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Silvertone Tenor Guitar Conversion

1966 Silvertone six string made in Chicago, Illinois, USA by the Harmony Guitar Factory.
Silvertones were sold by Sears. Birch. Painted on 'pick guard'. 24.5 inch (62.5 cm) scale.

At $15.00, maybe I paid too much. It was splattered with white paint
over spray and the machine heads, saddle and nut were gone. The structure was quite good.

It could have been redone as a six, but sixes are common and I like tenors.
I also like a thicker necked tenor with wider than usual string spacing.

Zero fret added – a medium/medium fret that is bigger than the origianal frets. Cleaned up, but some paint splatter remains. Home made tail piece from sheet metal. Corian (I think) saddle. String guide added above the zero fret. One mismatched tuner for now. More tuners are ordered.

Chicago tuned (DGBE). Good volume and surprisingly good tone. Action is a little high but it plays fine for me. I could use a smaller fret for the zero fret and sand down the saldde. I will play it a while and then decide. The Silvertone you can see inside the sound hole was cut off the headstock.

Pretty nice old player. :)

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Comment by Uncle John on April 19, 2016 at 11:57am: BOTH, AGP. Of course.

Comment by AGP # on April 19, 2016 at 10:11am: "Sweeeeeeeeeeeet UJ" can't work out if the closing comment - Pretty nice old player. :) - refers to the Guitar or Yourself ?? ;-) Lol

Comment by Uncle John on April 19, 2016 at 12:46am: Thanks, Jerry. I was playing it last night and this AM. It has really good sound. Action IS too high. I have it on my busy to-do list to replace the zero fret with a lower one and to lower or remake the saddle. :)

Comment by Jerry Jordan on April 19, 2016 at 12:28am: Excellent.,.,nice job.,.,!!

Comment by Uncle John on April 18, 2016 at 7:52am: Me too, 126. I need a big dry barn so I can keep adding to the collection.

Comment by onesixtwocbgs on April 18, 2016 at 7:45am: Great Unc! I've got a ton of these parlor guitars, I'm a sucker for Silvertones

Comment by Uncle John on April 18, 2016 at 2:39am: Patrick, I think you might like a tenor. So easy to play and just a lot of fun.

Comment by Maddog on April 18, 2016 at 2:23am: Riverside Porch Picker :-)

Comment by Uncle John on April 17, 2016 at 11:49pm: Thanks, Wes, Andries, John, Blue, and Jim.

Nice old one, Andries, Neat fingerboard and slot head.

Blue, I like it, but the photo did improve its looks considerably.

John, my other Silvertone was falling apart. The back was loose and the support ribs were loose or I think one had fallen out. My repair is not pretty (on the inside) but it held. I used a little expanding glue, Gorrilla Glue, around the borders of the inside.

Comment by A.D.EKER on April 17, 2016 at 8:13pm: This is Mine! unknown brand sturdy build i renamed it recycled instrument! cost;1dollar rebuild 45 euro's.