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Silvertone 1457 Guitar & Amp (1/5)

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This is the big brother to the Silvertone 1448, vintage 1964-67. Construction is basically the same, but with a full-scale neck, two pickups, and a much better amp. For a lot of details, see the 1448 page. This guitar is in excellent condition for being almost sixty years old, and apart from cleaning and re-stringing, it needed nothing.

1964 Sears catalog: $99.95 = $936.05 today

source: https://www.aier.org/cost-of-living-calculator

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