SILVERTONE REISSUES? They look like the real deal but are they any good? -
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My first video from SNAMM 2021 and I'm already in love with something, I'm going to buy one of these but which one?
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In 1969, my grandfather bought my dad and acoustic folk silvertone from Sears as a peace offering after a fight - straight laced father and a hippie son bonding over music. It help bring them back together, and my dad had that guitar for decades. When I was growing up I used to strum it sitting on the floor, even though it was twice my size. After my dad passed away in 2009, I inherited that guitar and used it to play a song at m wedding so he could be part of the day. I still have that guitar sitting next to my desk. It is part of the family.
That is so awesome that you have that guitar and its still something you can pass down to your children
I wish I had a story like that about my dad, but that story goes like this... When my uncle was young, he bought a used acoustic and took lessons for awhile. Some time later, he traded that guitar to my dad for a car. I never knew about it until maybe ten years ago. (He was not a guitar player) When he passed I made sure to get that guitar. (My brothers are not musicians either.)
That is the best story. Make sure you always do something at special occasions to include your day. I always do and it makes me smile. I’m sure he’s also smiling from heaven.
In the late 60’s my oldest brother had a Silvertone that had the amp in the case. It was black and white. I was about 13 and it was the coolest thing I ever saw. Really motivated me to play guitar
Hi, I had one too that had just a lipstick pickup and fiberboard body, black with silver flakes. The Guitar never played well and traded it for another instrument.
@@Gene_Cali sounds exactly like the one my brother had. Yea it wasn’t what I consider high quality but I was 13 and thought it was pretty cool ✌️
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Yes. Amp in the case. It was black And we built a case around the amp. Used it for HS dances around Columbus Ga.
@@Gene_Cali Was any of that from putting strings on it that were just too thick for the neck that has no adjustable truss rod? I have one now, although it was pieced together with a neck and body of 2 guitars. I only put very light strings on mine, and I have no problems with the setup. However, I *did* crown the frets, and I put Kluson 19:1 tuners on it.
There's no such thing as too many guitars. It's great to see this brand back. I'd love to have one in my collection. We'll see what happens.
I came across an original 1965 Silvertone Silhouette in a neighbors garage a year or two back. He sold it to me for $15! I mentioned what he had and it's true value but he didn't care, he just wanted to clean out his garage. It plays great and only has some minor wear and tear. Other than missing the trust rod cover it has all original parts including the wooden bridge. Sounds great!
Bought one of these five days ago. Got the Silvertone 1478. Hate me for this comment if you want, but it came way better than my Squier CV Jaguar. The Silvertone is worth it in my opinion. It just vibes so hard when noodling around as well
The black one is absolutely wonderful. I been looking for a vintage one for quite some time but everyone I found has been pretty rough but I wanna try a new one. Wow through the cell phone it has that vibe!! 🎉 it also sounds like a built in fuzz on a setting there. So from extremely clean to broken pup sound. Amazing
I walked into guitar center in palm springs just for fun and played the offset style silvertone and I was BEYOND impressed. Had never seen it before, but I fell in love with it!!
Then I see you make this video and I had no idea that this guitar just came out!
By the way, like you said, it plays and feels AMAZING!!
I've had the red silver flake burst 1423 reissue for around 5 years. I typically keep all the pots rolled fully clockwise unless i am playing around with the blend knob. The neck pickup puts out thick, deliciously creamy tones & the bridge pickup cuts like a hot knife through butter when played through my hot rod deluxe
I purchased a Silvertone 1303 SVB a few months ago, and absolutely love it. The only neck comparable in terms of comfort and ease of playing is my Parker Fly Deluxe. My 1303 is lightweight, plays like a dream, has great tone clean and hot and sustains forever. Mahogany body and mahogany neck and uses a diagonal bolt arrangement to join the neck to the body. I love playing it and it is very difficult to put down once I start playing. I love it !!!
It's the perfect time for them to come back. They, could really take off as long as they're quality instruments. The market is there to support it without a doubt.
Thanks to another very well demonstrated video and much taken evaluation, I really thought that the 1423 black gold flake would make a great match up to my 1478 Red Burst already on the rack. After the video I went out to Ryan's Affiliate link and put in my watched list. Got and offer sent of $409.10 and free shipping. I just bought it. Now just have to figure out which one of my others will have to go. I promised the wife no other extra hangers one for one swap out. With 24 hangers filled I think it was a reasonable request. LOL
One enters, one exits, I know the feeling!
The PU's in that guitar could be changed to Firebird PU's without spoiling the look or damaging the top. In short it would look even closer to the original that had gold foils.
