silvertone amp in case guitars
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Stratobuc
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Seriously, considering this guitar - what exactly were you planning on playing above fret #17?
morgan918
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Ha, I guess you're right. Not much probably, but for me to pull it off in a band situation it'd be nice to have 19. Having never played one of these, I just wonder if it's worth it. I love the sound of the newer dano's I've heard, that edgy bitey tone. I just wonder if it will be playable, setupable, that kind of thing. Maybe I'd be better of buying a newish dano...
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Oh I know it's more about mojo than anything else. If anything, this is going to hold me over until I can save up and order one of those Fano TC6 green silvertone/tele mashups 
I'm all over the place. I'm tempted between this silvertone, a dc59 dano, possibly an eastwood rs-1 which seems like a silvertone 1421. I think I'm going stir crazy in the house!
I'm all over the place. I'm tempted between this silvertone, a dc59 dano, possibly an eastwood rs-1 which seems like a silvertone 1421. I think I'm going stir crazy in the house!
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I had one of those with the amp in the case, but that was such a looong time ago, I can't begin to remember enough to describe the sound.
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I have/ play one and have owned a number of them through the years. It's a cool and fun guitar to play and they are quite good for slide. If you get it professionally setup, it can be quite a little tone machine.
As far as the pickup having a lot of "bite" - it all depends on what you mean by "bite." If you mean cutting treble, it does not. It is, after all, a neck pickup. The pickups in these things are kinda hard to compare to other kinds of pickups, they have a sound all their own. It does growl, though.
The finish is very cool indeed, but it does chip a lot easier than your average guitar finish. If you want to keep it looking good, you'll need to baby it and NEVER EVER put it in the case! The case will chip the headstock and most of the ones you'll find will have chips in the headstock's finish for that very reason.
If you just dig the body style and don't care about keeping it stock, you can always replace the tuners, the nut, the frets (you'll probably want to have at lest some fret work done), and the bridge assembly. Hell, if you've got a good guitar repairman/ luthier, you can even add a bridge pickup. It took me years to realize that a good guitar can be made out of just about anything as long as you're willing to put the time and money in to it.
If you really want more frets, they made a 2 pickup model (the 1445) with 21 frets, but they are more expensive and a bit harder to find. Those are a red sparkle colour instead of black, though there is the very rare 1449 model that has 2 pickups, 21 frets, and the black sparkle finish.
In my experience, barring any thing out of the ordinary, the necks are usually pretty darn good on these guitars. The tuners come in 2 types, aluminum keys (older) and plastic ones and their quality seems to vary wildly from guitar to guitar. I've had some that were great and some that were absolutely useless. Oh, and they work backwards.
I love mine and would never part with it, but whether or not it would work for you depends on what you want to do with it. If you're in a speed metal band, for example, look elsewhere. Either way,I strongly suggest that you play one before you buy one.Hope that helps!
From more info look here: http://www.vintagesilvertones.com/index.html
As far as the pickup having a lot of "bite" - it all depends on what you mean by "bite." If you mean cutting treble, it does not. It is, after all, a neck pickup. The pickups in these things are kinda hard to compare to other kinds of pickups, they have a sound all their own. It does growl, though.
The finish is very cool indeed, but it does chip a lot easier than your average guitar finish. If you want to keep it looking good, you'll need to baby it and NEVER EVER put it in the case! The case will chip the headstock and most of the ones you'll find will have chips in the headstock's finish for that very reason.
If you just dig the body style and don't care about keeping it stock, you can always replace the tuners, the nut, the frets (you'll probably want to have at lest some fret work done), and the bridge assembly. Hell, if you've got a good guitar repairman/ luthier, you can even add a bridge pickup. It took me years to realize that a good guitar can be made out of just about anything as long as you're willing to put the time and money in to it.
If you really want more frets, they made a 2 pickup model (the 1445) with 21 frets, but they are more expensive and a bit harder to find. Those are a red sparkle colour instead of black, though there is the very rare 1449 model that has 2 pickups, 21 frets, and the black sparkle finish.
In my experience, barring any thing out of the ordinary, the necks are usually pretty darn good on these guitars. The tuners come in 2 types, aluminum keys (older) and plastic ones and their quality seems to vary wildly from guitar to guitar. I've had some that were great and some that were absolutely useless. Oh, and they work backwards.
I love mine and would never part with it, but whether or not it would work for you depends on what you want to do with it. If you're in a speed metal band, for example, look elsewhere. Either way,I strongly suggest that you play one before you buy one.Hope that helps!
From more info look here: http://www.vintagesilvertones.com/index.html
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Thanks for those! It sounds pretty awesome.
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Thanks for that! It definitely helps. I may wait out one locally that I can try first, but when I get one it would definitely be heading to the my guy for setup and fretwork. I thought about adding a second pickup, but wasn't sure if you can cut into those tops without shredding it. I see the red two-pickup models around, but I just like the sparkly black better. I know that's lame.
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The two pickup models go for $500-$900. I have seen a few on ebay asking over $1000. Not sure about the single pup versions.
My local store has three or four (but "not for sale yet"
). I played one two pickup version with some seriously old strings. What an absolute blast it was to play! Super thin neck. Intonation was good all the way up and down. Unplugged, the body resonated in a very pleasing way. I was willing to drop $300-$400 on the spot for it. I was kind of dismayed when he pulled the Blue Book and I looked online and saw the current prices. 
Just not gonna drop $900 or more on one.Do those dano's sound similar to these?
My first guitar was one like that with the amp in the case...it was horrendous.
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