Looking around for a body to work on, I saw someone selling a Jag neck on eBay, so I asked if he still had the body.
He replied:
"I do but the tremolo rout was filled in with another piece of wood and the body was routed for a Kahler and fitted with a 25 1/2 scale neck.It was also painted yellow.Also,the workmanship of these of these mods was very poor.Chalk that one up to experience."
Sounds right up my alley! I figured great, something I can fix up, and won't feel bad painting whatever color. I offered him about what I paid for the Vox/Jazzmaster body a few years ago, and he came back with a LOWER offer. Hooray!
Looks like the original trem rout is still hiding under the patch, filled with glue.
Oh boy! Ferrules to patch, just like a fancy Fender Custom.
A few days later, it showed up in the mail, and I pulled up the only brass shield that still remained in the body - looks like Candy Apple Red? I messaged the seller, and it was already refinished "natural" when he picked up the guitar in '82 or '83
I scraped off the screamin' yellow paint, and found some markings that look like old factory refinish markings?
That's a big 'ol plug
Looks like he tried a few different pickup setups!
I chiseled out the plug and found more CAR evidence
Looks like the neck pocket was made about 1/8" deeper
I also saw a TB-64 body for a pretty cheap price, so I figured I'd fix it up (like my old avatar picture!)
The paint looked really lumpy in the pics - the poly finish makes for some really shoddy amateur refinishes.
Stop bar tailpiece? sure.
It looks like someone half-heartedly tried removing the finish with a bunch of bumps into a spindle sander
Was the trem filled with a wooden marshmallow?
Looking better after truing up the faces and edges
I figured I'd true up the faces and edges and then use a router to make the edge radius consistent again. I'm basing the radius on an early TG-64 that I like a lot that has more carefully-sculpted contours than most I've seen. One of the nice things about fixing a Teisco is that they varied sooooooo much that I can have more leeway in fixing them, and it will still look right.
Looking a bit more in order after routing the edges
It had a few different tailpieces over the years. And who needs ground wires anyways?
