1960s Bradford (Teisco/Kawai) Electric Guitar

Overview: I'm not entirely sure but I believe this to be a Kawai/Teisco build from the mid-late '60s. The pickups remind me of Teisco stuff I've serviced and some of the other features are familiar. I'm not entirely sure, though, so if someone out there knows better, please let me know! Suffice to say, it's a great-looking guitar with an old-fashioned but cozy neck profile. I've eliminated weak (or overbearing) points from the design and it's currently playing as a garage-rock-friendly instrument. The pickups are on the microphonic side so if you like that "alive" sound when playing, this is it! 

Repairs included: Molly gave this a level/dress of the frets some time back. I added side dots, replacement tuners (Kluson-style, Fender-style), blocked the whammy, cleaned it up a bunch, and rewired it. I was initially working on this for the owner to keep and he wanted it setup very simply, so the wiring is actually just "1 volume and a 3-way switch" -- the whole upper control panel is actually disconnected (as it worked poorly, anyhow). It's setup in a "2 humbucker" arrangement at the moment with the pickups paired-off. I also shielded the whole cavity at the same time. It's playing spot-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 7 lbs 10 oz
• Scale length: 24 3/4"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: medium-full C
• Board radius: 12"
• Depth at first fret: 0.87"
• Depth at seventh fret: 0.91"
• Body width: 13 1/8"
• Body depth: 1 1/2"
• Body wood: unknown (mahogany-like)
• Bridge: non-adjustable saddle, height-adjustable
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: 4x single coil arranged as 2x humbucker format (wired in parallel)
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 46w-10
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium/low

Condition notes: It's got a fair number of light scratches, scuffs, nicks, and small dings here and there. The tuners are non-original and I've ground compensation in the original bridge. so it intonates nicely with 3-wound, 3-plain, modern stringing. I have disabled the whammy system as it worked very poorly (it's now just "blocked") and was a liability. Some previous owner changed the two top neck bolts into actual bolts with inserts embedded in the neck and I covered the holes in the fretboard left by those insert installs.

It comes with: Sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: SSCH