Blueshawk asked me to post pics of the new addition to my family so here it is a 1960 Silvertone 1420 Stratatone.
It all seems to be stock and in fairly good condition. It's light as a feather and as I have never owned one before I had no idea what to expect.
Sound wise it is very dark with much less top end than my other guitars, a drop in volume too, but it definitely has a character of it's own, very chunky and thick sounding.
The neck is as thick as a baseball bat which suits me fine and after a couple of hours of acquainting myself with it (unable to resist playing along to a couple of Tom Waits tracks in the process) I have decided it is a great little guitar, a little high in the action but great.
I know it is probably a no no but I can't help wondering what it would sound like with a bigsby on it.