Eastwood sells their guitars online, and those who play them say they are great. They initially focused on the Airline “reso-glass” guitars from the 1960s and then expanded to reproduce a wide variety of models from Supro, Mosrite, Teisco, Vox and others. Eastwood was the first company to take this trend mainstream, offering a very respectable and fairly priced line of remakes. Let’s see if some guitars appear in the near future.Ī new Teisco guitar would have to compete with Eastwood Guitars, who already offers a remake of the Teisco Spectrum that looks pretty impressive. In short, it seems to be an effort to use an iconic name to sell new products. But don’t get your hopes up, this re-issue is so far only offering Teisco-branded effects pedals, which we have never actually seen on the vintage market. Yes, the idea of a new version of a Teisco “shark fin” that actually works is very exciting. There isn’t that much information available yet, but the guitars certainly look good at first glance.
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The re-issues focus on 5 models, plus updated versions of Harmony amplifiers. Harmony was one of the biggest names in guitar production in the US up to the 1960s, and though many models were cheap student versions, a few Harmony guitars are true classic guitars. The most recent additions come from a company called Bandlab Technologies based in Singapore and involves two iconic names: Teisco and Harmony. Many brands have been “re-launched” in recent years, though usually by a totally different company and often selling totally different products. Though guitars like Airline, Supro and Kay were overlooked for many years, there has been a resurgence in interest by collectors, perhaps partially because of their use by Jack White and other popular guitar players. Like Hollywood filmmakers, who seem to be scrambling to re-make every good old (and no so old) film, guitar makers are also coming down with the remake fever. That’s why the idea of “re-issues” using modern components seems like a good idea. And then they arrive and you figure out they are unplayable. With cool looks and cheap prices, these cheap vintage guitars, originally sold through mail-order catalogues, sometimes look too good to be true.
Like many people with GAS (guitar acquisition syndrome), you’ve probably had your eye on a few old Teisco, Harmony, Supro or Airline guitars on eBay over the years.
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