


In 2013 Samick released the Silvertone Classic series, reissues of Silvertone electrics. 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.

The 1448 had a single lipstick pickup, 6 while the 1449 was equipped with a two-pickup configuration, 7 and was succeeded in 1964 by the 1457 model. Two of the best-known Silvertone offerings are the Danelectro-built Silvertone 14, made in the early to mid-1960s. The Canadian band Chad Allan and The Silvertones (later The Guess Who ) took its name from this line of instruments.
