Sears Silvertone Guitars

[DODI]

If anyone out there had a Sears Silvertone Guitar -- do you remember how much you paid for it?

[u4ic]

1. Oh frig

I REALLY need to get a new glasses prescription - read it as Silverstone and thought "crap, they're putting Teflon on guitars now". :crazy:

[bridgit]

5. ppfftt...

:spray: good one :rofl:

[asthmaticeog]

2. I paid $175 for an amp-in-case one in 1994.

Amp still worked, too.

[Floogeldy]

3. $50

I repeat. $50.

I was about 12 years old. :)

Actually, I didn't pay for it. My parents did. :blush:

[bridgit]

4. hubby did, paid $50 for the guitar & little amp many moons ago...

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. BTW, the are the same as Danelectro guitars.

Check the completed auctions on Ebay. I am a Silvertone tube amp specialist, but I have not tracked the values of the guitars.

[DODI]

7. Hubby got one in 1970 and we were wondering what the cost

was then. We are trying to teach the kids about taking care of there "toys", he was 6 when he got it and had it in working order until he was 20. We think it went for about $60 back then -- which was a pretty hefty price for a "toy" in those days.

[Magrittes Pipe]

8. Several are Danelectros, including the amp-in-case models.

Probably the biggest contributor to Silvertone, however, was Harmony U.S.A. (before they went under and an East Asian company bought the name and started making shitty Strat copies) of Chicago. "The best you'll get for the money you'll spend."

There was a time when you could get an outstanding hollowbody guitar at Sears -- H75-H78 models were as good as anything twice the price. I once had a classic Silvertone: it was, as far as the body is concerned, just a Harmony Rocket. But it came from the factory with a Bigsby trem and Gibson mini humbuckers. 'twas one hell of a guitar, but I had to sell it when I moved. :(