Comments on: Catalog of Dreams (Vintage 1965 Silvertone Teisco 1437 Electric Guitar)

By: Lori Cortez

Lori Cortez — Tue, 05 May 2020 22:16:34 +0000

My dad gave me one that looks almost exactly like this one in picture, but the headstock and tuners are all on one side. It is red with the striped pick guard. It needs some work. Missing the whammy bar. Wondering what the value is, interested in selling.

By: timothy mccarty

timothy mccarty — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:13:24 +0000

please send me catlog

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 06:05:44 +0000

I have one of these that I’m looking to get rid of. I have no idea if the electronics work, and it’s missing the whammy bar.

I have pictures of the condition, etc – just curious realistically what I sell it for. I’ve seen people strip them for parts & such, but wasn’t sure if it was something collectible that someone would grab for their wall, or to fix up & play.

Thanks in advance.

By: Ollie

Ollie — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:04:40 +0000

Sexiest headstock ever, I had one similar in the 80’s same colour, pickgaurd but a more radical body style with a champher, logo was missing, pure art….my Mom worked at Simpson Sears through the 60’s/70’s, we’d received their catalog before the public, I’d go directly to the guitars followed by teen fashion,(BeaTle boots etc), then stereos, and Mustang styles bikes, our dear Mom made sure my brother and I had all these fun items…our generation had all the fun… thanks for recognizing this and your great guitar company?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:40:31 +0000

I still have a cream color version of this guitar since I was about 13. I had my neighbor electronic genius hook up a input jack in a old dual cabinet record player/radio sroreo unit for a amp, sounded good had a natural distortion. I banged on that silvertone for couple years till I got old black strat copy. 60 years old now, I think I might just have to clean her up restring it and bring back some ol memories.

By: Ezequiel Rubio

Ezequiel Rubio — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:33:11 +0000

thanks to this article i found out what that old guitar i had is poor thing had a dirty black finish over this beautifull blue i only have a body and is missing one pickup .. wonder if i can get it running again
by the way when i dissasembled it i found a 66 fender duo sonic neck attached to it

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 03:23:46 +0000

My great grandfather had got this guitar from a friend. He then gave to my grandmother. Who gave it to my aunt. Who gave it to me. It is in semi-new condition.

By: Yan M

Yan M — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:15:07 +0000

I’ve just bought one of these(two pickups version)last summer:great guitar with surprisingly good tones for…jazz! How this guitar ended up in France?that’s a mystery,it’s badged silvertone and not teisco,so sold in the US by the time i was born(we’re both 50)Someone might bought it on a trip to America;iback then the electric guitars market in Europe was rather reduced. the neck is OK to me,just the scale a bit short,more used on 25.50 on this type of guitars(see fenders)It reminds me a little bit the Italian production of these days.Well nice feelings,let the good times roll !!

By: Driver Dave

Driver Dave — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:00:16 +0000

Oh, the memories! My first guitar was this model, in red. It was a Christmas present around the time I was 9 or 10 years old. It carried the Teisco badge on the headstock. Regrettably, I sold it at a garage sale several years ago. Dad also bought me a Sears Silvertone amp, which I still have to this day . . . love that old tube amp with its “organic” distortion.

By: Wayne Britt

Wayne Britt — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:39:31 +0000

I got one of these for Christmas in 1965-66. It was ripped off in 1971 and taken to Panama City Fl.
I just found one in “Like New” condition after all these years. I remember how much this Guitar was and now that I am sixty years young I can relive some of those childhood memories.
Good things come to those who wait!!

By: GREG ZANGARI

GREG ZANGARI — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:59:54 +0000

I actually own one of these. Dad worked at Sears, it was brought in for repair a couple of times and the Sears techs could not fix it. Dad bought it for $1,per Sears policy, but he got it working. I found it in the attic when I was 14 in 1975,and after teaching myself to play for a few weeks whined that a new guitar would sound better. Dad told me if I kept with it for a year, he would but me a new rig. A year later, dad bought me a 76 Ibanez LP and a Fender Twin Reverb. I don’t think I ever played the Silvertone after that. Reading this, I think I’ll take it to the local luthier and get it back in shape. Thank for a great article and flasback!

By: MG

MG — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:24:07 +0000

Ah! Schecter totally stole that headstock on some of its models.