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Anyone know more about this guitar?



looks so badass.

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lol guy on left.

I know that I almost bought one from a pawn shop last year. When I finally worked up the 150 bucks, it was gone.
I also know the body is made of some kind of hollow fiberglass/plastic shit. It resonated almost as loudly as an acoustic, unplugged.

dude yes, that is what I figured. it is one of those "resoglass" guitars, much like the jack white guitar.

What about this bad boy? I know it's not a Supro, but a Silvertone Silhouette 65'. The body shape looks similar.
As I recall, it was made to be a cheapskate alternative to the Jaguars and Jazzmasters.

that's a harmony bobcat. they're pretty cool. they were branded as silvertones for a little while.

I just bought one of those silvertones, its a silhouette model 1478,ive been on the search for one for a long time, and being in Australia they come up like once or twice a year.

looking forward to getting it, should be here next week

Tell me how it goes, the one I posted is hanging in a shop here. Considering buying it maybe some beautiful day.

mage wrote:that's a harmony bobcat. they're pretty cool. they were branded as silvertones for a little while.

bobcats typically had angled pick ups.

i had this exact model. it was a silvertone silhouette

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i LOVE how that Silvertone Silhouette 65 pickguard goes all the way down to engulf the
vol and tone knobs !

sweet

the bridge also sits on top of the pick guard, its not attached at all. and the pick guard material is the stuff that shrinks and warps.
(but looks awesome)

Supro S-555



Can't find any info about them though.

DanHeron wrote:Supro S-555



Can't find any info about them though.

holy jesus mother of f@#k. That is perfect perfect fucking asldkfj

want!

Actually, i think it might be a different model. Different inlays, and only 3 knobs. The S555 above has 4. It was probably from the same model range.

There we go. It is an S555.

And it looks like the one i posted before is an S655! :

Here's some scans of the old Supro catalogues i found:

http://www.valcopages.com/Catalogs/Supro.html

damn, that thing is so awesome. interesting how the supro and harmony are not truly offset. the lower cutaway is in a normal offset location (down by the bridge pickup) but they brought the upper cutaway down as well to match it, making it no longer offset. probably because fender patented the offset body. the same effect is achieved by bringing the lower cutaway down so it balances better, it doesn't really matter if it's truly offset or not.

my ex had one of those silvertones.
the pups were badass! they sounded awsome with some low gain dirt! it was a solid guitar, the tuners, fretting, setup and overall build quility was WAY better than the squire duo that i got.
they knew what they were doing. the only downside was the bridge and the fact that the non ajustable pups.