The wiring in the upper pick-up (both single coil) comes and goes, occasionally leading to general aural nastiness when it cuts off, so I just keep that pick-up off when it's being fidgety. Also, and though this apparently varies greatly from owner to owner, it had, and stil has, some of the fastest action I've ever had the please to play on, and a very smooth fretboard, comparable to the Voodoo Les Pauls. It is said that you could hammer fenceposts into icy ground with it and it would come out okay - I believe it. On the other hand, everything else about the piece is about as durable as could be hoped for. This is EXTREMELY common with Teisco, and is one of the reasons they are so obscure. Not even the owner of the store could tell who made this model, as the logo (traditionally made from a steel plate and glued on, I now know) had falen off. I got it packaged with a vintage Vox solid state practice amp for a total of $450, but I believe only about $100 of that was for the guitar. It wasn't exactly what he was looking for, but exactly suited for how I play, so he called me over. A friend of mine found this for me at First Flight in the east village, NYC.
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