Teisco ET-440 Spectrum 4 ca. 1970
$ 499.00
Most guitar historians consider the ET Spectrum series guitars the last of the original design Teiscos. Emerging in late 1969, early 1970, these guitars represent the movement from the old Teisco line to the "copy era" of Japanese guitar making. This ET-440 has a stratish style body, four "spectrum sound" pickups, a laminated maple neck (Framus inspired?) and a wood grained faced strat style headstock. The condition of this guitar is very good, but it does have two issues. It is missing the upper bout switch tip. I see this issue on about 8 of 10 of the Spectrums I see so there must have been some issue with the durability of this tip. The switch is still easy to access and works fine. The second issue is a couple of tight cracks in the headstock veneer around two tuner pegs. Not particularly noticable, but they are there. They may be weather related or the result of someone futzing with stuff, I just do'nt no since the issue occured before my time. The finish on the body is in good condition with a couple of scratches and bumps on the front. The back has a paint chip and a few little bump trails that must have come from a belt buckle. Paint on the floral pickguard is generally good... more description on my website
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