Teisco EB-200

mine is a 1965 or 66 fender Jag style body has the Silvertone label but is exactly like the Tiesco same thing, with the aluminium satin/shiny strip vibe pick guard and haedstock cover, has the square pole pickups (2)and funky bridge with ash tray cover that has foam rubber for built in muting. Take the cover off if you want to hear it?Go figure? I just repaced the clangy small tuners with a more trusy set that wont rattle like crazy purists please understand that the old ones are not available and mine was missing one anyway. 21 frets, nice worn tabacco burstsoby with a nice aged finish mine says model 438 Japan on the back neck plate sticker and also proudly proclaims "Steel reinforced neck" on the back of the headstock.

Nice thick thumpy sound, deep rich and vibrent as described by the last post. Nice player thin neck, comfortable for my small hands, not the variety of sounds I can get out of my G&L L-1000 but has good unique vibe sounds. I think most players would like this bass.

For a 40 something year old bass it has held up well, I think this on was most likely in a closet or under a bed for the past 20+ ears as the finish is very good a couple scars scrapes and dings but over uite clean. Neck action is good and straight set up is ok, all metal and brightwork appear as new, other than the 2 screw saddle and the funky foam padded (interior) ash tray style cover eveything is laid out nicely, comfortable finger rest in between the two pick-ups. Two knobs work as the should.

I think this thing is vry gigable, well made, over 40 years on it, and going strong, neck truss rod is easy to adjust, eveything is as it should be. Nice vintage player.

Made by Tiesco for Silvertone, I dont know if my Sears store will still cover warranty after 42 years, like my Craftsman tools but those Sears repairman were never much good at guitar repairs anyway, they gotta move those refrigerators, gootamovethose color TVEEES!

I have been whacking at guitars for 30 + years, I would highly reccomend this guitar, I love the homely nature of the design, love the sound, love the feeling that Im stuck back in the sixties and could'nt afford a Gibson or a Fender.I have never seen another, I beleive the are only 3 in existance please correect me if Im wrong.
I wish they had put a better bridge on but otherwise this is the perfect bass if your not to demanding.

Now, this is an interesting bass. Made, I believe, in the mid-sixties in Japan, it's got a Fender Jag-ish body, and a 30" scale neck that looks and feels like a full 34". About that neck- it's fat. That smooth, satin-y finish combined with the bound fretboard makes it really playable and comfortable. Mine has a nice tobacco burst finish (with a few dings, of course). The pickguard is brushed aluminum, with stripes (yes, stripes) and a matching plate on the headstock. Speaking of the headstock- it's pretty goofy, but (to me) charmingly so. It's a massive, Fender-ish affair, but the tuners are 2+2. Odd.

It has two passive single coils with on/off rocker switches for both, volume, and master tone. These old pups (with square poles) pump out some amazing sounds, but I'll get to that later.

My only complaint in this category is the bridge. Wow...what a crappy bridge. There's one -ONE- saddle, so if your intonation gets messed up, you might be in a spot of trouble. Luckily, the bridge cover hides this ugly secret.

Aside from looking retro-cool, this is where this bass really shines. I play rock, blues, folk, grunge, and a bit of jazz. It covers all of em. From '60s mud to moder, Jazzy pop, this guy's got it. With those weird single coils and this instrument's age, though, it can get pretty noisy, as I'm sure you can imagine. But this mostly only happens (oddly enough) with both pups on.

Basically- it'd be absolutely killer if they made it today, but considering it's a forty-year-old Japanese-made hunk of wood, you can't ask for much more.

This category is almost moot in this case, since the setup and condition are all going to have been due to previous owners. In other words, you're not dealing with a factory setup here.

There is ONE thing, though, that I'm sure is the factory's doing and not the previous owner's, and it just happens to be the one thing that nags at me about this bass.

The body doesn't quite meet up with the side of the neck. It cozies up nicely at the bottom of the neck, where the truss rod adjustment is, but I guess the pocket was just made too wide- there's a good quarter inch of space in there.

Also, the low E doesn't come in quite as strong as the other three strings, but that's an easy fix I've been meaning to get around to for a while.

This bass in one SOLID instrument. It's already been through my using its headstock to help out the drummer (yeah, I beat it on a cymbal) and the various other rigours of practise and performance. And you know what? It's absolutely no worse for the wear.

But, then, it's survived for some forty years without slowing down, so I guess it can take anything I throw at it.

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I've been playing for five or six years now. I've played Fender, Musicman, Epi, Gibby, Ibanez, Spector, Yamaha, etcetera, and I own four other basses. This. Is. The. Best. One.

It beats your modern Jazz, Precision, Stingray, whatever, and it looks imeasurably cooler while doing it. Surprisingly, it sounds great through my crappy old Rogue amp, but when I put it through my G-K it's like nothing you've ever heard.

If this was ever stolen, I dunno what I'd do, because they're pretty scarce. If you track one down, BUY IT.

1960's Made in Japan 30" scale. Fender Jaguar style body. 2 single coil p/u. Big dufus head stock.

I bought this because it has huge, huge tone. For a 30' scale bass it has a big sound. It has on/off rockers for the 2 p/u. A great variety of sounds. I figure the large dufus headstock adds to the sustain.

This bass has been thru alot, but it's still going strong. But for a 30" scale bass it is very playable.

It's from the sixities and still working......

I think Teisco is long gone or the name has been changed to protect the innocent.

I prefer 34' scale, but this is a great bass for fingerstyle. Very quick with the 30" scale. A early Japanese classic. The basses of today are technically better made, but this thing has gobs of TONE, something that alot of more expensive instruments lack..............