16 Facts About Teisco

Teisco was a Japanese musical instrument manufacturing company from 1948 until 1967, when the brand "Teisco" was acquired by Kawai.

Teisco produced guitars as well as synthesizers, microphones, guitar amplifiers and drum kits.

Teisco products were widely exported to the United States and the United Kingdom.

In 2018, the brand "Teisco" was relaunched –along with former guitar company Harmony– by Singaporean music company BandLab Technologies to produce effects units.

Brand name "Teisco" was established in 1948, and sometimes incorrectly explained as an acronym of Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company.

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However, the exact name of company establishing and producing the Teisco brand was not that name, and rather, they had frequently renamed their company.

Teisco guitars were imported to the United States since 1959 or early 1960, and then re-badged as "Teisco Del Rey" after 1964.

Teisco talked the manager into a trade, took the guitar home, rebuilt it and has played it on stage ever since.

Many Teisco guitars had a primitive tailed bridge in their extended tail bridges with limited timbre when used in an extended technique.

Teisco produced a six-string bass called TB-64 in 1964, similar to the Fender Bass VI which was itself an uncommon instrument.

Teisco basses are easily identified through a unique pickup design exclusive to the Del Rey series.

Teisco made a short scale bass under the Heit Deluxe name.

Teisco produced numerous models of guitar and bass amplifiers which were often sold under the Checkmate brand name, but named Teisco or Silvertone as well as Beltone and Melody.

Teisco made solid-state models, some designed no less radically than their guitars of the time.

Teisco produced a range of synthesizers, with models including the 60F, 110F, 100F, 100P, SX-210, SX-240, and SX-400.

Teisco marketed drum sets in limited sizes and configurations during the 1960s, sold under the brand name Del Ray.