Do you recognize this?

[mrblanche]

It's hanging on the wall at a restaurant near here.

[VintAxe]

Hi Mike,

The guitar is a Teisco Spectrum ET-440 introduced in 1969 and made through the early 1970's. I had one for awhile and sold it. You can read a description and see a picture of mine here:



I liked the neck on it and the "spectrum" pickups were capable of producing useable tones. My main dissatisfaction was picking on top of those 4 pickups. It seemed I was always hitting the middle 2 pups with my pick and creating extraneous noise. Probably more a problem with my technique than the guitar, but it reminded me to stay with 2 pup setups with my players.

I haven't watched prices on them lately but I would guess they sell for something between $200 - $300 based on condition. Your restaurant wall hannger looks pretty beat. As you surmised earlier, it's probably best suited as a wall hanger or a parts guitar. sb

[mrblanche]

Yeah, I'd guess as a guitar, it's a pretty good decoration.

[crowtown]

if you own a guitar play it. don't hang it in shame of its condition ,thats what makes them vintage. they've been played for 30 plus years or more.

If your not playing it sell it to someone just learning, or someone who would really appreciate it.

If it still sounds good, and you like playing it , do it.

It is a beautiful guitar, beat up or not.

If I had money to blow, i would buy it.

Unfortunately it is a bad time of year to buy things like that .

[crowtown]

by the way, the starting bid as of right now on the same model:ebay-$300.00. !!

[mrblanche]

Wow! Must be someone who wants one.

This one is hanging in a restaurant; it's not mine.

[tnlcooper]

Here's some pics of a near-mint one that passed through my hands a while ago. Stunning guitar.



Cheers,
Tim