Not to mention Chet Atkins, whose first guitar was a now-legendary acoustic Sears Silvertone. In short, a Chicago company sold cheap guitars that could replace both the banjo and the didley-bow ...

Department store behemoth Sears had long branded Silvertone on a range of radios and record players before the script found its way onto headstocks of guitars sourced from Danelectro in New Jersey and ...

Guitars can be really cheap — at least compared to grand pianos, pipe organs and Stradivarius violins. When I was a 15-year-old, would-be rock ‘n’ roll star, I bought a Silvertone acoustic ...

A popular instrument known for its solid construction and affordable pricing, this Silvertone electric-acoustic guitar was made by Danelectro around 1962. (NMAH) With the arrival of the 1960s ...

Department store behemoth Sears had long branded Silvertone on a range of radios and record players before the script found its way onto headstocks of guitars sourced from Danelectro in New Jersey and ...

This certainly happens for Darwin musician Daniel Townsend, who’s 1950s Silvertone guitar takes on the personality of an old, often disgruntled, man. And for Daniel, playing the guitar is as muc ...