NBD - 60's Teisco Del Rey

[Dynacord]

Real Guitars is a great shop - and peeps, I agree I mostly worked with Gary Brawer in the back (and go back with him to before Real Guitars when he had his shop on Moss St -- also SoMa) (Real has its roots in Satterlee and Chapin (sp?) which was a great shop as well - and Leo Quan did the Bass Ass bridges in the back there.

Another bass along these lines that's a killer is the Danelectro made Silvertone which IS 34" scale and solidbody with 2 lipstick tubes. I sold one years ago and have regretted it ever since.

 

[Dynacord]

PS if you came into Real/Gary Brawer's in the early '90s, I was pretty much the resident bass guy - so we may have met.

 

[Ewo]

Very cool score!

 

[JIO]

PS if you came into Real/Gary Brawer's in the early '90s, I was pretty much the resident bass guy - so we may have met.

OK, let's give this a spin - I was in there playing the bassline of a Sonny Sharrock song "My Song" on a coral Kubicki Factor. The employee there (you perhaps) said - "Sonny Sharrock - if you like him you'll like Nels Cline, he's playing on Tuesday at Hotel Utah." I made that show and have followed Nels ever since. (my hands-down favorite living musician/guitarist) If that was you you, I'm eternally grateful!

 

[Dynacord]

OK, let's give this a spin - I was in there playing the bassline of a Sonny Sharrock song "My Song" on a coral Kubicki Factor. The employee there (you perhaps) said - "Sonny Sharrock - if you like him you'll like Nels Cline, he's playing on Tuesday at Hotel Utah." I made that show and have followed Nels ever since. (my hands-down favorite living musician/guitarist) If that was you you, I'm eternally grateful!

Hmm... I'd like to take credit for that, am familiar with all involved and have been to the Utah more times than I can count -- but that sounds like Michael Ross to me (has since gone on to write for Guitar Player Magazine and heads up Guitar Moderne).

 

[JIO]

Hmm... I'd like to take credit for that, am familiar with all involved and have been to the Utah more times than I can count -- but that sounds like Michael Ross to me (has since gone on to write for Guitar Player Magazine and heads up Guitar Moderne).

Thanks for that info David!

 

[Dynacord]

Good taste on Nels Cline (and Sonny Sharrock) regardless!

 

[JIO]

Good taste on Nels Cline (and Sonny Sharrock) regardless!

Love both! Unfortunately now (for selfish me ) that Nels has reached such a high profile/measure of recognition/success - I don't get a chance to see him as much as I did in 'the old days' - Regardless, can't be happier for him - he deserves every bit of it!

 

[JIO]

More Del - Donald Eugene Lytle (AKA Johnny Paycheck)

probably from 1965


You can tell he's playing flats (strings) by the way the camera lighting slides over them.

 

[JIO]

… and while we're talkin' Nels -

 

[JIO]

Teisco Teisco Teisco Teisco Famous Players (by Jimmy Noise)

Same show as above. I grew up in the midwest - love this era of country music! This is when country western was more pure and down to earth. I mean, dig it - he's playing a bass that most likely cost him about $50 new. Fenders J's then were about $275 or so. They spent more on their boots!

 

[MCF]

Just scored this super-cool Teisco bass from the 60's. These were new when I first started playing -my 1st bass was a Stadium (also called St George) which is similar. (don't see these come up for sale at all) I saw a cool trio play two nights ago locally and the bass player played one like it. It looked so rad and sounded great through his Fender 100 head/fridge cab that I searched this one out. This is the sellers lead pic and unfortunately I can't download the others. Looks to be in great shape - the neck is a multi-lam that looks almost 80's - really awesome! I think it's a 34" scale, but I just saw a listing for another one (selling for quite a bit more) that states 30". I swear the bass like it I saw the other night looked full scale. Maybe it's an illusion of the HUGE headstock! Either way is cool - I have a 70's hollow-body Conrad ss that is so much fun playing.Will post pics once I get it which may be awhile as it's in NY and local pu only. (a friend is assisting me here) Psyched!

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When I was a kid, our family's Saturday night routine was going out to dinner, going to the movies and then stop at Thrifty Drug for ice cream. Our store always had a nice selection of Teiscos. I'd go check them out every time we went.

 

[MCF]

Very cool - I regularly haunt Real Guitars, first going there possibly when you worked there. Great shop - great peeps. I think the visuals of it led me to mistakenly think it was 34" scale - it's gotta be as long as a T-bird but all in the body and hs! Studying it it's obvious they were riffing off the Jazzmaster/Jaguar and Fender V for this design.

I think these fun basses provided the inspiration for the Rascal bass.

 

[JIO]

I think these fun basses provided the inspiration for the Rascal bass.

Once I get my hands on this gem - you can be assured some Gildaxe reverse engineering will go on!

 

[JIO]

When I was a kid, our family's Saturday night routine was going out to dinner, going to the movies and then stop at Thrifty Drug for ice cream. Our store always had a nice selection of Teiscos. I'd go check them out every time we went.

I bought my MIJ Stadium solid-body bass new in '66 - it was on the wall at a local Woolworths dept store flanked by Teisco guitars.

 

[Bassmaticmatt]

I can dig it.

 

[JIO]

I can dig it.

" solid " --- Lincoln "Linc" Hayes - (Mod Squad)

 

[JIO]

I think these fun basses provided the inspiration for the Rascal bass.

Wow, you're right! The body is nearly identical.

 

[Dynacord]

I think these fun basses provided the inspiration for the Rascal bass.

Similar for sure though I think the Rascal uses essentially the same body shape as the Fender Bass VI (?)

 

[JIO]

Similar for sure though I think the Rascal uses essentially the same body shape as the Fender Bass VI (?)

Here's the gamut from source to Rascal;


Fender Jazzmaster guitar - 1958 (original design source - George/Leo)

Fender Bass VI (baritone guitar) - 1961

Fender Jaguar - 1962

The awesome Teisco TB64 - baritone guitar - '64

Teisco Del Rey EB-2 bass (mid 60's) - beveled upper horn

Fender V - late '65 (CBS transition) 5 strings.., but 16 frets...

Jaguar bass - 2006 "the vintage bass that never was"

Fender Rascal bass (recent re-interpretation) Coronado/early G&L hs shape

Well.., obviously the Bass V remains as the "unique" ugly duckling of the Fender/CBS transition, at least stylistically. (kudo's for the wacky concept CBS ) ... otherwise - you make the call. The Teisco EB-2 Del Rey bass is sorta' Jazzmaster, sorta' Jaguar, sorta' Jazz VI… (I think more Jazz VI - especially considering the TB64) …or Jazz VI body, Jazzmaster/Jag pg…

Here's another striped-pg/hs plate "Silvertone" - one of the names these basses were badged. Silvertone NB-4 1960's Sunburst