Audition Twin Neck

[tazza1]

These are not particularly good quality instruments but I suppose on rarity value it's worth a punt for him.

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[Bassassin]

Nasty! But very uncommon, so some one might cough up.

FWIW the plain neckplates with what looks like gold model no. stickers, and the truss rod cover shape would make me inclined to think this is Korean, not Japanese, and so nothing to do with the "illustrious" manufacturer he implies it to be! It's also likely to be mid-70s, as the Korean industry generally appears to have been 5-10 years behind Japan at that point.

Jon.

[spinynorman]

I'm trying to think if I've ever seen a genuine Teisco on eBay outside the US. Don't think I have.

[Bassassin]

Depends how far you stretch the definition - I don't think many Teiscos were sold in the UK under that name but they were as rebrands. The seller here mentions the Top Twenty brand - a lot of these were rebadged Teiscos & the specific models are often the same as those in Japanese-market Teisco catalogues.

Teisco was bought by Kawai in 1967 and kept the brand going until the late 70s, primarily for the Japanese home market - hence you get nicely-made, accurate Teisco copies of Fenders & such turning up on Ishibashi from time to time. And I suppose that also means my Kawai Sleekline is technically a Teisco. Sort of...

J.