Silvertone 1441 ultra rare model

There are many shapes and sizes of Teisco made guitars, with seemingly endless brand names, some more famous that others The most famous of course is Silvertone, who sold many models through the Sears catalogue in the States.

This 1441 was a transition model made in very limited numbers 
There is lots of info about this model on the web, this is the model they made after model 1445. It was the jewel in the Teisco range with pearloid block inlays and triple bound celluloid edge, german carve top etc.

The body is maple over basswood sunburst, with the famous "Hound Dog" pickups. All switches are working just fine, tuners work, vibrato tailpiece works great. We have set up the action for proper neck angle, conditioned the fingerboard and the guitar ready to play! All electrics are original as you can see from the internal images.

There are some marks around the guitar and the frets are worn lower now, but it plays fine. The Silvertone logo was scuffed at some stage of its history, I assume in an attempt to remove it, but as you can see it put up a darn good fight and is still very recognisable!

Here are the words of wisdom from the time - 

The 1441 represents the pinnacle of Teisco's contribution to the Sears Silvertone line. All high quality materials and workmanship. It has the following specifications and features:

Body: Morite-style, celluloid bound, fully contoured, Maple over basswood with German carve; sunburst (yellow-red-mahogany) nitrocellulose lacquer finish; tortoise shell celluloid pickguard.

Neck: Bolt-on solid Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard, Pearloid block inlays and triple bound celluloid edge (w/b/w); 25-1/2"; 22 frets with zero fret; 1-5/8"at nut.

Pickups: Three Teisco single coil "Hound Dog" pups wired in series (loud, louder, loudest); 3 slide switches plus tone boost switch for 7 pup combinations; 3 volumes and 1 master tone control.

Headstock: Solid Maple; black nitro-lacquer finish.

Tuners: Open Back; made in Japan.

Vibrato: Teisco tremolo bar.

Bridge: Original with roller saddles

Dimensions: Length 41-1/2"; Body 19"; Upper Bout 12-1/2"; Lower Bout 14-1/2"; Thickness 2" at base of neck