Silvertone 1457 Guitar & Amp (4/5) ~ Luthiery Laboratories

Silvertone 1457 Guitar & Amp (4/5)

Here is a really great explanation of how these little amps work:

The 1481 is the same amp circuit minus the tremolo

This guy is more concerned with the visual aesthetics of the caps than the actual function. He never even checked the Sangamos, or the bias resistor. While the amp certainly works, is it really 'vintage tone' or 'worn-out tone'?

1 2 3 4 5

6-String Guitars, All Bought, Body - Bought, Body - Hollow, Body - Tolex Binding, Danelectro, Electronics - Passive, Factory Mods, Guitars, Neck - Bought, Projects,

Danelectro Projects

Danelectro Companion Guitar

Danelectro Longhorn Guitar

Danelectro Pro-1 Guitar

Danelectro Pro-1 Bass

Danelectro Silvertone 1443 Bass

Danelectro Silvertone U-1 Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone 1448 Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone 1457 Rescue Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone 1457 Guitar

Danelectro '63 Guitar

Danelectro "Super-63" Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone 1450 Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone 1472 Amplifier

Danelectro '67 Hornet Guitar

Danelectro Longhorn Bass

Danelectro is my favorite type of guitar, simply for the genius of their unorthodox, inexpensive, yet highly effective designs. I love the tone of old-growth masonite. If you are looking for details, the Pro-1 Bass is the most complete build documentation.

More: Danelectro Projects ...

December 1, 2019

Website Improvements

December 1, 2019

... consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds ...

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I re-worked the default WordPress TwentySixteen theme into something far better. Not only is the display much more streamlined and compact, but the code behind it as well. The people who design these things overkill them into an unmanageable mess. Most of what I did was simply deleting miles and miles of repetitive unnecessary css spaghetti code and replacing it with just a few new lines. Most developers seem to think that more code is better. That is so wrong.

More: Website Improvements ...