Teisco 110 Electric Guitar - My First Electric Guitar Was A Teisco.

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Teisco E 110 Electric Guitar

Burton Jamison's First Electric Guitar
1 Pickup Teisco Del Ray E 110 Electric Guitar - Made In The 1960's

In 1971 at age 14 I received my first electric guitar and amplifier.My Mom bought them for me for $20. Both wre used but in good condition.

I was so excited!

It was an older one pick up Teisco, model E 110 pictured at the left. I have the unique pickup is now valuble..

It was blue with a black pick guard. The body and the neck were several layers of plywood. I took it completely apart to see what an electric guitar looked like on the inside and how it was built, then put it back together.

A few years later I took it apart and sanded the body to bare wood. Then I put a clear poly finish on it.

In 1988 it somehow survived a house fire.

older one pick up Teisco Electric Guitar More years passed. My teenage daughter had a birthday party and I had an idea. I took it completely apart once again, and told her and her girl friends to pour old nail polish all over the body. They were happy to oblige. After it dried, I decided the guitar needed a new pick guard, the original was black plastic and did not match the new colors. I had an old IBM computer in the garage. I took it apart, and used the old pick guard as a template on the top of the computer case. I got out the jig saw and cut out my new metal pick guard, sort of a beige color and sanded the edge.

Then I remembered I had an old Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (70's) mini humbucker pickup. I cut a space for it with a very slight angle. I skipped the pickup mounting ring and drilled 2 holes to mount it directly on the new pick guard . Then drilled the holes for the input jack, volume and tone pots and for two mini toggle switches, on / off. So each pickup would be on or off, three pickup choices. I had to make room for the pickup in the body, so I put my chisel to some good use. It all went together without any problems.

I then took the leftover nail polish and started pouring it on the metal pick guard, and the head stock.

I put it all back together and ended up with what you see here. It was fun working on that guitar and a good learning experience. I have since replaced the tail piece, bridge with Teisco parets. And the tuners to more modern. I still noodle around on it once in a while. My Guitar Mods Web Page.

Before Pictures
Teisco E 110 Electric Guitar

After Pictures of my Teisco E 110

older one pick up Teisco Electric Guitar

older one pick up Teisco Electric Guitar now with a Les Paul Mini Humbucker

Teisco Electric Guitar older one pick up Teisco

older one pick up Teisco Electric Guitar Headstock

This Teisco E 110 electric guitar is the guitar I used in my first band with Bobby Darr on drums R.I.P.and Ray Philips on vocals and keys. That was in the mid '70's. Then in 1976 I bought my first real guitar, a late 60's Fender Mustang.

I did not like the pickups and did not play it much, I had bought a '59 Les Paul Junior around the same time for $150 and played that. Then for my 20th birthay in 1977 I bought a wine red 3 pickup 77 Les Paul Custom. That was $775. Sold both since then. Will I ever learn?

Eventually I modded the heck out of the Mustang. Chuck Levin's did the work. This was in 1981. They had to make a new pick guard (black 3 ply) and installed the pickups I supplied. The bridge position got a gold Gibson Les Paul Custom bridge humbucker. Middle position got an oringal Dimarzio single coil Super Distortion (ceramic pmagnets), and in the neck posttion a Dimarzio single coil FS-1 Fat Strat (Anico 5 magnets). Plus a 5 way switch. I had already sanded the blue body to bare wood, and sprayed it with black laquar. The laquar turned out okay. I was very happy with Chuck Levin's custom work, and it only cost $75 which I considered a real bargain.

I ended up trading in the Mustang along with $200 in 1985 for a 1971 Les Paul '54 Black Beauty Reissure from Les at Seaford Music. He was very impressed and surprised hearing he tones of that modded Mustang. It did sound good. I don't remember ever taking a picture of it.

I sold the '54 Custom Reissue in 1988 because I needed a root canal. I'm still sorry I did that.

I keep the Teisco E 110 at the studio. It has some very cool tones, but won't play in tune. It never did.

However, I plan to install a new bridge with adjustable saddles and a new stop tail piece . Hopefully that will allow it to intonate and to play in tune all the way up the neck.

But I like the E 110. Brings back a lot of memories every time I look at it, so it is a keeper. Burt's Profile

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