![]() ![]() The amp section ran off of 2 nine volt batteries. The lower section of this guitar housed a low wattage amplifier that could be turned off an on with a slider switch. Teisco produced an odd shaped guitar designated as model TGR-1. ![]() Spain equated with guitars back in the 1940’s and 50’s that were not Hawaiian style guitars. Teisco produced their own products under the Del Ray name, which sounded Spanish. The Teisco Company of Japan got it’s name from the acronym for the Tokyo Electric Instrument and Sound Company. Some of the first guitars with built in amplifiers came from the Asian nations, specifically Japan and others were manufactured in Europe. In 1956 the Eveready Corporation invented the small rectangular nine volt battery, eliminating housing 6 AA or AAA batteries which took up more room and were more expensive. Transistors provided a way to house much smaller components in an amplifier chassis. Why not make an electric guitar with a built in battery powered amplifier. It was cheaper and the need for those pesky tubes was eliminated.įor some of these manufacturers another idea occurred. Of course other manufacturers jumped on the transistor design. Subsequently they had a very short fate and were pulled off of the market. These models were not reliable and did not have the sound their tube counterparts had. This resulted in Fender introducing their first line of transistor amplifiers in 1965. When the transistor radio was invented, a light bulb went off in the minds of electric guitar and amplifier designers. ![]()
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