Teisco - Encore - - Electric guitar - Japan - 1970

1970s Teisco Encore violin-shaped electric guitar, sunburst. This guitar has been hardly played and, considering its age, still looks very good. No cracks in the finish and still a nice gloss. One dent on the bottom of the body and one on the back beside the neck plate. The guitar is still in the original case.

Want to know how this guitar sounds? Use the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pBoFL6QGU8

These Teisco instruments were made in Japan and often bear all sorts of odd brand names, including Encore. This one has a fully hollow body and distinct, surf-like single-coil pickups. The neck is one of the high-quality, multi-piece maple woods, which you normally also find on the Sharkfin guitars from this manufacturer (though with a different headstock shape), and they feel like a hybrid between Gibson’s scale and top horn width and the neck of an old Stratocaster from the 60s, in terms of a rounded C-shape.

Body: ply maple
Bridge: rosewood base, height-adjustable
Fretboard: rosewood
Neck: multi-piece maple
Pickups: 2x Teisco single coil with adjustable poles

As far as I know, everything is original except for the volume and tone knobs and the tremolo arm. The guitar, electronics and wiring have been inspected and, where needed, cleaned and resoldered.

Photos are part of the auction and show the cosmetic condition.