My older brother's first electric guitar was a Christmas gift from my parents: a Sears Silvertone. He went on to own dozens of guitars through the years—including a one-of-a-kind Gibson now in the hands of Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson—but, today, after the dream of rock stardom has long since faded, he has only a 1956 Martin acoustic and that ol' Silvertone.
My dad’s first guitar was a Silvertone, too. A black Silvertone 1446, to be exact. I looked up it’s value recently and was shocked to find that it is worth about $1,300 today.
Wow. I'd guess that this one which is has dark-colored edges with an air-brushed lighter area in the middle solid-body is from about 1968.
Very nice. My dad’s is a black hollow-body with a white trim, and was built in ‘61. Even though Silvertone was considered a “budget” brand, this was a $150+ guitar in its day, with Gibson humbuckers and a Bigsby bridge.