I was thinking Gretsch Dynasoics, which would be actual foil aesthetics and single coil.
@@sidestyle05 it could be cool ...but I play Prog Metal. The Firebirds would fit perfect on tunes when I am playing triplets at 220 bpm because I need the clarity and fullness of their upper mids and the bass on them is not heavy so the sound would be tight! I love the look I get when my guitars look as menacing as milk but I take the back wall of the club with them thru my Plexi :-)
Are you sure they're the same size?
@@JC-11111 I bet they're pretty close, enough to be an easy mod to the pickguard if not.
Picked up the silver burst single cut with the lipstick pickups last week. It is so much fun to play. It was only 299.99 at GC
Ryan : just to add to your UniPhase circuit idea... it MIGHT be able to be housed outside the guitar if the 2 pickup's HOT wires were brought out to the jack on separate lines on a TSR 1/4 inch.... run BOTH those lines down to the pedal (FIRST in the signal chain) and put a phase-switch in the front tend of the pedal... also, if you wanted some fuzz or distortion, one could put pre-or-post signal loops surrounding the LFO/Phase-Pan section... doing the variable with a lamp/LDR is a natural... if the impedance is wrong, a little magic with an OTA in that LDR circuit can correct many things.
Sorry for all the description, BUT if the guitar had a separate switch added, then the wiring could be swapped between the 'standard-issue style, or the alternative Picks-separately-to-the-TRS jack mod.
Sounds like fun.
I'll have one kludged up in a week or two.
@60 Cycle Hum : btw I put my 'experiences' with a number of old Harmonies in a responce to someone else, down below.
They have been selling this series of Silvertones in the UK for a couple of years. They seem really good for the price!
15:02 - Have the exact same guitar! The Jupiter reissue. You're right, there is just 'something' about it. I walked into a small shop (that I had no idea sold guitars) about three months ago - saw it, dug the vibe, picked it up, noodled around on it, had NO intention of buying a guitar that day, couldn't stop thinking about it, went back the next day and brought it home. It just DOES the 60s thing really, really well. For $450ish - it's almost a no-brainer.
Tone has always mattered more to my ears than anything else. Playability can usually be addressed by a very good set-up that suits your style; or a level of determination to master an instrument that appeals to your heart. If you saw the neck-wear on my true vintage '59 Danelectro dc-2 you would understand fully how much a very good one can mean to a player. The wear is even and uniform all the way up. The frets are still original and you can't tell. The electronics work like new. She's been re-knobbed, re-tunered, re-wrapped, and re-guarded.
In short, she's been much Loved!!!
If I need more gain out of a couple black-face Princetons I just start stacking OD and fuzz boxes and put a LunaReclipse in between somewhere for tweakability. Still prefer my verb from a '64 Fender stand-alone unit. Think it has something to do with the spring-tank being mounted vertically and the way gravity effects the springs? ;O
Good Luck to all you youngers with whatever keeps you playing. Hope you play as long as I have and that it still gives you as much pleasure as it still gives me after as many decades! ;D
They've got some that are a few years older. My 2016 Silvertone SS10 & 2012 SS11 'Strats' are awesome guitars. Samick did a great, job. I can only imagine those are even better, being at a higher price point. I want one. The 2016 came with super low output singles. 4.4k, 4.6k & 4.9k for the bridge. I swapped it for a Guitar Madness alnico 5 "59'er" humbucker so it's like 8 or 9k with a 4.4k neck & 4.6k middle. It actually sojnds pretty good to my amateur ears.
Samick has been making them. They made them look 10 years ago, also. The website is still up from back then. There's a single shop in Texas that's the sole North American distributor. Or they were when I spoke to them a few months ago.
Love the look and sound of these re-issue Silvertones. Just bought the Jupiter and the 1449. Too good to pass up. Enjoyed your video and glad you showcased these guitars because they don't get enough exposure out there in guitar land.
dude, your videos just make me happy! thanks!
I want them to reissue the guitar case with a tube amp built in.
They are working on it. not sure if it will be tube or not.
You can still find a used case/ guitar set for around $600-800.
I have one of those black sparkly ones from the end of the video and I really do recommend it 10/10. Best value for money iv'e had in a guitar.
That 1478 is awfully nice.
And today my 1449 arrived. Thanks Ryan!
Just got the black gold flake one off Craigslist for 300, only complaint is it’s heavy (mahogany I believe) and I generally like light guitars cause I’m small dude. Really amazing tone for the price, playing it with the blender knob almost all the way turned to the bridge pickup. Playing it through a jazz chorus with some distortion and reverb. Got it set up to a weird cgcgcc tuning which is super fun and folky sound. I’d say it’s worth the retail price.
