Doing Things Wrong

From the Sears Catalog

Danelectro Silvertone 1448 Guitar
Danelectro Silvertone 1457 Guitar
Danelectro Silvertone 1472 Amplifier
Danelectro Silvertone 1450 Guitar
Danelectro Silvertone U-1 Guitar
Harmony Silvertone 1478

Here is a selection of items you could get from the Sears catalog, once upon a time.

Sears dropped Silvertone as a brand in 1972, but Samick (Korea) bought the name in 2001 and started a new line of instruments, including some reissues of the old models.


The body was traced directly off the guitar, finished in very dark brown poly with tan Tolex. The neck is a reissue that has lain around for years. The bridge was originally left-handed, a few minutes with a file and it was right-handed. The double lipstick is switchable series/parallel/single-coil, for some variety. This is my first dry-erase pickguard.

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