- Jan 30, 2008 Dating a silvertone Amp?, 10:05 AM. My serial number is 185 10110 and has a silver transformer marked P91F (looks original). My baffle was changed from masonite to plywood when they replaced the speaker. So I dont know if the original was a round cut or the diamond shape.
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Have been the sole owner of this model since I got it for Christmas back in 67. I even have the original case and the plastic jacket for the guitar. Was made by Harmony and sold by Sears under the Silvertone name. On various sites with bits of information on this guitar, there are references about some point in the past where Harmony made some kind of exchange with Gibson, trading guitar bodies or parts, for pickups and supposedly this model has early Gibson mini-humbuckers. Are there any Silvertone experts in here that may know if this is true or not? If so, is there any more information to the story?
Silvertone 1446 guitar - made by Harmony
1965 Silvertone 1446L > Guitars : Hollow Body | Gbase.com
VintageSilvertones.com - For Sale
Just pulled it out of the closet a couple weeks ago, cleaned it up and gave it some fresh strings and man these pickups have quite the balls. I remember years ago taking it for a spin at a gig and could barely play because it was feeding back so much. There is no solid block down the center just completely hollow. Its been stuck back in a closet ever since. Never could part with it since it was my first and never thought it was worth much anyway. I guess Chris Isaak has made it popular somewhat.
BTW: any idea where the serial number may be located?
quote: 'There's rumors that Harmony made guitars for Gibson for a while in the mid-1960's and it's believed this is the same guitar. Apparently, Gibson traded pickups for guitar body's with Harmony so that's how this got the mini-P90's.'
http://www.vintagesilvertones.com/forsale_silvertone_1446-4-2009.html
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Silvertone 1446 guitar - made by Harmony
1965 Silvertone 1446L > Guitars : Hollow Body | Gbase.com
VintageSilvertones.com - For Sale
Just pulled it out of the closet a couple weeks ago, cleaned it up and gave it some fresh strings and man these pickups have quite the balls. I remember years ago taking it for a spin at a gig and could barely play because it was feeding back so much. There is no solid block down the center just completely hollow. Its been stuck back in a closet ever since. Never could part with it since it was my first and never thought it was worth much anyway. I guess Chris Isaak has made it popular somewhat.
BTW: any idea where the serial number may be located?
quote: 'There's rumors that Harmony made guitars for Gibson for a while in the mid-1960's and it's believed this is the same guitar. Apparently, Gibson traded pickups for guitar body's with Harmony so that's how this got the mini-P90's.'
http://www.vintagesilvertones.com/forsale_silvertone_1446-4-2009.html
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Silvertone Serial Number Dating
Jun 25, 2012 - The brand was used on guitars sold by Sears; however Silvertone never. To date there has been no information that confirms that the Silvertone directly. The neck plate or the model number was stamped into the neck plate. It’s time for honest guitars. All of us got carried away. We had great guitars back in the ’50s and ’60s, and then we went a little crazy. Q - How can I date my Harmony guitar from the serial number? It seems Harmony reset these numbers in every batch of the model, so a '6690H22' can be.