New video of me playing my Silvertone 1361.
It sounds great - with a nice fat tone, and amazing for slide guitar.
I'm using a Ditto looper pedal to record, then playback a rhythm track verse (to play over and over).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ8SzMhozo4
Statistics: Posted by snakehips — Tue May 12, 2015 10:42 am
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cool enuff guitar and cool enuff playing.
och aye thi noo.
Statistics: Posted by opotable — Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:08 pm
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As the neck is by no means straight, I'm going to take the guitar into my work and x-ray the neck (I'm a Dentist !).
I want to see if there is any imbedded metal rod in the neck. I doubt it though.
If it doesn't have, then there is a better chance I might be able to get a luthier to straighten the neck in a heat-press type thing, to avoid the guitar needing to be taken apart (I'd rather leave it how it is, if that was the case).
The guitar did not have any strap buttons (or holes for them) - not even on the "butt" of the guitar. I was surprised at that !
Statistics: Posted by snakehips — Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:26 am
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Well, I bought one of those white Silvertome 1361's last year - it was on ebay.
The tuners were gubbed but I've put on a new set of "aged nickel" Kluson 3-on-a-strip set.
There is a slight bend in the neck but it is playable enough.
I'm a real Elmore James fanatic -so this was the guitar to find (after finding the Kay dreadnought).
Here is the Silvertone on my youtube video :
Statistics: Posted by snakehips — Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:59 am
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Statistics: Posted by cheepaxes — Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:17 pm
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Joe Perry was photographed with a related gtr (the yellow one - H42) on the cover a big guitar mag recently also...
so $500 examples are not likely, not on ebay, but check Craigslist. The 2008 reissues are supposed to be decent, with very similar build but slightly slimmer necks - you see these on ebay for about $400, but you'd need to spend another $80+ for an original pickup (early to mid '50s examples are lower wind, only a bout 3.3K, compared to later ones which are about 8K).
The main thing to be aware of is the lack of adjustable truss rods on the originals - so a straight-ish neck is essential.
The Magnatones are much more rare (and some have adjustable truss rods even), but a refin Mark III went for only $678 on ebay this year.
Statistics: Posted by simonm — Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:26 am
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Gotta say, I shy away from 1-pup guitars. But about half my repertoire is neck pup only. If I knew how to get a range of tones out of this axe, I'd get one.
Any tips for finding somethin like these at a reasonable price, say plus or minus $500 USD?
Statistics: Posted by BluesHawk — Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:08 pm
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I'm expecting this one to be delivered tomorrow, all the way from Australia - a '57 Magnatone Mark III Standard that I was very lucky with - it's another through-neck one pickup wonder, and it might just be the best of the bunch (designed by Paul Bigsby):
Statistics: Posted by simonm — Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:19 pm
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