Teisco Del Ray Identification

[fairybells]

Hello,
I am very new here so please forgive the errors I am sure to make. I am desperately searching for some information on the guitar pictured here. It looks a great deal like a TG-64 Teisco from what I can find but I don't see any that appear to have some of these parts or in this color so I am uncertain. Any assistance anyone could offer insofar as identifying and providing information on this guitar would be so appreciated.

[Spud1950]

What you have is a Teisco ET-320. Net search shows that the ET-320 is a version of the TG-64 that was made for the US market. Essentially the same guitar,with some variations. Here's one just like yours except for the color.



Here's a quote from Vintage Guitar magazine refering to the TG-64/ET-320 relationship.

"This guitar was sold in the United States in '65 as the Teisco Del Rey Model ET-320, but by '66 had been dropped from the line."

Edit- Here's a good comparison. Bottom of this page. A TG-64,same color as your guitar, the differences being the striped pickguard and headstock piece and different tailpiece.

[VintAxe]

Yeah Spud1950, fairybells guitar appears to be a hybrid between the early version of the ET-320 and the later version right before they went to the TG-64.

Both of the following guitars are in 1965 Teisco literature:





Note the headstock similarity between the first ET-320 and fairybells guitar. However, the pickups, roller bridge and knob configuration are like the second picture. Interestingly, the tailpiece doesn't seem to match either catalog guitar but it does look Teisco. I think fairybells guitar is a case of putting older necks on newer bodies.

Are we viewing evolution in action here

The good news fairybells is that your guitar appears to be all Teisco.

[Spud1950]

[fairybells]

[fairybells]

What is the difference between the ET-320 and the TG-64 - are they not the same guitar?