Guitar Player

Devil With a Blue Dress

fan, collector and defender of Teisco guitars, I chuckle that I’m still somewhat surprised by just how good some of these darn things can sound and play. Granted, the 1968 Silvertone/Teisco EV3T shown here was never intended to be a professional guitar, nor was it priced to be, with an MSRP of 50 bucks circa

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