Anyone Know what guitar this is?

[DaveAronow]

My buddy has this "thing" hanging on his wall, and can't remember where he got it from. Maybe bought at a pawnshop, flea market, or someone gave it to him?

It is easy for him to forget. He has 50 or 60 guitars that he has collected over the years in various ways.

 

It is definitely in sad shape. It has a cracked soundboard among other problems and is basically just a peice of folk art on his wall.

But I've always wondered about this guitar. There is no name or logo on the headstock, or inside the guitar( I think) I havent looked inside.

 

Anyway, anyone have any Ideas what it might be or if it may be worth investigating?

 

Thanks, Dave.

 

 

 

[mole2]

Looks to me like a Sears Silvertone from the late 50's or very early 60's. I had one that was a standard folk body...not the f-hole flattop or archtop. It was my first guitar and I still have it...but my brother had broken it. It could also be a Harmony...but I'd lean towards the Silvertone based on the headstock.

 

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

A Kay, which was also sold as an "Airline" (Montgomery Ward), "Silvertone" (Sears), "Truetone" (Western Auto), "Penncrest" (J.C. Penny) and a lot of other Dept. store brands. The fact that it has no "brand name" implies that it was sold through one of the smaller store chains...possibly Edisons or S.S. Kreske's (which became KMart, later)

 

That style of adjustable bridge indicates that it was made in the late '60s-early '70s...laminated maple b/s, laminated and pressed spruce top. Ran around $60, new.

[Samilyn]

A Kay, which was also sold as an "Airline" (Montgomery Ward), "Silvertone" (Sears), "Truetone" (Western Auto), "Penncrest" (J.C. Penny) and a lot of other Dept. store brands. The fact that it has no "brand name" implies that it was sold through one of the smaller store chains...possibly Edisons or S.S. Kreske's (which became KMart, later) That style of adjustable bridge indicates that it was made in the late '60s-early '70s...laminated maple b/s, laminated and pressed spruce top. Ran around $60, new.

 

+1 to both of the above posts.

 

My thoughts immediately jumped to Sears "Silvertone."

 

Very cool wall art.

[babablowfish]

I had one that looked just like that that carried the Kay brand when I was about 13. It was just awful - never could get that thing tuned, although, honestly, in those days (some would add "these days too") given my total lack of skills it wouldn't have made a difference if it was spot on.

[DaveAronow]

Thanks everyone for helping me cure my curiosity.

 

It has been hanging there in our studio in his house for years and I finally

got around to asking about it.

 

thans again, Dave.