I've collected old pictures of Jack Bruce, Noel Redding, and other early rock guys playing 'em. Apparently, due to their materials, they did not hold up well on tours. Some guys bought several of them and just used 'em till they broke up. Others reverted back to their heavier Fender basses when touring. I'd like to hear a vintage '60s model but I haven't found any in my area.

I'd recommend this to any guitar player that has an interest in playing bass as well. The latest re-issue models even let you adjust the intonation!

Flash to early nineties....there was a spoof movie of the Brady Bunch, the 2nd movie where Greg goes thru his hippie phase, and plays a guitar.
Thats THE guitar in that movie. Freaks like me notice that sort of thing.

Here is the "holy grail" of Silvertones - the 1448 two pick-up Dano and amp in case, for only $125. Of course, someone painted the guitar with house paint, but it's
eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2533635968&category=2384

Here is a model similar to mine for under $200
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2534092880&category=2384

Here is a single pickup model, WITH AMP in case, curently under $200.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2534131033&category=2384

There are also a few around $300, and one for $40 (early in auction). There are always lots listed on eBay, and I think your seller is well out of the market price. I will get one myself eventually.

Brad.

yeah, this one music store is cool because they have all this old stuff that no one else carries. But it's all WAY expensive. Though they're nice people - they wouldn't look askance at some haggling, I bet.

Background - I have an old Silvertone Archtop Acoustic (pretty but needed a little 'cleanup' to make it more playable)which I am currently have kitted with some kind of interesting pickup on the neck that my local guitar geek guy is doing, and adding a 'thru peg' jack with all wiring running inside to be able to use it as a relatively clean (and a bit funky) looking acoustic electric.

Background - I have an old Silvertone Archtop Acoustic (pretty but needed a little 'cleanup' to make it more playable)which I am currently have kitted with some kind of interesting pickup on the neck that my local guitar geek guy is doing, and adding a 'thru peg' jack with all wiring running inside to be able to use it as a relatively clean (and a bit funky) looking acoustic electric.

I'm particularly interested in archtops.

Think they were £400 new, but not made anymore.

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Originally posted by moremusic.com:
I'm doing research on Sears Silvertone guitars and trying to compile a list with chronology, model numbers/name, serial numbers, specs, and a photo gallery. Please send me photos and specs on your guitars.

I'm particularly interested in archtops.

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I have a Sears Silvertone . . . have no idea what model it is, my uncle had it and was planning to teach himself how to play but never did, so he gave it to me when I was about 11 . . . hasn't been played much it the past 30 years but it's still a nice guitar.

Have a look here
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/julian.mullen/resodan.htm

Theres an article and a few pics etc. If you email Julian Mullen, he'll get back to you straight away. I still have a Danelectro U2 and they are my favourite electic instrument, the pickups are great, although not as raw as the older 50's and 60's ones that I've had, but they are'nt falling apart.

There are quite a few other electro-resonator people about, you'll have fun looking. Look at Pete Woodman's site
http://www.petewoodmanguitars.com/page2.htm

Amistar
http://www.resound.uk.com/Amistar/index.html

Molonator
http://molonatorguitars.com/

or go the other way and just use an electric for slide Danelectro couple hundred $$$ if that or a nicer option and get a Michael Messer "King Guitar" by Dave King
http://michaelmesser.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=fivendimestore&action=display&thread=1109254733

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Originally posted by twh7920:
I have a Sears Silvertone . . . have no idea what model it is, my uncle had it and was planning to teach himself how to play but never did, so he gave it to me when I was about 11 . . . hasn't been played much it the past 30 years but it's still a nice guitar.

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Silvertone guitars were made for Sears by at least 4 differant companies. The largest maker of Silvertones was Harmony. Their Stratatones, Rockets, Sovereigns, etc. were all branded as Silvertones and sold through Sears. Next comes Kay. Kay also made guitars for Sears, Mongomery Wards, and other retailers. Regal was another company that made Guitars for Sears as well as others. Most of the Oahu Hawiaans out there were made by Regal. Regal also made a version of the Dobro that was licensed by National/Dobro. Dan-Electro came later, in the late 50's/early 60's.
These were in many ways the cheesiest of the bunch with the chambered body made of pine with masonite top and back plates. I had a single pickup model with amp-in-case. Mine was black with sparkles, the white pebble table around the edge. Mine was so mint, including the case and had the original tubes which were stamped Silvertone. I bought mine at a flea market for $30, kept if for many years and eventually sold it for $300. When I first got mine, I played bottleneck on it and found it had great tone thanks to the lipstick pickup, but the short scale neck didn't suit me at all and the tuners were a joke.

I currently have no more of these guitars. I had fun collecting them, but never played them much and they took up space which was becoming scarce. If I get a chance to buy one at a flea market, I usually grab them, but resell them for a quick profit.

I went to see Keb Mo this past June. Keb usually plays mostly flat-tops and Resos. When he plays electric, it's usually his Epi Sheraton. When I saw him he was switching between the Reso-Rocket and a Harmony Monterey. It's hard to believe he'd rather play this thing in concert than his Epi!

drive-south

DanElectro was based in New Jersey. The lip-stick tube pickup came about after DanElectro bought a whole truckload of lip-stick tubes for pennies on the dollar. These were real lipstick tubes that they decided to use for a pickup housing.

Not all DanElectros had the amp-in-case. From what I have heard the single-pickup model I owned had the amp with no tremelo. The 2-pickup model had the amp with tremelo. None of these amps had reverb.

DanElectro also made the Corral electric Sitar. By the time this was introduced, the sitar craze was just about over and they sold very few.