird,,,hard to judge bidders' interest.
But I'd say that's showing Pretty Good interest in that guitar.
It "should" get to about $500,,I'd guess
Check back in a few days and see how the auction ends.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...
They're really pretty cool ol' guitars.
Maybe Not the holy grail of guitars,,,
but they are Far from being "just a $100~200 guitar"
All just my opinion,and the little I know ,,,,I'm NO authority on the subject
hope that helps
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