Vintage? Check
Blue? Check
Awesome looking? Check
Crazy Cool knobs and switches? Check!
Acquired? Check
I have a soft (or hard, I guess .. lol ) spot for vintage blue guitars, and once I saw this was up for sale, I had to make it mine. You so rarely see these, I figured this was a good time as ever to snap it up.
It's in the mail, should have it early next week.
Needless to say, I'm stoked.
Some cool info on this model:
As the ’66 Teisco Del Rey catalog boasts, the Spectrum 5 “has unique features which no other guitar in the world can match.” While the mahogany body with Mosrite-inspired German-carve edge, the seven layer, hand-rubbed lacquer finish, and Kay-influenced fretboard inlays were standard for the Spectrum series, the staggered pickups with stereo/mono output and a five-ply ebony neck were unique to the 5. The four-and-two tuner arrangement on the headstock was used on other Teiscos, but the plastic faceplate adds a tasteful touch. Some Spectrums had natural-faced headstocks, others had matching colors. The vibrato had an integral bridge that moved with the assembly to eliminate friction and wear on the strings.
The name of this guitar derived from the switches’ ability to produce five tonal colors – a “spectrum of sound” – which could be used alone or in any combination. For stereo output – bass through one channel, treble through the other – two jacks were used.
Now that is a score! Such a cool guitar, they even made a plexi version: