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24-566: [REDACTED] Look up silvertone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Silvertone may refer to: Silvertone (brand) , consumer electronics and musical instruments by Sears, Roebuck and Company The Silvertones , a Jamaican reggae harmony group The Silvertones, a Canadian rock band that became The Guess Who Silvertone (album) , by Chris Isaak, 1985 Silvertone, Chris Isaak 's first band Silvertone Records (disambiguation) ,

48-627: A Les Paul style guitar. It was the most enduringly popular of the U-series. A single-pickup version (the U1) and triple-pickup version (the U3) were manufactured and sold alongside the U2. They were originally made from the years 1956 to 1958. It was reissued in the late 1990s, in 2006 in a slightly modified form as the '56 Pro, and again in 2010 as the '56 Single Cutaway. The Danelectro Shorthorn line of guitars are

72-622: A collectors' following, since artists like Jack White, Beck, Coldplay , and others have been known to use it. Sears also sold a number of non-stringed instruments under the Silvertone name, such as electronic organs and chord organs manufactured by the Thomas Organ Company , and harmonicas made by the Wm. Kratt Company. Rights to the Silvertone brand were purchased by Samick Music Corporation in 2001. In 2013 Samick released

96-412: A dual cutaway hollow-bodied design made of Masonite and poplar. The original models were introduced in 1959. The Danelectro Dano Pro is a beginner electric guitar made by Danelectro in 1963 and 1964; it was reissued in 2007 and again in 2012. The original was a 3/4-scale guitar with a single lipstick tube pickup. The reissue features two pickups rather than one. The FAB series of guitar effect pedals

120-514: A new marketing model for guitars, selling a limited number each year. The Danelectro C was put into production and retailed from 1954 to 1955 until being replaced by the Danelectro U model in 1956. Unlike most of the later Danelectro instruments, the C model was a solid body construction made of poplar and came in a peanut-like body shape. The Danelectro U2 is a dual-pickup hollow-bodied guitar made of Masonite and shaped similar to

144-652: Is a brand of musical instruments and accessories that was founded in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1947. The company is known primarily for its string instruments that employed unique designs and manufacturing processes. The Danelectro company was sold to the Music Corporation of America (MCA) in 1966, moved to a much larger plant in Neptune City, New Jersey , and employed more than 500 people. Nevertheless, three years later Danelectro closed its plant. In

168-1001: Is a budget range of pedals made by the Danelectro company that are manufactured in China. The series was launched in 2005 with the release of the FAB Distortion, FAB Overdrive, and FAB Metal pedals. Currently, eight pedals share the same distinctive injection moulded plastic casing and blue LED light. Each has a mains power DC9 socket or can be powered by a nine-volt battery. They market eight pedals lines: original effects, FAB effects, mini effects, vintage effects, Wasabi effects, Paisley effects, Cool Cat effects, and other miscellaneous effects. All run on nine-volt batteries or power adapters. The original effects featured metal enclosures and FET switching. Cool Cat models were designed with metal enclosures and true-bypass switching. Danelectro began rolling out Cool Cat V2 pedals, featuring extra "under

192-406: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Silvertone (brand) The rights to the Silvertone brand were purchased by South Korean corporation Samick Music in 2001. Samick made new musical instruments under the Silvertone brand and relaunched some historic models. In 2020, RBI Music was appointed the exclusive worldwide distributor of

216-481: The Sears catalog . The Canadian band Chad Allan and The Silvertones (later The Guess Who ) took its name from this line of instruments. Silvertone instruments and amplifiers were manufactured by various companies, including Danelectro , Valco , Harmony , Thomas , Kay and Teisco . The guitars, especially the 1960s models, are frequently prized by collectors today. Two of the best-known Silvertone offerings are

240-600: The 1920s, the brand was expanded to include Silvertone radios and again expanded in the 1930s to musical instruments, superseding the previously-used Oxford branding. In the early 1920s Sears began selling Silvertone radio tubes and batteries, although Silvertone radios decreased in popularity during late 1930s. During World War II , Sears introduced the Silvertone radio antenna for their radio receivers. Silvertone guitars became popular with novice musicians due to their low cost and wide availability in Sears stores and

264-654: The Danelectro-built Silvertone 1448 and 1449 , made in the early to mid-1960s. The 1448 had a single lipstick pickup , while the 1449 was equipped with a two-pickup configuration, and was succeeded in 1964 by the 1457 model. These guitars' cases had a small built-in amplifier, and the guitars themselves had very short-scale 18-fret necks, which proved popular with beginners. Similarly the Silvertone 1484 "Twin Twelve" 60-watt guitar amplifier , introduced in 1963 as an affordable beginner's amp, has gained

