There are a few tiny dings and several edge rubs on the guitar where the textured vinyl siding has picked up dirt from contact with the fabric inside the amp/case. This is the cleanest example of this classic set we have ever seen, looking like it just came out of the box from Sears a few weeks ago, instead of 50+ years on. (4.1 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. (33 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 5/8 in. This is an amazingly well-preserved example of these great-sounding little classics one of the few remaining real bargains in an American-made vintage guitar going. The amp-case is surprisingly functional and makes up in snarl what it lacks in volume. The short-scale neck ends in a Silvertone logo "paddle" headstock with skate key-style tuners. The fittings include one great-sounding Dan-O lipstick pickup with tone/volume controls and the traditional Dan-O chrome plate bridge with rosewood saddle. Someone at Sears must have thought "kids like sparkles", as it's a repeated finish motif on Silvertone instruments. The semi-hollow, black sparkle-finished, double cutaway, asymmetrical body has sharp curling "horns," vinyl edge trim, and a white Masonite pickguard. The Model 1448 was the less expensive of two models of the classic Danelectro-made Silvertone 1960s guitar, sold through Sears and the original equipment for thousands of budding players and teen combos in the mid-1960s. Silvertone Model 1448 "Amp-In-Case" Set Model Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, made by Danelectro (1965), made in Neptune, NJ, black lacquer with sparkles finish, masonite and pine body, poplar neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
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