- #SILVERTONE GUITAR IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBER#
- #SILVERTONE GUITAR IDENTIFICATION FULL#
- #SILVERTONE GUITAR IDENTIFICATION PROFESSIONAL#
According to the info I've found there are only two surviving guitars. All phonographs came with a two-week, money. In 1915, Sears introduced the Silvertone phonograph, a hand-cranked machine that came in tabletop and freestanding models. These were built in Indonesia (as evidenced by a sticker on the back of the headstock) and featured a decal that said "Paul Stanley of KISS" using the proper KISS logo.Īn even rarer bird is the PSM-1 which was the set-neck version of the Monarch. The Sears Silvertone radio and Silvertone guitar, two highly collectible items today, are largely responsible for Americas fond recollection of the Sears-Silvertone connection. Of the few eBay listings I have found only one has identified the production number of the guitar and that seller claimed it was #24 of 120. It was listed as a prototype Ibanez in the Butterfields auction catalogue.) I originally had the designations of these models wrong but as this photo shows the PSM-2 was the bolt-on version and depending on the source anywhere between 50 and 200 of these were actually built. He used the guitar on stage for the show at the Foundations Forum in 1993 and it got some screen time for the Domino vide. ( This was the result of his work with Ibanez. Samick branded models did not start using serials until around 1987.
#SILVERTONE GUITAR IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBER#
Note 2: Guitars with no serial number were produced at many different times. Note: Any guitar with a serial number with the prefix 'SI' is Indonesian-made. This was the Silvertone try at building Paul's take on a Les Paul, a project he started in 1993 with Ibanez. Also see Headstock Styles and Logo Styles for help determining when your guitar was made (particularly helpful if there is no serial number). Pickups: PAF humbuckers with chrome coverĪ truly rare bird. The bridge has been shaved down as low as it will go, action is at.
#SILVERTONE GUITAR IDENTIFICATION FULL#
Its a big bodied archtop with a 17' belly, full 25.5' scale, and a big fat and very 50s sized neck. Hey so ive had this in storage for awhile, and decided to pull it out to maybe trade in for a few bucks (i dont use it.) but i actually got to trying to figure out what the heck it was. This Kay-manufactured, Silvertone-branded 1425 is about as Chicago as it gets. Jesse Fuller purchased this Silvertone guitar in 1962, from a Detroit Sears, after his original Maurer guitar was stolen and he needed another guitar to be able to make his playing engagement that evening.Neck: Mahogany (bolt-on) w/ 22 fret rosewood fingerboardīinding: Single layer creme ( not extending to headstock) It was a center of industry and manufacturing and many many guitar companies got their feet here. As a songwriter, Fuller is best known for his songs, “San Francisco Bay Blues” and “Beat It on Down the Line.”
#SILVERTONE GUITAR IDENTIFICATION PROFESSIONAL#
Fuller played guitar as a child but didn’t become a professional musician until the early 1950s. See more ideas about acoustic, acoustic guitar, guitar. This guitar was owned and played by Jesse Fuller (1896-1976), a one-man-band folk and blues singer from the San Francisco Bay area who accompanied his guitar-playing with singing, harmonica, percussion, and a foot-operated bass instrument called a fotdella. Explore Silvertone Guitars's board 'Vintage Silvertone acoustic guitars', followed by 144 people on Pinterest. Silvertone guitars were popular because of their solid construction and inexpensive pricing. This electric-acoustic guitar was made for Sears around 1962 by companies like Danelectro and Harmony.
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