Sunday 28 September 2014

Teisco SPB-200 Spectrum Bass reissue circa 2000

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We've looked at similar design Teisco Spectrum 5 guitars here before (here, here and here) but until I saw this eBay listing just now I hadn't realised that there was a bass version too, the Teisco
SPB-200 Spectrum Bass. What an absolute beauty, just check out those curves and contours and that gorgeous German carve! It's a short-scale bass with a scale length of 30.3", so it's going to have a certain retro tone but that's not something that should put off any bassist with imagination.

Like Henry Kaiser's see-thru acrylic-bodied Spectrum 5, it isn't a vintage Teisco but rather a relatively modern Japanese-made "re-issue", circa 2000 (see more here). (Obviously, the originals were Japanese-made too, I just wanted to emphasise that it wasn't made in Korea, China, Indonesia, etc, as many other re-issues are these days).

Currently listed on eBay with a Buy It Now price of US $699.99 (item located in Japan).

G L Wilson

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3 comments:

  1. What a cool electric Guitar why always electric guitars have great design but acoustic guitars don't, why?

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  2. Beautiful example of guitar-building that would not look out of place on the wall of an art gallery

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  3. Yeah Tony,
    You are right about that type of guitars are really made for art gallery and I just also want to hear that guitar music too because I am a little bit curious about know which type of sound he make.

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