What is this Sears Guitar?

[geckodog]

Anybody have any info on this guitar?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/geckodog/sears%20guitar/DSC04542.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/geckodog/sears%20guitar/DSC04536.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/geckodog/sears%20guitar/DSC04533.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/geckodog/sears%20guitar/DSC04531.jpg

[dwagar]

wow

that's something you don't see everyday.

Sorry, no info, IIRC they were cheap beginner guitars back in the day, but, man, who knows, it's probably a collectable now.

[searchin4signal]

That reminds me of them Uber-cool Mosrite guitars of the late fifties.
Hey geezers....remember these kids ????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik-lXbVVmoU&mode=related&search=

:rockon:

[GuitarsCanada]

Looks like an old Tiesco

[rollingdam]

Go on ebay and check out te Vintage category under the Guitars section-you will be surprised to see how much this crap is selling for..

[Robert1950]

Looks like an old Tiesco

That was my thought too.

[Hamm Guitars]

I had one of those when I was about 16 - it was old then but I remember that the guy who gave it to me said it was about ten years old at the time - so that would mean in was made around 1975 if he was correct (I would have guessed it was late 60's).

Mine had a silvertone badge that was stuck on the headstock, and I remember my older brother telling me it was an "Apollo" for whatever that's worth, as I remember him throwing that name around almost at random when refering to older guitars as He had owned one.

[geckodog]

Ya it's neat but it plays like ass and the pickups are weak as hell. I'd like to just have it hangin on that brick wall you see in the pics. I suppose though if anybody did want to pay some cash for it, I probably wouldn't think twice about not selling it.


Anybody have anything to say about a MANN Les Paul copy?

[Hamm Guitars]

You might be suprised, I've seen old Silvertones selling for $800.00 US. Mine played about the same as yours does. Let me know if you find out if it's worth something, I think mine may be still in my Mother's attic.

[NOS Gary]

That can't actually be flamed maple, can it? It looks real in the neckplate closeup and there's an off-centre seam above the tailpiece. I see it was imported for the Canadian market, as it was sold at "Simpsons-Sears". There's a local shop here thats got a buch of stuff like this displayed up high, 'cause they make kinda cool wall hangers - I've got a bunch of old Harmony stuff myself.

[big frank]

Kent?
The pickups look like it.

[Killick]

+1 on "Wow, that's something you don't see everyday."

That thing IS fugly, but I like the tone/volume sliders, especially how the labels are oriented for the player. :D

[nine]

I don't know what it is, exactly, but a friend of mine has one and it's a POS. Looks interesting, but plays and sounds just terrible (like most of those wacky '60s guitars).

[garretrevels]

it is indeed a Silvertone.........late 60's early 70's

made by teisco or kawai

I may be interested for the right price

[GuitarsCanada]

testing this out

[Xanadu]

I had one of those when I was about 16 - it was old then but I remember that the guy who gave it to me said it was about ten years old at the time - so that would mean in was made around 1975 if he was correct (I would have guessed it was late 60's).

Mine had a silvertone badge that was stuck on the headstock, and I remember my older brother telling me it was an "Apollo" for whatever that's worth, as I remember him throwing that name around almost at random when refering to older guitars as He had owned one.
My friend's got an old silvertone too...:food-smiley-004:

[jimmy peters]

the pups appear to be like the old kents , from the 60s,
whoever built them.

jimmy peters

[sartana]

I love it, of course I love any older unusual guitar:rockon2:
I would keep it unless you really need the cash as its value will probably go higher as time passes.:rockon:

[Old Dog]

I had an old Silvertone like that in the early to mid seventies , my son and I came across one in a pawn shop in North Bay a few months ago.