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rhythmjones · December 4th, 2012, 03:18 PM

Okay this isn't a NGD post, but it is a new guitar development for me

. I've had my Father-in-Law's old Kent Americana in my possession since Thanksgiving 2011. It needed a new bridge and tuners and some general TLC.

It is a Teisco model and he bought it used in 1974.

I couldn't get the action low enough to play comfortably, and when I got strings on it I noticed one of the pickups didn't work. So it sat around for a while while I got up the gumption to have a go at it.

Today I said to hell with it, raised the action as high as I could, tuned it to 5-string open G and now it is my slide guitar. Plugged it straight into my Pro Junior, turned it up to 10 and knocked out some gnasty delta blues.

Best part is, I noticed the pickup selector switch for the pickup that doesn't work was scratchy, so I knocked the hell out of it for a while and got all the dust and gunk out and now it works!

So now I have a fully functional and dirty sounding cool old vintage piece! Yay!

mistermullens · December 4th, 2012, 04:05 PM

COOL!

thunderbyrd · December 5th, 2012, 02:31 AM

those "gold leaf" pickups are supposed to be something special.

src9000 · December 5th, 2012, 02:56 AM

Pretty guitar.
Is that 'hungry, hungry hippo' next to it?

62 Jazzmaster · December 5th, 2012, 03:03 AM

I've got a fondness for those old Teiscos. The action can sometimes be improved by shimming the neck a bit. Here are a couple of craigslist guitars that I've recently picked up and am getting back into playing condition:

Kingston hollowbody

not sure what this is yet

Dr Zombie · December 5th, 2012, 04:11 AM

I've got this one I picked up years ago. I call it Japan, because that's all it say on it. its on the neck plate.

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rhythmjones · December 5th, 2012, 08:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by src9000

Pretty guitar.
Is that 'hungry, hungry hippo' next to it?

Yep!

jmiles · December 5th, 2012, 03:57 PM

Man! Put that low D string on! It's great to have that low D for turnarounds.

rhythmjones · December 5th, 2012, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmiles

Man! Put that low D string on! It's great to have that low D for turnarounds.

Lol! It always gets in my way!

December 4th, 2012, 03:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
rhythmjones Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2012 Location: Kansas City Posts: 466	Old Guitar Announcement! (Teisco content) Okay this isn't a NGD post, but it is a new guitar development for me . I've had my Father-in-Law's old Kent Americana in my possession since Thanksgiving 2011. It needed a new bridge and tuners and some general TLC. It is a Teisco model and he bought it used in 1974. I couldn't get the action low enough to play comfortably, and when I got strings on it I noticed one of the pickups didn't work. So it sat around for a while while I got up the gumption to have a go at it. Today I said to hell with it, raised the action as high as I could, tuned it to 5-string open G and now it is my slide guitar. Plugged it straight into my Pro Junior, turned it up to 10 and knocked out some gnasty delta blues. Best part is, I noticed the pickup selector switch for the pickup that doesn't work was scratchy, so I knocked the hell out of it for a while and got all the dust and gunk out and now it works! So now I have a fully functional and dirty sounding cool old vintage piece! Yay! Last edited by rhythmjones; December 4th, 2012 at 03:26 PM. Reason: More descriptive title

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src9000 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Albrightsville, PA Age: 47 Posts: 1,542	Pretty guitar. Is that 'hungry, hungry hippo' next to it? __________________ -Steve

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62 Jazzmaster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2010 Location: Richmond BC, Canada Posts: 1,456 6 Photos	I've got a fondness for those old Teiscos. The action can sometimes be improved by shimming the neck a bit. Here are a couple of craigslist guitars that I've recently picked up and am getting back into playing condition: Kingston hollowbody not sure what this is yet __________________ my guitar photo album

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Dr Zombie TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 62	I've got this one I picked up years ago. I call it Japan, because that's all it say on it. its on the neck plate.

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