The other US-based manufacturers were from Chicago Harmony (formerly owned by Sears), National-Dobro (Supro/Valco) and Kay. Danelectro also manufactured the infamous "amp-in-case" models of which I have two examples: a 1964 and a 1968.
That's how you can tell a Dano from the other manufacturers. Aside from the very first Danelectros for Sears they all had the Lipstick pickups. Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and many other rock stars got started and continue to play the Dano's. The Dano's started mainly with the infamous "U" series which had the Lipstick pickups and "Coke-bottle" headstocks. Their manufacturing facility was in Neptune New Jersey. Danelectro had been making amplifiers since the 1940's for Sears, Epiphone and it's own brand. The early Silvertone electric guitars were made by Harmony and Danelectro, with a few exceptions. In almost all cases the guitars manufactured for Sears were identical to models sold directly by the manufacturers with only a logo or color change. They also produced guitars under their own brand names. These companies were called "jobbers" because they were contracted (jobbed out) to make guitars for Sears. Silvertones were guitars sold by Sears but manufactured by five main companies: Danelectro, Harmony, National-Dobro (Supro/Valco), Kay, and Teisco. We consider this period to be the most significant in the history of vintage electric guitar collecting for these low-end beauties. Let's state first that we're only interested in and writing about electric guitars manufactured from the 1950's through the very early 1970's. We're major fan of Silvertones and have discovered that there's a lot of misinformation out there. The purpose of this gallery is to help identify all the Vintage Silvertone guitars from the 1950's through the early 1970's. The gallery will continue to grow as we get more Silvertones. Welcome to the gallery of Silvertone guitars from the collection! The instruments are listed in chronological order from left (oldest) to right (more recent).
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