1966 Silvertone 1457

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I paid $20 at a yard sale for this collector's item. I repainted the pickguard back to it's original white, and replaced a missing stack knob with a matching Danelectro from allparts.com. I found the matching amp-in-case on Ebay for $150.00; replaced the speaker and restored the configuration of the case hardware. This guitar is made of "masonite", or today it's called "hardboard". It's basically a very hard pressed cardboard, which makes it very lightweight. It has 2 lipstick pickups, individually controlled, an aluminum nut and, of course, a headstock that looks like the sail on a Polynesian boat. It has terrific tone and a very bluesy playability. For some history on this guitar set click here.

.....Jagger and EVH with their 1457's.....

Silvertone 1457 in the movie "That Thing You Do" with Tom Hanks

And here it is in the 1966 Sears Catalog (bottom left)

Just found this clip of Nuno Bettencourt playing Randy Rhoads' "Dee" on his 1457