Really cool four pickup Teisco Del rey.

[Not Steve]

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ms ... 60800.html

Man that thing is tight! are those four p90 style pickups? One thing that I don't like though is that I don't see four on/off switches.

[Michael Ambrose]

If by P-90 style you mean single-coil, than yes... but they don't even come close in output or tone. They just simple, unpotted pickups.

I can't tell if those are "spectrum" pickups or the generic bar magnets with a piece of gold foil instead of black. If they're generics, they're at about 4k-ish, max. Spectrums are nicer, though.

This guitar is the same generation as the Kay you posted earlier, just with a different hardware set. The bodies are typically better from this batch, and I always through that tremolo carve was cool.

That model trem, by the way, is WAY unstable.

there should be a cover for the bridge thats missing.

[Not Steve]

Oh, okay. I thought they might be like the DeArmond in my Vanguard, partially because they look larger than regular single coils. What makes a spectrum pickup better? So how much would this guitar fetch, maybe $300-$350?

[VintAxe]

Hey Not Steve.

I sold one of these ET440 Spectrums a couple of years ago. The guy that bought it wanted to hear the pups before the purchase so I made a short demo designed to contrast the different tones of the 4 pups.

You can hear the demo here. No fancy licks, just a chord and a few notes played on each pup through a Blues Jr. set clean.



Seems like I sold mine for $225 if memory serves. You can read my description here. Look for ET440 1969 about 18 guitars down the page

[Michael Ambrose]

[Not Steve]

Oh thanks guys! That guitar sounds nice, I like pickups 2 and 4 the best...

Edit: And yes, I think very highly of DeArmonds too, they are quite powerful. My only regret in my Kay (despite the fact that it needs a capacitor replaced. Guitar Center doesn't sound check their equipment apparently >.>) is that it only has one pickup. I might add another if I can find another like it (last one I saw on ebay went for almost 2/3 of what I payed for my guitar!) but only since I don't think everything is original to begin with.

[johnnyb]

i sold one on e-bay a few months ago. ended up going for around $450. identical to that one. they are cool guitars. takes a little work but you can squeeze a lot of tones from these. here is a recording i made using this guitar in different pup configurations. you can get an idea of what it sounds like.

http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll14 ... 0_0001.flv

[Not Steve]

[johnnyb]

im pretty sure the positioning of the pickups is what gives this guitar its variation in tone. although, the back side of the pickups are marked with either a neck or bridge stamp, probably indicating their ohm output. bridge pickups usually have a little more output to compensate for smaller string vibration. funny thing about all the 4 pickup guitars i have opened up is that they all seem to be stamped in the order of; bridge, neck, bridge, neck. (including this one) so????
a few words about the et-440 spectrum. if you like heavy distortion, its not for you, it likes to feed back. the output of the pickups may be a little lower than other guitars your used to. but who cares, i have a 50w tube amp that rarely goes over 3 in the clubs, so i pushed it to 4. the 4 selector switches can be a little cumbersome in live situations, i think thats why the 3 pup + 5 way toggle combo won that fight. but, in recording situations its awesome, they need some tweaking, but will find you the tone you may be looking for. i recommend these guitars highly.

[Not Steve]

Alright, awesome! I'm probably not buying it, it's a bit out of my price range. I'll keep that in mind though, for when I have the cash. I think I would be happiest with one that had an on/off for each pickup. My brother has a samick strat knock off, with an hss setup, and there's an on/off for each pickup (one for each coil of the humbucker) and it is awesome in any situation.

[mrblanche]

I know where there's one hanging on the wall of an Applebee's restaurant...