Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Seeing the ridiculous prices suckers are willing to pay for POS Teisco electric guitars from the 60's & 70's inspired me to write a review on eBay. Low quality mass produced slabs of painted and varnished wood was shipped to the USA market by the Japan manufacturer. These beginner six strings were sold under many names at many outlets. They were lower quality shiny birthday, graduation and Christmas gifts. The bulk of these cheap knock-offs found their way into the back of closets, spaces under beds and tucked away in basements before their first anniversary came around. More young people were probably turned off from learning to play than were ever inspired by the high, hard to work action of thick, club-like necks. So when I keep seeing guitars that cost 19.95 to 34.95 when new -and that's about all most of them are really worth even now- repeatedly going for $100.00 and up on auction, it made me sad. People are buying these things and tucking them away to sell for double what they paid a year or two from now. Good luck. Guitars are made to be played, and there are plenty of reasonably priced Fender Squier Stratocaster and Telecaster models to be had. The introductory line Squier models are made with manufacturing techniques not available when Fender started electric guitar production in the 1950's. Better quality of components are used as well, the price offset by mass production. I've bought Fender Squier Strats used and new from $60.00 to $225.00 and every one of them was worth every penny. Like a good car, I either got my money back or made a little on every Strat I've sold. As for the Teisco's and the many names they were sold under, good luck with them. They don't get better with age and price.