#1964 teisco guitar serial#
#1964 teisco guitar series#

I haven't seen one in person yet, so I don't Where the K-badge logo of the 500-series gave way to glued-on 'Kent' in

#1964 teisco guitar series#

Many of the 500-series solid-bodied model names carried over into the 600 series This was verified through headstock labels. There were apparently two Polaris IIs during the 600-series period. * The model name for the 628 is listed as 'New Port' because that's how it is on the label.

Have seen cover all the years of the 500 through 7-800 series guitars, yet none of them show any 600-series instruments. I haven't found much good literature on them yet. I suspect that the features of the 600-series are about the same as the 500s. They were part of the Guyatone SG- and MG- series of hollowbodies. Some of the Americana series sported the K-logo that the other 500-series guitars had, while others had the script logo that the 600-series guitars had. It was probably sold by Lafayette Radio Electronics. There was a Lafayette-branded guitar that was almost identical to the Kent 530 Vegas except that it was equipped with the rounded pickups that the Polaris models had. I also have a photo of the model number on the back of the headstock. On this page of the 552 show a model with vibrato tailpiece. The catalog page for the 550, 551, and 552 show three guitars with fixed tailpiece that differ only in woods used in their construction. The presence of binding may be a factor, also. It's also possible that the type of tailpiece (fixed vs vibrato)Д¬ould get a different model designation. I would think that the number of pickups would have made a difference. 561 - 'Dark Brown shaded to amber, Maple body, spruce top'ДЄlthough it appears from the catalogs of the time that model numbers derive from the colors used, I find it hard to believe that color is the onlyД¬riterion.

554, 564 (not shown) - 'All mahogany body and top'Д§. 553 - 'Natural blonde maple back and sides, white spruce top'Д¦. 552, 562 (not shown) - 'Shaded mahogany back and sides, white spruce top'ДҐ. 546 - 'Golden red shaded to amber' with white bindingД¤. The model numbers for the Americana series seem to indicate the color scheme used:ДЎ. 'Shaded mahogany', 'Century red lacquer', 'Honey blonde', and 'Cocoa-tan, grained.' 'Shaded Mohagony' (more commonly known as 'sunburst') and 'Century Red Lacquer'Дў.

#1964 teisco guitar serial#

From what I can tell, none of the Polaris's had serial numbers, either. The low-end 540 and 545 Polaris's had adjustable truss rods. The necks were reinforced with a double steel T-bar and some were truss rod adjustable. With a rosewood fretboard featuring 'heavy nickel-silver frets'. The necks were usually maple or some other unspecified hardwood Mahogany and were finished in either 'Shaded Mahogany Finish' (sunburst) or 'Century Red Lacquer'. The solid bodies of the 500-series guitars were true solid bodies, not plywood. If you click on the photos at the right side of the table, another page will come up with a larger photo and exactly the same information in a slightly different

I believe theД§00 and 800-series guitars were sold at the same time while the 500 and 600 may Kent headstock logos changed between the series as shown above. The 'color groups' will be explained at the end. I won't be tracking prices on these and will only add information and photos if I stumble across something. Perhaps this set was a hurried series of imports trying to get in on the sudden boom in popularity of electric guitars. The 560 CopaДЄnd the 595 Videocaster are older, but way cooler. Later, but who knows? Some of the model numbers are duplicated in the regular 500-series but, except for the 540 and 545, the bodies are slightly different. That would date these guitars to 1963-1964, I guess. Most of the information comes from what is purported to be a 1963 catalogue. The photos are either internet findings or photos that have been sent to me. The guitars in this first set of tables don't all fit well into any of the other model series'. So if you are looking to match your guitar to one of my pictures, you may not find a Variety of reasons (costs, supply, improvement, or a customer asks for it). Moreover, it's possible that parts are changed at the factory for a Note, slso, that it is sometimes hard to tell if a guitar has had parts replaced. The original manufacturer's model number, where known, is written below the manufacturer's name.