Teisco EP-2T

Teisco Del Rey EV-2T (Electric Vox-copy 2-Pickup Trem)
This is a Japanese copy of a Vox Phantom. Five sided and eye catching.
By the time I got my hands on this beauty she was already 40 years old. This guitar hails from 1969. Simple and elegant. Rosewood pearl dot neck. Big, fat, boat-paddle headstalk. Open tuners that are still really tight. 22 frets. Wide-ish neck..almost has an acoustic feel to it. Cream finish with black pick-guard. Two single coil pickups, I don't any details on the pups other than they're japanese. The bridge is a really stylish trem...also japanese, really easy to use. One tone, One volume knob. Rythm/Solo Switch, which will toggle you between a fuller and a twangier sound. An interesting feature with the Teiscos is that they have on/off switches for each pickup rather than one toggle, so you can play full throttle or none at all.

This thing sounds like a really beefy strat. Capable of a really full thick sound. I'm playing it through a Laney VC30 and my overdrive of choice is a Rat, it can get really mean...in the best way possible. Great for those ball busting chorus riffs. The clean is also really nice for jazzy riffs.

I can't say how well the factory set-up was because I was not alive when this thing was put together. I had it set up when I purchased it off the original owner...It was in need of a set up. Had some tuning/intonation issues...but a pro setup fixed that. It stays in tune great now, the intonation isn't perfect, but it's good enough for my ears.
Action is bottomed out, but plays very comfortably. Neck is straight as an arrow

She's 40 and plays as if she's only a few years old. Has a wiring issue with the neck pickup switch, but that is easily fixed, and such things are expected with such an old electric

Teisco went out of business quite a while ago.

been playing around 12 years now and this is by far one of my favorite guitars that I've ever owned.

If it was lost or stolen, I would definitely try to find another one...it wouldn't be easy, but if you can find one, and you fix it up, it's an amazing guitar.

Make sure you know what condition it is in. Like I said, these are old guitars and likely need some deep setup and repair, but if you have the time and money to put into it..the end result is a very unique and fun guitar.
Love the beefy sound and odd shape

A mid 6o-ties (64-66) Made in Japan ES-335 style copy. (very much alike the EP-8T, but 24.75" scale instead and with a bigger body)
Mine has a cherry burst finish wich looks remarkly good after + 40 years. No cracks or anything, just a nice "seasoned" finish. ES-335 copy body, completely hollow, just a support block for the neck and the bridge and two F-holes. It seams Teisco made some changes over the years during the pruduction of the EP-2T as I have seen these models with more "pointed" horns as well. Mine has the "earlier?" rounded horns like the original.
Layered laminated top with a nice binding on it. Bigsby alike tremolo bridge (were the "T" stands for as a suffix to the guitar type) two single coil pick ups with a vintage output (arround 6.2 K-Ohm) Two knobs, tone and volume (weird values 100k for the tone), jack and two slide switches for the pu's (on/off)
Neck is non original as it came from a '67 Univox Custom (another MIJ 335 style cop from the 60-ties)

Well, it sounds remarkebly good for a copy guitar from the 60-ties. It has it's own voice. It sounds very "jazzy" imo but it can also scream and cry. Works very good with a tube screamer as it seams to enrich it's natural sound. Sounds to muffled with a fuzz or regular distortion.
I would describe the overall clean sound as rich with a tad treble.
I mostly use it with vintage Blackface Fender amps. And since it is a hollowbody guitars, it has the tendency to feedback at higher volumes.

I have no idea of the initial set-up, since I a kind of asembled it myself and also did the setup. But it plays very well.
It did have some factory flaws, which I corrected. The tailpiece was not lined correctly, so the strings sat at a rather unatural angle, making it very difficult to tune. Just filled the original holes with a wood putty and drilled new ones.
The Univox neck is very good btw. (I asume it is of better quality then the original Teisco neck.)

I haven't used it live, but I most defently will. Since I a kind of restaured it, I fixed it weak points, making it more durable then before. I kept most of the original parts, since I like them a lot, so some parts (like the strap buttons, could be better)
I would use it without back-up, but I mostly keep a spare guitar with me, since I don't think I would use the EP-2T as my main guitar.

Teisco is long out of buisness, I'm afraid.

Well, this "axe" is another "booty" to my guitar collection. The EP-2T fils a gap, since I did not have a hollowbody electric and it seams to fit the bill. Since I a kind of "asembled" this guitar, to it most original state, with donor parts, I really can't comment on the original design. It's a good player, so it's all I needed.
If it would get lost or stolen, I would probable not replace it imidiatly, since it would be hard to find anything like it.