Teisco del rey model 100 parlor red burst parlor guitar

вЂњAnd so Rory walks over and says: вЂWatch thisвЂ¦вЂ™ and he does the big Irish brogue вЂ“ вЂOh, IвЂ™ve come over from Ireland and IвЂ™ve been trying all day to find this guitar of my heroвЂ¦вЂ™ giving it all that, and in the end the ownerвЂ™s like, вЂAlright, $50вЂ™.

And heвЂ™s like, вЂNo, itвЂ™s a piece of shit!вЂ™ and the owner is like, вЂNah, $500.вЂ™ вЂњAnd so he goes up to the desk, asks this really New York owner how much he wants for it вЂ“ $500. And they find the guitar in the attic of this guitar shop on like 32nd Street or something, and then John says to Rory: вЂLook man, theyвЂ™ll try to pull something here because youвЂ™re foreignвЂ¦ IвЂ™ll take the guitar over вЂ“ how much do you want to pay for it?вЂ™ And Rory says: вЂI donвЂ™t know, $50?вЂ™ вЂRight, weвЂ™ll get it for $50вЂ™. вЂњSo he met up with him, and John tells this lovely story about how they met for the first time and then went guitar shopping in New York in 1969. And he asked Clapton if he knew anywhere in New York where he could one of these guitars, and Clapton tells him to speak to this guy, John Hammond Jr, the blues player. вЂњI remember hearing the story of how he was on the Blind Faith tour in New York, and he wanted a particular guitar, an old Kay I think, because heвЂ™d seen Lonnie Johnson playing one on an album cover. And so he would say: вЂWell IвЂ™ve got to get that, because that makes a great blues sound,вЂ™ rather than a luxury Les Paul or whatever. вЂњAnd they would play cheaper guitars, because thatвЂ™s what they could afford. вЂњRory loved collecting blues memorabilia вЂ“ vinyl, posters, photographs вЂ“ and he was fascinated by what the old blues guys would play,вЂќ Daniel explains. So much of RoryвЂ™s collection is taken up with these unusual guitars that werenвЂ™t exactly trendy at the time, and a lot of it comes back to his deep love of blues and blues history. вЂњHeвЂ™d be looking at the Nationals, the Teiscos, the Silvertones, asking вЂWhatвЂ™s that? What does it sound like? Can I break the tremolo arm off it?вЂ™вЂќ вЂњIf he was here now, heвЂ™d be ignoring all that,вЂќ he continues, gesturing to the wall of old Gibsons and Fenders in New KingвЂ™s Road Vintage Guitar Emporium. He wouldnвЂ™t be interested in buying that yearвЂ™s new Strat or whatever.

вЂњWhen he was on the road, especially in America, he would just go into pawn shops and buy loads of Kays, Harmonys, Tokais and Teiscos. вЂњI feel like this is another one of those guitars where he saw it and thought, вЂThatвЂ™s mad, nobody else is playing one, IвЂ™ll take it!вЂ™ And it probably only cost him a couple of hundred dollars, if that! вЂњThis is such a mad thing! ItвЂ™s so cool вЂ“ itвЂ™s got a handle, nobody needs a handle!вЂќ Daniel Gallagher вЂ“ RoryвЂ™s nephew вЂ“ laughs. The Japanese budget brand might have been recently reborn as a maker of oddball effects, but during the mid 1960s, it was bringing its eccentric design approach to guitars such as this offset. Our final leftfield electric comes from Teisco.

Teisco del rey model 100 parlor red burst parlor guitar