Silvertone Model 1446L Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made by Harmony (early 1960s)
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Silvertone Model 1446L Model Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made by Harmony (early 1960s), made in Chicago, black lacquer finish, laminated maple body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original two-tone chipboard case.
This is an amazingly clean all-original example of this unique model, one of the very best guitars ever sold through Sears-Roebuck & Co. The Silvertone 1446 is both a super sharp-looking and great-sounding instrument combining a sleek ebony finished Harmony thinline hollow body and deluxe pattern neck with a Bigsby tailpiece and unique mini-humbucking pickups. These were supplied by CMI/Gibson, essentially the same units used on the contemporary Kalamazoo-made Epiphone line. The only difference is a 3-and-3 staggered polepiece pattern as opposed to a straight line, probably to differentiate them visually rather than for any musical reason. This is the only Silvertone model with pickups with a Gibson lineage, the rest all use DeArmonds. The odd-looking white plastic trapezoidal mounting bezels are also unique to this model.
This combination of features makes for a very professional instrument for a Silvertone, and a guitar that has a justifiable reputation as the finest Harmony-made electric guitar of the 1960s. This one has no visible factory date codes; the model was in production from 1961-67 so it was built in that time frame anyway. The 1446 is often unofficially named the Chris Isaak model. Some time back he was seen with one quite a bit, before Harmony and Silvertone were considered "cool"! At any rate this is one of the coolest; a classic in comparatively affordable vintage 1960s American guitars.
Overall length is 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm.), 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).
This is a super clean, fine-playing and sounding example of this snazzy Silvertone classic, easily the nicest we have had. It shows only the most minor wear and is all original with no alterations. There is hardly any finish wear overall with just some tiny, scrapes, and scuffs, the ebony lacquer still gleams like new. One dink off the back corner of the headstock is the only really notable wear spot. There is what looks like a small glue spot on the fingerboard near the second fret but virtually no fingerboard or fret wear.
All hardware is original; even the fragile white plastic pickup rings and pickguard have no damage. There is a tiny repair to the corners of the very fragile plastic truss rod cover. The nickel-plated pickup covers do have some very slight wear but still gleam like LBJ was in office. This is the best example of this model we have had; a really fun guitar to play, complete as it came from Sears in the original 2-tone heavy chipboard case. These were sold in decent numbers 55+ years ago but very few have survived the ensuing decades as perfectly as this one. Excellent + Condition.
This is an amazingly clean all-original example of this unique model, one of the very best guitars ever sold through Sears-Roebuck & Co. The Silvertone 1446 is both a super sharp-looking and great-sounding instrument combining a sleek ebony finished Harmony thinline hollow body and deluxe pattern neck with a Bigsby tailpiece and unique mini-humbucking pickups. These were supplied by CMI/Gibson, essentially the same units used on the contemporary Kalamazoo-made Epiphone line. The only difference is a 3-and-3 staggered polepiece pattern as opposed to a straight line, probably to differentiate them visually rather than for any musical reason. This is the only Silvertone model with pickups with a Gibson lineage, the rest all use DeArmonds. The odd-looking white plastic trapezoidal mounting bezels are also unique to this model.
This combination of features makes for a very professional instrument for a Silvertone, and a guitar that has a justifiable reputation as the finest Harmony-made electric guitar of the 1960s. This one has no visible factory date codes; the model was in production from 1961-67 so it was built in that time frame anyway. The 1446 is often unofficially named the Chris Isaak model. Some time back he was seen with one quite a bit, before Harmony and Silvertone were considered "cool"! At any rate this is one of the coolest; a classic in comparatively affordable vintage 1960s American guitars.
Overall length is 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm.), 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).
This is a super clean, fine-playing and sounding example of this snazzy Silvertone classic, easily the nicest we have had. It shows only the most minor wear and is all original with no alterations. There is hardly any finish wear overall with just some tiny, scrapes, and scuffs, the ebony lacquer still gleams like new. One dink off the back corner of the headstock is the only really notable wear spot. There is what looks like a small glue spot on the fingerboard near the second fret but virtually no fingerboard or fret wear.
All hardware is original; even the fragile white plastic pickup rings and pickguard have no damage. There is a tiny repair to the corners of the very fragile plastic truss rod cover. The nickel-plated pickup covers do have some very slight wear but still gleam like LBJ was in office. This is the best example of this model we have had; a really fun guitar to play, complete as it came from Sears in the original 2-tone heavy chipboard case. These were sold in decent numbers 55+ years ago but very few have survived the ensuing decades as perfectly as this one. Excellent + Condition.