Comments on: Garage-Band Dream Machine (Vintage 1964 Silvertone 1457 Guitar with Amp-in-Case)

By: billy

billy — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:07:32 +0000

I have the amp tim Edwards 828 450 1621

By: tim edwards

tim edwards — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:08:30 +0000

ive got this exact guitar off a friend for 14 .00 us only thing is i wish ihad the amp i case the guitar is beautiful if i had the set id play it alot more and just have to say thanks again to my good friend jeremy Fawcett for pointing out this site to learn more about what a treasure i now own .

By: benny dunford

benny dunford — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 07:51:00 +0000

what brand speaker does your amp have, mine is jensen

By: Jon Fine

Jon Fine — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:25:00 +0000

When my cousin and I got electric guitars in 1964 after a couple of years playing acoustics, he got a Silvertone 1448 set–short-scale neck, one pickup, amp in case. I used to laugh at it, until I played it and wondered why it sounded and felt better than my fancier two-pickup St. George (basically a rebranded Teisco ET-200) into my Melody 3-watt amp!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:43:42 +0000

I had one. It was my 1st electric guitar! Mine was metal flake black, with white textured vinyl sides. Man! I wish I still had that! It was around 1971 or so…

By: Michael Messitt

Michael Messitt — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:30:23 +0000

My friend and I had been learning and playing Chuck Berry songs just before the Beatles broke in the US. In 1964, he received the Silvertone w/case amp as a Christmas gift. He suspects it came from the Montgomery Ward catalog, a distributor of Silvertone and Airline instruments. He got a nice sound from that guitar, then we both upgraded–he to a 1965 Fender Telecaster and me to a Hagstrom (do not recall model). Every time the guitar/case amp is featured in a column, he kicks himself for not keeping them.

By: Greg Zane

Greg Zane — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:28:31 +0000

I remember a Guitar Player interview with Jeff Baxter many years ago. In it he described playing most of his parts on “Can’t Buy A Thrill” (Steely Dan’s first album) on a Silvertone amp-in-case (guitar and amp too). Said he just turned everything up all the way and had a ball with it. These guitars and amps certainly knock some folks socks off.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:03:08 +0000

I have this exact guitar and amp! Got it back in the 80’s and sadly modified the controls when the stacked pots had problems. (still have all the parts though.)
Never play it anymore because it was a gift from my first wife. lol
I’ll have to restore it to be worth anything on the market.

By: Brian McClatchie

Brian McClatchie — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:43:12 +0000

I ahd a Silvertone amp-in-case just like this one in 1969 or 70……it was a cool looking guitar, but the action left a LOT to be desired – wish I still had it, though!

By: Dave Goessling

Dave Goessling — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:37:18 +0000

Scroll down to read the well-known danger involved in using the 1448 and 1451 versions of this combo:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-central-station/314356-amp-case.html

By: Jerry L. Berkstresser

Jerry L. Berkstresser — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:39:27 +0000

Nathaniel Daniel in my long and endured time as a guitar player was the most talented and inventively creative man in America , or any where else for that matter. I had two 1485-six-ten inch speaker/120-watt powered guitar amps (silvertone) from sears & Roebuck, and a model 57 1476L guitar. My triplet brother and I played central Pa, all through high school and as I so vividly remember, those 1485 amplifier’s were so nirvana and made the hair stand on the back of my neck. I salute you Nat Daniel-my ardent genius.