Teisco World Serial Number / Date Chart Project (By Jimmy Noise / Aug 2012) What is the Teisco Serial Number / Date Chart? The chart is a list of model numbers going down the page and a list of serial numbers going across the page. Guitar models have their corresponding serial numbers marked on the chart. Above the serial numbers is the estimated production dates for those serial. What Can the Chart Tell Us? The chart can provide a lot of information, such as the following; Determine when your Teisco was made based on the serial number; Identify what other guitars models were made when your guitar was made; Determine how many of each model was made; See how often each guitar was made; Determine which models are rare and which are common; Identify the sequence of when guitars were constructed; Estimate the production output of Teisco factory during the serial number era; Determine the total number of Teisco guitars that were made during the serial number plate era. Teisco was a Japanese budget brand that produced guitars starting in the late '40s. By the early '60s, Teisco guitars became increasingly unique with a number of original shapes and designs being produced. Lexia bold font free download. Free Fonts » Uncategorized » Lexia Bold » Lexia Bold Download. Your download will start in 20 seconds. If not, try the following links. Download Link 2 Zip Archive 2 Report broken link. Weight: Bold. Version: Version Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5 8/3/06. >Download lexia bold font free at Best-Font.com, database with 114947 web fonts, truetype and opentype fonts for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Below you can see glyphs lexia bold font. You can download this web font for free. Just click to 'Download' button. Free Fonts » Uncategorized » Lexia Bold. Weight: Bold. Version: Version Macromedia Fontographer 4.1.5 8/3/06. Of Characters:: 279. There are some interruptions in the data for some of the above, but the accuracy is probably the best that will ever surface. The chart will be revised and expand as more information is discovered and confirmed. The chart also gives us a direction on how to start to study each model and a reference between other models. Hence trends in production techniques and hardware used can be compared. A lot of information on this web site has been discovered from the trends in this chart. How the Chart Came Into Existence The Teisco serial chart was reconstructed from serial numbers off Teisco guitars that have surfaced on the internet since 2007. The numbers were recorded from as many possible sources that could be found. It all begun with an eBay listing that stated “There might have been only 500 Spectrum 5 guitars ever made. Could be as many as 2000. No one really knows.” Someone wanted to know really badly. (And at that time they didn't even have a Spectrum 5.) So what if someone recorded every spectrum 5 serial number they could find and see if it linked up? So the Teisco Serial / Date Chart project was started and several months of research later it became evident that some things did not link up. The numbers were all over the place. From that point it was decided that all serials numbers from all the models needed to be collected. Then perhaps it could finally be determined exactly how many were made. Several searches were done on the internet to determine a complete list of Teisco models. ![]() The problem is that a lot of the models did not have any pictures. It was determined that some of the model numbers were not even Teisco models on those original lists. This project took years of research just to determine what was or was not a Teisco, and also, what each model looked like. As time went by, missing models were added and non Teisco models were removed. Hence the most accurate and complete list of Teisco models was developed. As the Teisco models were being recorded the serial numbers were archived in such a way that they could be recalled later to enter them into the chart. These numbers were slowly all mapped onto the chart. The scale was determined by limitations of excel and a size that could be viewed on the screen, such that any patterns could be observed. So the guitars were grouped in blocks of 10,000. ![]() Then if required, all the guitars in a given block could be viewed in the archived files that were logged. (Note the archived files will not published.) As the chart started to take shape, patterns started forming very early on. It became very apparent that Teisco was actually very diligent with there serial numbers and model numbers. In fact the serial numbers flowed very consistently and changed the way that Teisco guitars were considered to be built. The original claim, that Teisco would simply use any parts on hand when building guitars in their factory has now been proven wrong. The chart clearly showed when models were manufactured in relation to other models. By looking at a group of serial numbers of a model, it was determined how the evolution of the model occurred. (ie The hardware changes etc.) The information provided from the chart is something that no vintage guitar collector ever thought would be possible to obtain. A large part of the hidden history of Teisco is in that chart. It has enabled us to study and understand what the company produced and what changes happened in its production history. This is information that has been lost for decades. To date, it has provided the most accurate insight into the history of one of the largest guitar manufactures of it’s time. This information is more than any other guitar researcher / writer has been able to produce in the last 30 years on Teisco guitars. Wonderful rainbow lightning bolt rar. Anyway back to that beginning question. Well we have a pretty good idea of many Teisco Spectrum 5’s were made.
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