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Silvertone was the brand name used by Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Company

Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an united States mid-range chain of international department stores, founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Roebuck in the late 19th century....
 for their line of musical instruments and sound equipment from the 1930s to 1972. Replacing the Supertone
Supertone

Supertone may refer to:* Supertone Records* Tony Blair - a derogatory reference made to the former British Prime Minister by Mayor of London Boris Johnson ...
 brand, Silvertone had already been the brand on Sears' radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
s and phonograph
Phonograph

The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
s since 1915. Probably best known for their line of well made and inexpensive guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
s, the brand became popular with novice musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
s. Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo

Rudy Sarzo is a bass guitarist born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont in Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1950. He emigrated to the United States in 1961....
, Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....
, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty
John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty is an United States Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival....
, Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty

Tom Fogerty was a musician best known as the lead guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band....
, James Hetfield
James Hetfield

James Alan Hetfield is the main songwriter, co-founder, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the American heavy metal music Musical ensemble Metallica....
, Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl

David Eric Grohl is an American Rock musician, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C., area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream ....
, Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy

Philip Tyler Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets....
, Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Order of the British Empire is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter and film score composer.Knopfler is best-known as the lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977 with his brother David Knopfler....
, Mikee Plastik, and countless others had a Silvertone for their first electric, bass, or acoustic guitar.






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Silvertone was the brand name used by Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Company

Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an united States mid-range chain of international department stores, founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Roebuck in the late 19th century....
 for their line of musical instruments and sound equipment from the 1930s to 1972. Replacing the Supertone
Supertone

Supertone may refer to:* Supertone Records* Tony Blair - a derogatory reference made to the former British Prime Minister by Mayor of London Boris Johnson ...
 brand, Silvertone had already been the brand on Sears' radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
s and phonograph
Phonograph

The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
s since 1915. Probably best known for their line of well made and inexpensive guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
s, the brand became popular with novice musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
s. Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo

Rudy Sarzo is a bass guitarist born Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont in Havana, Cuba on November 18, 1950. He emigrated to the United States in 1961....
, Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....
, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty
John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty is an United States Rock music singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival....
, Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty

Tom Fogerty was a musician best known as the lead guitar in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band....
, James Hetfield
James Hetfield

James Alan Hetfield is the main songwriter, co-founder, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the American heavy metal music Musical ensemble Metallica....
, Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl

David Eric Grohl is an American Rock musician, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C., area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream ....
, Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy

Philip Tyler Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets....
, Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Order of the British Empire is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter and film score composer.Knopfler is best-known as the lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977 with his brother David Knopfler....
, Mikee Plastik, and countless others had a Silvertone for their first electric, bass, or acoustic guitar. The Canadian band Chad Allan
Chad Allan (musician)

Chad Allan is a Canadian musician and founding member of Chad Allan and The Silvertones, which he formed while attending Miles MacDonell Collegiate....
 and The Silvertones, which would go on to become The Guess Who
The Guess Who

The Guess Who is a Canada rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country while still residing there....
, took its name from this line of instruments. Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend , is an English rock and roll guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career....
 would employ them in live performance with The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
 for the purposes of smashing them. Jack White
Jack White (musician)

Jack White was born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975. He is an United Statesn musician, record producer and occasional actor, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for The White Stripes....
 of The White Stripes
The White Stripes

The White Stripes is an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consists of songwriter Jack White and Meg White .After releasing several singles and three albums within the Music of Detroit#1990s independent music underground music, The White Stripes rose to prominence in 2002, as part of the garage rock#Revival...
 has been known to use vintage Silvertone amplifiers.
Instrument amplifier

An instrument amplifier is an electronic amplifier that converts the inaudible electric or electronic signal from musical instruments such as an electric guitar, an bass guitar, or an Hammond organ into sounds which can be heard by the performers and audience....
 Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
 Beck Hansen's main guitar is a Silvertone.

The name was placed on guitars from more than a few different manufacturers over the years, including Danelectro
Danelectro

Danelectro is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in rock instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, instrument amplifiers and effects units....
, National
National String Instrument Corporation

The National String Instrument Corporation was the company formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars....
, Harmony
Harmony Company

The Harmony Company is an United States musical instrument manufacturer that was in its heyday the largest stringed instrument manufacturer in the USA....
, Kay
Kay guitar company

Kay Guitar Company primarily produced inexpensive department store style guitars from the 1930s to the 1960s. Kay guitar is a part of the Kay Musical Instrument Company that has manufactured professional and student instruments since the 1890s....
, and Teisco
Teisco

Teisco was a Japanese manufacturer of affordable musical instruments from 1948 until 1969. The company produced guitars as well as keyboard instruments, microphones, amplifiers and even drums....
. The guitars - especially the 1960s models - are prized by collectors today. One of the more well-known models is the Danelectro Silvertone 1448
Danelectro Amp-in-case

The Danelectro Amp-In-Case, properly known as Solid-body Electric Guitar with "All-in-one" Amplifier-Case or Silvertone 1448 is a line of guitar sets introduced from 1962 to 1968....
, made in the early to mid 1960s. The guitar's case had a small built-in amplifier, which proved popular with beginners.

Today, Silvertone is a brand name used by a Chinese guitar manufacturer and was endorsed by Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley

Stanley Harvey Eisen known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an United States hard rock guitarist and vocalist for the rock music band Kiss ....
 of KISS
KISS (band)

Kiss is an United States Rock music Musical ensemble formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and...
 from 2003 to 2006.

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