Hoshino Gakki stopped manufacturing their own guitars in 1966 and began to use the Teisco and FujiGen Gakki guitar factories to manufacture Ibanez guitars. Welcome to the unofficial home of vintage Teisco guitars This site is dedicated to all you guitarists out there who ever owned an old Japanese Teisco guitar, especially those of you who started out with one and still have it today. It appears red in PICS but is actually Maroon in. The guitars of Japanese guitar makers in the 1960s were mostly copies of European designs like Hagström and EKO. The unofficial home of vintage Teisco guitars. ALL IMAGES & DESIGN PROPERTY OF BANANA GUITARS INC. Early 1960s Teisco Guitar, has Strat headstock and chrome Pickguard. The body only has a couple of paint chips but it does have several tight finish cracks from the body wood expanding and contracting over the years. Kay logo used exclusively with permission of the Kay Guitar Company. This guitar has the rarer Teisco style headstock with a 1970’s style Teisco badge. Volutes are usually more common and pronounced in angled headstocks, but are also existent and apparent in flat headstocks. In mid-1984, a new headstock debuted on the H-785, and eventually found its way to many other models. (US) Int'l shipping extra.CHECK THE BANANA GUITARS STORE FOR MORE COOL KAY AND OTHER COOL ITEMS.Thanx+Enjoyit! WE GOT BLUES! CHECK OUT OUR NEWEST LEGENDARY BLUES PLAYERS T-SHIRTS.FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ALBERT KING, MUDDY WATERS, ROBERT JOHNSON, JIMI, GOT FUZZ.ONE OF DEM BLUES IS FOR YOU! GO TO THE "COOL SHIRTS" DIVISION OF OUR STORE FOR THE COMPLETE LINEUP! As per e-bay policy, returns will be accepted if item is not as described. The next noteworthy mention goes to Teuffel guitars with the Birdfish model. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR SIZE DESCRIPTION.Email me if you have any questions PLEASE CONTACT US.PAYPAL + CREDIT CARDS accepted. I have a few or these around the workshop (I've sold a bunch in the shop) and this one was in pretty good condition. 2 on the list of guitars most often mistaken for. Occasionally, Kawai has periodically produced reissues of the most famous Teisco guitars: the K-series shark fins and the Spectrum 5. Kawai continued to produce Teiscobranded guitars, amps, and even synthesizers in dwindling numbers up through the mid‘70s. I think this is a GREAT shape and there will be TMI versions coming, one day. Kawai used this feature on a majority of its solid bodies, while original Teisco guitars never used string bars and instead favoured pitched headstocks. Here's a Replacement metal Logo for your Vintage TEISCO Guitar Headstock.HAS THE 2 MOUNTING PINS IN THE CORRECT LOCATION. Everyone knows how much I love these TG-64s in both the solid and 'monkey grip' versions. Item: 233225478541 VINTAGE TEISCO GUITAR HEADSTOCK LOGO #1.