(vintage?) Telestar guitar - anyone familiar

[lifes_a_fallacy]

hey - i happened to pop into a local pawn shop today, and found a neat old bass. It says "telestar" on the headstock, and it is styled kind of like an epiphone casino-type bass. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with these guitars??? i picked it up because, if nothign else, it'll look good as wall-art ... but i'm curious the history of these japanese things.

 

[true-eurt]

Here is a Vintage Forum....http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/eboard30/index2.pl?frames=no&board=vintaxe

 

[rayc]

The link True gave youn is a good one - I I.D.'d my guitar there.
The bass is very similar to the Bruno range of semi guitars as well as the Emprador - the latter esp with the thumb rests. I have an E,prador bass that is VERY similar though it has 355 styled horns & a few other variations. I've found MIJ guitars & basses from that era great fun to play &, if treated properly, good for recording.
Hope you can play it & enjoy it.

 

[hungovermorning]

Those are one that time forgot, everyone loves Teisco and Kingston, but everyone forgets Kent and Telestar. They're great for the wood but the electronics aren't teh best. With a set of pick ups and pots you'd have an absolutely amazing bass, something it would take hundreds of dollars to replace.