I suspected at this point that at least the jack was bad, so now I had to get under the pickguard. No switches or any other ulterior motives. This is an extremely simple guitar, just one pickup, one tone and one volume control. So I suspect a ground problem and maybe the jack is corroded or the wiring is loose. Putting one string on the guitar to hold down the bridge actually produced sound, if the jack was wiggled a bit. Plugging the guitar into an amplifier produced some buzz, so at least something was going on. This would be the anti-active electronics, squealing/barking microphonic, Model-T simplicity guitar in a world rushing to have every app possible in their smart phone.Į-110 in front of a '68 Fender Bandmaster with the G-nome approving. That was really the point of this funky guitar, to have a different sounding pickup. Pots and the jack I could replace if required and would be hidden under the pickguard, but the pickup is visible. It needed a good cleaning at a minimum and after the initial inspection I really wanted to find out if there were any salvageable electronics in the guitar - especially the pickup. The body was solid, with no cracking around the loose fitting (but tightly secured) neck joint.
The body bore only one ding of note, and covered with honest pick scratches. Most of the chrome was still intact, with a little rust and some flaking on the pickup. Maybe I'm the latter type, at least in this purchase, or maybe I ingested to high a concentration of heavy metals growing up in the Pittsburgh area.Īfter unpacking the guitar, bought online unseen with a description that it was not working, it appeared to be in decent shape. Yes, some people could spend thousands on a Gibson or Fender with historical significance.
July 2011 brought a Teisco E-110 into my guitar collection.