Just got myself a 1478. Definitely doesn’t sound like anything else. Tuned it up and had a nice soulful sound to it.
Nails the Rumble tone. Really dig the first one.
Great sounding guitars and I especially like the white coil cord like the one Danny Bonaduce used.
My bass hero.
Randy California did the first four Spirit albums on a Case Amp Silvertone nuff said
21:16 I havent seen the panel shirt/pork pie hat combo in decades. Kudos to you fashionista.
Awesome review ! I have the Silvertone Jupiter reissue - i find it similar to the "Gretsch" sound and love the 50s - 60s retro style . Sounds awesome with a Boss sd 1pedal used as boost .
I’ve been thinking about getting my a silvertone 1303 they’re $299 brand new I haven’t got a chance to play one yet but ya gotta admit silvertones scratch that itch to not just be another guy with a strat lmao. I have a silvertone already but it’s a 1966 parlor guitar so needless to say it’s hard to judge how a new one would play lmao
I love the jupiter reissue , I am going to get one in the near future.
People have already bought these. I bought the Silvertone 1449. The one that looks like a Dano. The Samick version is solid mahogany with a mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard. In short serious tone wood. I had a tech that specializes in restoring 40's thru 50's guitars...many priceless Martins, D'angelico NY and Gibson archtops mod it. I have a PAF at the neck and a 64 Strat at the bridge. The Strat is placed in a chrome bezel with a chrome open face cover and the PAF has a chrome bezel and a period correct toaster cover ...this make the PU's look like some old DeArmond 50's PU's. In other words it looks like it came from the factory this way. So with it's Daphne blue paint and big white pickguard it still has a look that says 'Surf' but put it thru a Marshall it takes out walls! LOL
Very cool Paul...sounds like no scarf joint seeing your a serious player Very interested myself in these Thanks for comment LoL more informative than this guy Cheer's
@@paulcowart3174 I did the same kind of thing to a re-issue take on a Harmony H88 Stratotone Doublet. We took off the rosewood bridge and put on a '64 Fender Mustang as it is made of bent steel like some early '50s that were gradually not putting rosewood acoustic guitar type brides on early electrics. The bridge PU is a PAF disguised with a toaster PU cover. I found a NOS 'S' style Harmony gold foil for the neck PU. The modern knobs are switched out to the 50's Harmony 'cupcakes' and the switch tip put back to the correct 'tophat'. With the mods and it's correct bright sun yellow paint it looks dead kitsch and to all but collectors it looks like it came from the factory just like it now is. BUT! It can take out walls thru my Plexi and it has more sustain than my LP :-)
How about gig with this Ryan, and dig on The Roswell Wright Connection you wanted music revolution here we our !!!!!!
As you pulled out that sparkly black one I was holding my favorite guitar of all time which has the same finish but is a bass VI. God he need's a little brother!
😆 LoL 🤣 I almost though you said Pig sticker pickups I had to go back and listen again🤣👍🌮
Automatic pick up phasing is a fun idea. Deimel's LesLee is 95% of the way there.
Like that surf sound! And the silly grin when you fell into the acid jar with all that delay on the black Silvertone!
The last one, the Jupiter, ya can easy
fit a Fender JM/Jag Trem to it👍
I love these guitars. They've got swag and style especially the 3rd one with with gold sparkle on the black finish. Just wish it had a Bigsby, of course. What amp are you playing the guitar through? Did I miss that? Also, the guitar - which is beautiful - appears to have a shorter length neck.
Thank you for successfully convincing me to buy one of these
My first electric was a double cut silvertone, same red sparkle. Pickguard looped around the neck pickup though. Cool looking guitar with bad tuners and bridge, wouldn't play in tune or out of tune. Wasn't worth investing in a Quan bridge or decent machines. Traded it for a Cort Les Paul lawsuit guitar that I kept for 10+ years until I traded it in for a Gibson Les Paul Standard made in 1980. I think the Cort was a better guitar.
From Leo: They look like fun guitars. I was around for the first time, when you could mail order them from a Sears catalog. Of course back then they were less than 1/4th the price of a Fender.
Hi Ryan, I just have to tell you that it's your fault I had to buy the 1423. (I do not regret it)
But I bought the red silver flake burst instead.
A very nice guitar with a good sound to play for that price.
Thanks so much for the demo of the guitar
Greetings from Sweden
I find any pickup can sound "modern" if you have enough gain
You just haven't played or owned enough budget 50's guitars. Many are unbelievable weak, noisy and ultra thin sounding. A few of the old DeArmonds are pretty good. They look cool. With a bit of creativity you can recycle the PU covers and put a modern PU under them.
