“I used to play this old POS. I needed that guitar or I couldn’t do my show”: How a $30 guitar shaped indie hero Mac DeMarco’s career
Janelle Borg
created: Aug. 13, 2025, 4:08 p.m. | updated: Aug. 20, 2025, 9:38 a.m.
Mac DeMarco has frequently been cited as the last indie rock star.
“I used to play this old piece-of-shit guitar,” he tells The New Yorker.
In its early years, Teisco sought to emulate American and Western European guitar designs of the time, such as those by Hagström and EKO.
Mac DeMarco - Ode To Viceroy - 3/13/2013 - Stage On Sixth, Austin, TX - YouTube Watch On“I went to this place called Lillo’s.
I’ve never really found another guitar that sounds the same way.
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