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288-582: The Silvertone maroon vinyl covering, and the Danelectro light-colored tweed covering. The guitars used concentric stacked tone/volume knobs on the two- pickup models of both series and "lipstick-tube" pickups , which contained the pickup components inside metal tubes that resembled lipstick containers of the era. In 1956, Danelectro introduced the six-string bass guitar . Though the model never became widely popular, it found an enduring niche in Nashville and Los Angeles for "tic-tac" bass lines, where

312-482: The Silvertone Classic series, reissues of Silvertone electrics. The first two models released were the 1303/U2 (originally manufactured by Danelectro) and the 1478 (originally manufactured by Harmony), followed by the 1449 (also known as the "Amp-in-Case" model, originally manufactured by Danelectro), and the 1423 Jupiter (originally manufactured by Harmony). In January 2014, the Silvertone reissue 1444 bass

336-524: The Silvertone brand, and in December 2021, RBI acquired all rights to the brand. Musical instruments under the Silvertone name are electric and acoustic guitars, basses , accordions, and ukuleles . Sears filed for Silvertone as a trademark in late 1915 to be used as a house brand for a line phonographs and records . It was approved in early 1916 with their first phonograph models and records appearing in their Spring 1916 catalog. Beginning in

360-473: The Silvertone name? We are thrilled to represent this iconic brand on a worldwide basis.” William Park, executive director of Samick Music Corporation, said “RBI Music already distributes a number of high-value brands globally... We believe they will prove an excellent fit for growing the Silvertone brand.” A year later, RBI bought all rights to the brand from Samick, ending the two decades of Samick’s involvement with Silvertone. Danelectro Danelectro

384-476: The cheapest of the brand's lineup and feature plastic enclosures somewhat larger than the Mini effects series. In 2006, Danelectro sold a carrying case that holds up to five mini effects. When the player is ready to play, the top could be removed and the bottom acts as a pedals board. It was shortly discontinued. Not long after, another carrying case was developed to fit five FAB or Cool Cat pedals as well as serve as

408-459: The electric instrument doubled the line played by an upright acoustic bass. In 1966, Danelectro was sold to the Music Corporation of America . A year later, in 1967, they introduced the Coral line, known for its hollow-bodies and electric sitars . In 1969, Danelectro closed down, burdened by MCA's attempt to market their guitars to small guitar shops rather than large department stores. In

432-471: The hood" features. Mini effects pedals are smaller, compact pedals with effects resembling those of the original effects and the FAB effects. Vintage effects include the large, rectangular Spring King and Reel Echo effect pedals. The discontinued Paisley series featured paisley-patterned drive effects in original style enclosures. The Wasabi series features large, futuristic-looking metal enclosures. FAB effects are

456-457: The late 1940s, the company produced amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward , branded Silvertone and Airline respectively. Later, Danelectro added hollow-bodied guitars, constructed of Masonite and poplar to save costs and increase production speed, intending to produce no-frills guitars of reasonably good tone at low cost. These instruments were branded either as Danelectro or (for Sears) Silvertone, distinguished by

480-449: The late 1990s, importer The Evets Corporation purchased the Danelectro brand name, marketing recreations of old Silvertone and Danelectro guitars and newly designed effects pedals and small amplifiers made in China. After initially selling well, guitar sales slowed and Danelectro stopped selling guitars after 2001 (2004 on the official site ) to concentrate on effects pedals. In 2006 (2005 on official site ), new owners of Evets decided on

504-508: The late 1990s, the Evets Corporation started selling instruments and accessories under the Danelectro name. In 2016, Danelectro introduced new models, including a resonator guitar . Some of the products manufactured by Danelectro include electric and resonator guitars, basses , electric sitars , amplifiers , pickups , and effects units . Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel  [ fr ] in 1947. Throughout

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528-587: The name of three different record labels See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing silvertone Silver (color) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Silvertone . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silvertone&oldid=896501978 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

552-514: The reach of the Silvertone brand and ensuring better market access for the whole product range. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, RBI Music has been developing and distributing musical instruments accessories for over sixty years, including the Vintage, Big Joe, and Fret King lines of instruments and guitar accessories. RBI Music's president, Brad Kirkpatrick, said of the deal: “Does anyone not know

576-680: Was debuted at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim. In early 2015, Samick introduced six reissue Silvertone acoustic guitars including the full-body 955 and single cutaway 955CE, the 600 in either spruce or mahogany , the "Sovereign" 633, and the 604. Some models were also made available with acoustic pickup circuitry for amplified playing. In addition, the model 853 ukulele was introduced with an amplificable version as well. In late 2020, Samick exclusively partnered with Rhythm Band Instruments (RBI Music) for worldwide distribution, expanding

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