I have the Jupiter from 10 years ago.... Walked into Guitar Center and they had one used ...$225.....It needed a set up...But gotta say I LOVE this guitar....Only thing with it is when you go to blend mode you can not use the volume or tone knobs on the bridge or neck....Kinda weird ....But ..It sounds Great and the gold sparkle in the finish is unreal.....The camera does not do it justice
I have an original of that first shape Silvertone. Mine was black/yellow burst. P-ups were flatter, silver cover DeArmonds. They went bad so I used the magnets to do a low Z p-up w a unique topology that I'd only seen on paper, since any thing more than 1/2 in. high wouldn't fit. Body is Alder from the look of it w either a Soft Maple or Pine fingerboard dyed black. W the original p-ups it had the Randy California bassy vowel tone like on the first Spirit album.... I've since covered it w sand/epoxy mix that really gives great bass response and routed it for a Lace style single right on the 8th harmonic, which gives a full rich tone, but w lots of sweet non ice pick treble. This tone is never heard on commercial guitars because middle p-ups such as Fender are on the second node of the 13th harmonic that gives that squirrelly nasal sound. The Q of Strat p-ups accentuates it , but the placement is the main factor.
Really love the sounds you were getting from the single cut Jupiter. Those filtertron style pickups on it are amazing! Wish I had the money to drop on one of those. Your video however did convince me I need a 1449 though so I just ordered one of those yesterday. I really enjoy your videos as always and keep up the awesome work!
I’ve got a vintage Silvertone amp. I bet that black one would sound great with through it.
I liked the effect at the end - and I liked that heavy version of “Wipe Out”. Surfin’ With 🦈
Silvertone should re-issue that amazeballs case-amp combo. I dont need a Marshall stack to blast my neighbors across the yard. Just give me that room filling case-amp with no frills. I guess..upgrade the plug so it grounds without electrocuting myself or setting the guitar room on fire..but thats it. Lets goooooooo.
Two words, Ryan, . . . BUY IT!!!!! Oh, yeah! I might have to give in and buy one, too. Love that sparkle! 👍 🎸
Silvertone's look and sound jammin
So cool! The 1478 with Bigsby looks really great! 😎🏄🌊🎸
I played one of the 1478 with the Bigsby the other day at my local GC and I kind of love it.
I got my 1478 from Amazon yesterday after seeing your video. Thanks for showing these! It's a cool, solid guitar and I already love it--with a few caveats. It's surprisingly well set up from the box and very nearly in tune! Good D'Addario strings are already on it, too. The bad: It was a just adequate shipping job, just a single box with the foam baggie, and just enough foam on any one side and the neck to hold it in place, not to protect it--and I got lucky. Printing FRAGILE NO HOOKS in big red letters all over the box isn't a good substitute. Since it is shipping via Amazon I'd still go for it, cause it's a no hassle return if it gets tossed around. Also, the fret ends are (really) rough. Even my buddy's Firefly LP clone was done better. It's still not a deal breaker, but I expect most will have to put in a few hours cleaning them up.
A shootout/comparison video for the 1478 vs the harmony silhouette would be cool to see
i was just playing my 63 silvertone and this popped up on my feed!
Brave choice. Kinda 60's vibe.
Great demo Ryan, wanting the sparkly black Jupiter!
I had two of the black sparkle models The old pick ups really growl
The white tape side trim missing on the 1449 is disappointing. That white trim helps to emphasize the funky body shape.
I have always thought the 6 per side tuners on the 3 per side style headstock looked cool. I inherited a Gibson LP Jr., the sg style, from my Dad who traded it for a silvertone back in the day. I think he did good in that trade in the long game.
Harmony was my first guitar in 1971 . Read Jimmy Page still has his Harmony .
Kid Rock in the house at 28:56, background (his left, your right).
I have a 1303 (bright AF, in a good way) and an original 1448 with the amp case, mint!
This was a great demo video will really look forward too see if you do a Bigsby upgrade.
I like your banter with Editing Ryan! fun
I’ve played a couple of the reissues and there great.
a lot more gold in the new 1423 finish by the look of it
I kind of wish they'd do a short scale like the 1448, although I guess they're cheap enough that most Dex Romweber fanatics already have one, and who else is really interested? After so many years of decent Dano reissues I'd like to see the holder of the Silvertone trademark do some of the amps, and maybe a really nice 1446.
