Fingerboard has shrunk a little bit and seems to have almost no radius, but old Teiscos were kinda flat to begin with. The neck is (for the most part) good, needs a little truss rod adjustment and maybe some shimming to get a nice action. I need to find an old Squire strat body maybe. I may drop the loaded pickguard into something that is in a little better condition. This four-pickup arrangement is really why I got the guitar. The switches are simple on-off for each pickup. Not even a crackle from all the switches and pots. The good news is that the electronic are in like-new condition except for some pitting on the chrome trim rings of the pickups. The seller did a fairly good job packing, and the USPS just found the one Achilles heel place they could attack and did so. The guitar was cheap enough that it's not worth the time spent to pursue claims with the USPS or the seller. It might have been weakened already over the course of its 40+ year life and the USPS just finished it off.
There were plenty of scuffs and dings in its "as offered" condition, so the hairline scar this will leave won't really stand out that much. It's an easy enough fix - I've got it clamped up and the glue is curing already. The button displaces a nice clean little wedge of laminate layer into the tremolo cavity and makes that split. This often happens to these old Teisco bodies from being dropped. Evidently they slammed it down on its end (which wasn't padded enough) and shoved the strap button into the body, splitting the laminate (plywood) body. I got the guitar, but the USPS maimed it in shipping. Of course this will be greeted upon arrival with the usual "Why do you need another guitar? When are you going to sell some of the ones you have?" Oh well. The only way it may turn out to be a losing proposition (money-wise) is if all four pups need to be rewound. This one is wonderfully intact parts-wise (externally anyway), since most vintage Japanese guitars often lose their tremolo arms and original knobs along the way. I haven't had a solder headache in ages.įixing these things up is half the fun. Who knows if it works since the seller made the usual "I'm not a guitar person and don't have the equipment to test" claims which usually means "I checked it out and something doesn't work right - you're on your own." Still, I'll almost be disappointed if it works right out of the box. This provenance is starting to be almost as big a mystery as my Matsumoku-made "Dia" 1202T. The strat-style headstock puts it at around '68-'69 vintage.įrom what I can gather online, Heit Deluxe was an in-house brand for a retail chain. The layout is very similar to the ET-440 (Spectrum 4) but doesn't have the toggle on the upper bout.
While it looks similar to other Teisco 4-pup guitars, I can't find one exactly like it. It's a Teisco-made Heit Deluxe from the '60s with four pickups and what looks like individual on-off switches (don't think they're three position) and a master tone and volume. I should have it by the end of next week, but I've had sellers flake out on me and refuse to ship before, so fingers crossed. Sort of an NGD anyway, I jumped the bidding line and did a "Buy It Now" on eBay.
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