Product: Teisco E-210 Checkmate
Price Paid: USD 40 USED
Submitted
07/10/2007
at
09:33am
by
CoveyIsle
Email: covey_isle at yahoo<dot>com
Features
:
7
All original instrument; Great condition overall
Classic "tulip" shaped 1-piece solid body w/ original "Checkmate" headstock decal
Manufactured in Taiwan in mid-60's according to the metallic Model/Serial No. label on back of the body.
Airbrushed, varnished? top
Beautiful, etched/scribed full pickguard
Simple, adjustable bridge, open tuners, tremolo
Bolt-on Fat neck typical of the period, with truss rod, 21-Frets
Fretboard pearloid dots, no neck binding fret dots/markers
Two "on/off" pickup switches; 1-Volume/1-Tone Knobs
Standard double Teisco chrome pickups
Sound
:
8
Would rate pickups a 10 for 60's tonal properties, but a 6 as compared to modern pickups
Play through Boss GT-6 patched to Roland AC-60
Rather quiet playing guitar
Some boominess, that comes with those old pickup, but I love that twangy tone that really carries blues, old rock, country western
Perfect for those tunes made for this guitar
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
Straight neck
Tuners needed lubrication but were fine thereafter
Received needing adustment/setup, but that was easily accomplished
No pickup adjustment
Very playable, for a 60's electric
Reliability/Durability
:
8
Rock solid
All assembly screws tighten nicely
Solid strap buttons
Dependable
Would use gigging along with others in my kit
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
8
Playing 46-years
Would replace if lost
I like the 60's tones it produces, which is just what I was looking for