A Silvertone is already a niche market as is the 1449 is a 24 3/4 scale and even a 24 would lose more customers. When they released the first of these about several years ago they expected the buyers would be pensioners buying them for nostalgia and they figured after 2 years they would just stop making them. It lasted a little longer but they did stop. For one thing they knew outside of the States Sears never existed so
the Silvertone brand has no appeal. I found this out early so I got a 1449 as the plug might have been pulled earlier.The company that owns the name was originally Baldwin organs which has always aimed at making musical toys for the hobbyist. If they did make an amp it would be the cheapest piece of type C junk from a Chinese company put in a cool casing. Eastwood has found you can sell high quality guitars but cloning defunct 50's makes & models if you are not afraid to charge$1500 for them. These Silvertone have got the right idea at around $500.00 you can make a quality instrument ...less and you have a cool looking wall hanger ...more and you you are afraid of no resale value.
@@Paul_Lenard_Ewing I'm not trying to run the company, I'm just saying what would make me interested. In the real world I just put a lipstick pickup in the neck of my tele and that's probably close enough.
@@BCThunderthud Cool idea!!! I hate the Tele neck PU so .. I put a Strat in it and another in the middle so get the best of both Tele & Strat from one guitar. It works too. Soundslike my Strat so I am going to sell the Strat :-)
I have a 1964 amp in case/1457. I love it.
Damn wtf happened to John Cusack? Anybody tell Joan?
In the mid 60's, Silvertone was the Sears brand guitar and that's where they were sold. The main competition was Airline guitars from Montgomery Wards. These on the video can't be Silvertone other than in name and tribute appearance. Looks like someone bought the rights to the old name and is selling these under Silvertone. The model with lipstick pickups was the most common model I saw. These were played primarily by teenage guys in Jr High in garage bands.
I tried the redburst one at guitar center and I fucking loved it. I bonded with it instantly and wish I had the money to have gotten it
Bought my first guitar in 1969 or 70. I forget. It is a Silvertone electric. But I still have it. stil play it. Love it and I'll never sell it. I do have other guitars but the Silvertone is my first and I'll never sell it. because like Alvin Lee said, that would be a sin.
Whats funny is the ones you tried a decade ago are the same ones your playing right now in this video lol!
The one I tried a decade ago had very sharp frets and a non branded bigsby knock off. If it’s the same manufacturer they fixed a lot of issues. I had a conversation with the guy behind the line and he made it sound like a more recent reboot.
Ha ha
@@60CycleHumcast oh my bad they seem to be the same inhad two of them and really liked them both a daphne blue amp in case one and a jupiter it has the blender you can use it for wha wha type tones
19:25 "That's a cool sound, if there was a way to automate that..." Great idea ! We could call that piece of gear "phasing pedal".
Yes, but, Having it be a physical effect interacting with two pickups is kind of an exciting idea imo.
@@60CycleHumcast I understand. :D I'm not sure how different from a pure electronic phasing effect this would sound. Maybe it would have its own character.
Anybody noticed Kid Rock entering frame at 12:19? either it's him or El Bananero
I was thinking the Silvertone Jupiter looked remarkably like the Harmony Stratotone Jupiter that Spencer Davies used to play (I always thought it was a sweet looking guitar), so I looked it up, and Harmony was one of the companies that made guitars for Silvertone!
i have an interesting silvertone, it is interesting because it is the shape of a 1449 but it has the silver foil pickups.
I just got it today in gig gear in in harlow today for £199 and it is my best guitar.
Rumble!!!!! Hell yeah!!!!!
I think you should buy that specific Coke Bottle headstock, black with gold sparkle Danelectro style guitar. Your connection with it was obvious, and it made you play all kinds of interesting, inspired sounds. You'll regret it if you don't - just saying.
I have one on order.
@@60CycleHumcast I'd try hard to get the one you actually played. That guitar sounded good.
Now you got me intereted in that single Cut guitar too.
Thanks For Sharing 🎸 🎶
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Great review. Thank you!
I've got a 60s Silvertone 1457
It would be cool if they resurrected the amps too
That black one sounded great!
Want that last one! Looks like a take on the Harmony H49
Yes. Buy that last guitar. That's really different.
noticing the prod quality. looking great.
THESE are the guitars the new owners should have released first. The $2k neighborhood sent me looking elsewhere. Now I'm interested in another novelty guitar to join my $499 D'ano & Gretsch.
Church definitely needs some Silvertone action.
There's also a red and white version of the 1423 (£299.99 UK)
Vintage surf music looks and tones! Suh-WEET! I wonder if anybody has or will reissue the "Airline" guitars from Montgomery Ward with the modern touches...a guy can dream, right?
I believe Eastwood has you covered in that regard
Mark Farmer’s Messenger guitar had DeArmond pickups like Silvertone & Harmony
That black guitar was called a Jupiter
The tuners on the first one are total crap. But I played one today though a katana and was pleasantly surprised