Well another 50's vintage guitar has made its way out of a local cupboard. My mate has it and is looking at restoring it but we aren't sure what it is. It has a Teisco pickup, and has been repainted before he got it so there is no visible logo but it does have a number pressed into the back of the head stock which as near as I can tell is 0125 but all my online searching isn't yeilding any answers.
It still works well and has a good sound although the internal strut has come unglued so it makes a vibrating noise. The plan is to undo the bonds and reglue it as well as stipping the dodgy paint job.
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yeah thats lookin like a hintz 57 ..
it's got some acoustic parts and some mix matching .
i almost suspect the guitar and body/neck being a soviet model .. and fitted with teisco parts .
does the jack look replaced from a much larger hole to fit a standard guitar cord ? ( most ussr models had a special cord with like 5 pins looks more like a computer plugin )
does the pickup say teisco on it ?
It appears to all be original and as best as we know of the back story it is a guitar bought and owned entirely in Australia. There are no indications of any modification what so ever apart from the repaint.
i'm still leaning towards what i already stated, and she looks Russian , .. but you can run it past my teisco lovers group and see what people think there .
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/teisco-lovers-group
Can I just post a link to this discussion there or do I need to start a new post?
sure you can just post a link in the comments on the front page
I think you may possibly have some kind of "Frankenstein" guitar. The body reminds me of a Harmony Stratotone. The controls do match very early Teisco http://www.mark-cole.co.uk/teisco/guitars/j-1.htm
but, I can't find a pic of a Teisco like that.
The headstock and the volute are throwing me off for Harmony too though.
Can you tell if the hardware appears to be original? Are there other screw holes or indentations indicating that it may not be the original hardware? For example, the pickguard looks suspect.
You may be able to very carefully wet-sand the headstock with fine wet or dry sandpaper until you get through the black paint to see if there is a logo underneath.