Silvertone Tele
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In the mid-Sixties the Silvertone guitar sold by Sears Roebuck was probably the most accessible model of electric guitar for the aspiring young musician. Economically produced and mass-marketed, these guitars found their way into homes all across America.
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Neck
Stock Japanese Allparts Maple neck with rosewood fretboard and Specimen nitro-cellulose finish.
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Scale
25-1/2"
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Fretboard
Rosewood
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Body
Masonite and pine body finished in black nitrate with silver-sparkle, heavy-duty scrubbable-vinyl wallpaper edging on body, white masonite pickguard
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Pickups
One lipstick in the neck position and a single coil pickup in the bridge
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Controls
Volume and tone with three-way selector switch
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Bridge
Classic pan bridge
Specimen’s series of Silvertone-style guitars feature construction characteristics similar to that of the original Silvertones. But these guitars reach into unexplored territory, pushing beyond their origins to become instruments of anomaly for a cunning few.
This instrument is part Silvertone, part Fender Telecaster™ Custom. After cracking the DNA of the Silvertone/Danelectro construction, this design was simply inevitable. It’s another variation on a classic design.
Other Silvertone-style Specimens include the Schnellercaster Custom, Silvertone Maxwell, Rendition 1457 Guitar & Bass, Andrew Bird Maxwell, BJQ Pippin, and Indian Corn Guitar.
Specimen Silvertone-style guitars are played by Jeff Tweedy, of Wilco, (guitars pictured here are displayed with other Silvertones on a wall in the Wilco loft), Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Andrew Bird, Archer Prewitt, Mark Greenberg of Eleventh Dream Day, Wes Hollywood and Grey Gersten.
