At least two of the models - the Amp-15 and Amp-30 - were two-tone and had a cross-shaped grillcloth area. The majority had a single color covering with a tweed grillcloth. In 1961 the amps offered came in a variety of shapes.
One was a small practice amp, two were about 15" tall and the fourth was very large with six 8" speakers! They had round edges and looked a bit like '50s TVs. The colors ran vertically with a wider band in the center which was slightly narrower than the grill cloth. In 1954 four tube amps were available- in two-tone light and dark tolex. In 1956 the name was changed to 'Nippon Ompa Kogyo Co'. The company was originally called 'Aoi Onpa Kenkyujo' (roughly: Hollyhock Soundwave or Electricity Laboratories). Teisco was founded in 1946 by Atswo Kaneko, a renowned Hawaiian and Spanish guitarist, and Mr.
#Teisco del rey guitar series
The Checkmate series began in 1966 in black tolex, beginning with tubes and gradually built only as solid state. I'll begin with the mid 50s to mid 60s tube amps, all with a vintage tweed vibe, prior to the 1966 introduction of the "checkmate' series. Here are the photos and details that I've managed to gather so far: There were some larger amps made and I look forward to playing through them. I used one with a bullet mic to sing through and it was a way cool sound. Many have only 6 or 8 inch speakers and are low wattage, so the most you can hope for is a blues overdrive studio toy. The Teisco amps sure look cool and have the warm tube sound associated with the 60's era. I need to get it translated to see what clues it might offer. I bought my Teisco #72C from ebay and it happened to come with the original sales receipt from a military base in Japan, dated 1963, Also included was an info sheet on a bunch of other Teisco amps from that era.
I hope that by posting what I do know, that more info will come forward, so please write to me with pictures, tube charts, schematics, stories etc. They are way under the radar, and in fact I've only been able to track down a single schematic, and very little in the way of technical info. I fell under the spell of 60's Teisco guitars a few years back, and so the obvious obsession to follow was the Teisco amplifiers.
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