Description
Lovies Guitar’s is offering up a Vintage Teisco Telestar Barney Kessel Style Hollow Body Guitar in a 3 Tone Sunburst Finish! Barney Kessel (1923-2004) was one of the most significant jazz guitarists to emerge from the bebop era in the US, having played with some of the genre’s legends including sax innovators Lester Young and Charlie Parker as well as piano giant Oscar Peterson. The Teisco brand name stands for ‘Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company’. Teisco was founded in 1946 by renowned Hawaiian and Spanish guitarist Atswo Kaneko and electrical engineer Doryu Matsuda. Teisco guitars were also imported in the U.S. under several brand names including: Telestar, Silvertone, Jedson, Kent, Kingston, Kimberly, Tulio, Heit Deluxe and World Teisco. While guitars manufactured by Teisco were ubiquitous in their day, they are now Highly collectable! This guitar has been fitted with a Bigsby and the tuners have been swapped as well. This Vintage instrument is in Excellent Shape, especially considering its age, however, there are some minor holes from where the bridge and pickguard used to be, a minor indent on the top and some minor finish marks on the back, easy 9/10! ALL Original-NO Breaks, Cracks or Repairs, Includes a Hard-Shell Case!!
WEIGHS in at: 6.15 lbs
.834” at the 1st Fret
.853” at the 12th fret
Serial: N/A
SKU: 3369
14 Day Money back return policy. Buy with confidence.
All guitars are GUARANTEED to arrive in described condition for full refund will be issued. All guitars are fully insured and we will deal with it.
Lovies Guitars has CITES Master File and Certificates will be issued when and where needed. Also Declaration Friendly.
