Vintage Silvertone Guitars
Some people out there are interested in vintage Silvertone guitars. Now these companies are definitely not the top of the line guitars, but they are very interesting and many of them do have some great sound and are well made. These guitars were actually sold by the Sears store. However, while Sears was the store that was selling them, these guitars were actually made by several different companies. A few of the companies that made these guitars for Sears include Teisco, Harmony, Kay, Danelectro, National-Dobro. The companies that made these guitars for Sears were known as “jobbers” because they were asked to do the job of making the guitars for the Sears company.
Usually vintage Silvertone guitars are very near to the same as the models of guitars that the manufacturers sold themselves. Most of the time there was only a color or logo change. Of course, the positive side of this is that when you pick up one of these guitars, you will be able to know that it is just as great as some of the brands out there that are more expensive.
The very first vintage Silvertone guitars that were made for the Sears company were done by Danelectro as well as Harmony, although there may have been a few exceptions. Some of the other manufacturers included Kay, Chicago Harmony, which had been owned by the Sears company at one time, and National Dobro. There was one Japanese company, Teisco that sometimes made these guitars for Sears and they were usually the company that made the designs that looked the wildest.
Today you can still find vintage Silvertone guitars, although it is not always so easy to figure out who actually made the guitar in the first place. For some, you can find out who actually made the guitar in the first place, and often this will make the guitar even more expensive. These guitars vary in price a great deal. You can find them for as cheap as about $100, but there are others that cost closer to $1000 and up, depending on who made them and the year that they were made in.
Although some people find it difficult to find these guitars, you can find Silvertone guitars in quite a few places. Sometimes you can purchase them offline, but it is easier if you look for them online. This is where you will find the greatest selection and you will also find the better prices on the web as well.