Time capsule 1969 Teisco Del Rei guitar-scale bass

[ilan]

https://reverb.com/item/54052579

This thing looks brand new.

[Alanko]

How do you keep a bass that clean? Even stored in a case surely the chrome would pit or something?

I imagine waking up on Christmas morning, circa 1969, and seeing that under the tree would have been pretty special.

[Basvarken]

And affordable!

[morrow]

Some of the early Teisco things were primitive , looks to be the case here . Over $900 Cdn , I think they were about $30/40 back in the day .

[morrow]

Here !

[Basvarken]

Some of the early Teisco things were primitive , looks to be the case here .

So is a P-bass.
Has never been a problem for 7ender ;-)

[ilan]

The bridge is a piece of art. You can adjust height, you can adjust string spacing, why bother with intonation.

[Dave W]

It may have been made in Teisco's factory, but if it's not branded Teisco or Teisco del Rey, then it's not a Teisco. I can't find any reference to an EB-10 in any Teisco catalog or sales sheet.

Those photos are enhanced. Here's another one that's more realistic looking. https://reverb.com/item/25412522-60-s-teisco-eb-10-short-scale-bass-guitar Notice his detailed description calls this Teisco-made. It's not a Teisco brand. Also note that it was listed at at $225. At least that was realistic.

[Pilgrim]

If it were Teisco it would have one of the brand logos on the headstock, considering what good condition it's in.  No argument with "made by" Teisco.  That fits, although the bridge is extremely advanced for them.

[Alanko]

I think they were about $30/40 back in the day .

You could buy a decent house for that back in the day. I remember when this was all fields round here lad!!

[Dave W]

You could buy a decent house for that back in the day. I remember when this was all fields round here lad!!

[Alanko]

My neighbour on one side is a retired farmer from Yorkshire. This sketch is very well observed!

[uwe]

I know that bridge from a similar bass. Together with the guitar scale, it makes the "bass" unplayable above the 5th fret, it then sounds grotesquely out of tune.

Even lovers of more arcane bridge models here such as the tiptastic two-point - why give away names? - would balk at this one.

If Ilan had an animal asylum, I guess all inhabitants would look something like this:

[ilan]

In fact the family cat is one-eyed and mentally disturbed.

As for the bridge - I'd just unbolt it from the body and use it as a floating bridge, slant it as needed. Actually as I'm typing this I'm holding a Hofner 182 with its metal bar floating bridge and the intonation is near perfect up to the last fret.

[morrow]

Bridge adjustments are highly over rated . I’m a fan of the wooden popsicle stick bridge on Danos . There is a sweet spot for it , even with a two octave neck . It’s not exactly rocket science to find the spot . The Danos completely changed my views on just what it was that made an instrument good .
They sound better than the adjustable metal ones . More woody thump , less sustain . Sustain is over rated too .

(I will admit the modern bridges are much easier to set )