Brand : Silvertone - (1940-1970)
Distributed by Sears & Roebuck

Guitars shown below were made by Harmony and sold under the Silvertone brand. It doesn't mean that all Silvertone guitars were made by Harmony.

Harmony was founded in 1892 and as soon as 1905 was a large supplier for the famous "Sears & Roebuck" catalog. In 1914 Sears introduced the Supertone brand, and in 1916 Sears bought Harmony.
In 1940 Sears sells Harmony to a group headed by Jay Kraus. From this date Sears used the Silvertone brand, but Silvertone guitars were not exclusively made by Harmony (well-known models were made by Danelectro, this page shows only Harmony made instruments though).
From 1970 Sears no more used the Silvertone brand, and sold guitars with its own "SR" (Sears & Roebuck) logo.
You can check some Sears catalogs pages on this site.
For Silvertone models, I used the model number from Sears catalogs. I chose to simplify it as "xxxx", for example the S1446 is the one present in the 1962 catalog as "57K 1446 L", but is stamped inside as "xxxxH1446" (the usual Harmony-made guitars serial stamp).

• Electric Archtop
• 1317 (1947-1953) - Electric archtop - Electric Archtop - Sunburst -  22
  Early electric archtop with one "P13" pickup. Tortoise overlay on headstock with green logo. Tortoise pickguard. Grand Auditorium size, compares to the Hamony H50. Early models have one part f-holes. Some are stamped H53 inside. Most have the simple P13 pickup with no polepieces, but one sample is known with the square polepieces as seen on Silvertone 1348 or Harmony H50. - (based on Harmony H50)
• 1320 (1947-1955) - Electric archtop - Electric Archtop - Sunburst -  18
  Silvertone version of the Harmony H51. Auditorium size (15"1/2)- about 3"1/2 body depth. They were stamped H54 inside. Spruce top, maple body, but it looks like some models were all birch... S1322 is a blonde version (available later). Early models have one part f-holes. - (based on Harmony H51)
• 1350 (1948-1952) - Electric archtop - Electric Archtop - Blonde -  21
  Compares to Harmony H50 but with special pickguard including the pickup - tortoise bindings on body - spruce top and maple body - blonde version, model 1348 sunburst version appears later. (Stamped H58 inside ?) - (based on Harmony H50)
• 1348 (1950-1952) - Electric archtop - Electric Archtop - Sunburst -  48
  Compares to Harmony H50 but with special pickguard including the pickup - stamped H59 inside - Model 1350 is the blonde version - (based on Harmony H50)
• 1322 (1952-1955) - Electric archtop - Electric Archtop - Blonde -  20
  Blonde version of the Silvertone 1320. Auditorium size (15 1/2) - Spruce top, maple body. Finished in blonde with faux-flame. Compares to harmony H51. They were stamped H55 inside. - (based on Harmony H51)
• 1352 (1954-1959) - One pickup cutaway - Electric Archtop - Sunburst -  44
  "Grand Auditorium", 16"1/4, full body depth (3.5") with cutaway. One P13 pickup. The Sears catalogs mention "high fidelity pickup with individual magnetic adjustment for brilliance of each string", but in real life all models are found with the simple pickup, without polepieces. Some (most of them ?) are stamped H61 inside. - (based on Harmony H60)
• 1384 (1955-1957) - Two pickups cutaway - Electric Archtop - Black -  22
  First version of this black Silvertone, cousin of the H63 Harmony "Espanada". "Harmometal" aluminium bindings around body front and back. Check later models 1385 (without Harmometal) and 1427 (thinner body). The Sears catalog says "Select spruce top and back with mahogany sides". - (based on Harmony H63)
• 1385 (1957-1959) - Two pickups cutaway - Electric Archtop - Black -  40
  Silvertone version of the Harmony H63 "Espanada". Stamped H64 inside. Trussrod neck. Body depth 3.5" - Replaced in 1960 by 1427 with 2.75" body depth. Replace model 1384 wich had "Harmometal" aluminium bindings. The Sear catalog says "Select spruce top and back with mahogany sides" - (based on Harmony H63)
• 1328 (1959) - Electric archtop - Electric Archtop - Sunburst -  9
  All birch body construction with a DeArmond pickup, not far from a Harmony H39 Hollywood. 1959 Sears catalog says it has a spruce top and mahogany body (as the previous model 1324), but the sample pictured is identified as 1328 and built from birch...
• 1427 (1959-1961) - Two pickups cutaway - Electric Archtop - Black -  29
  2 "P13" pickups - 2.75" body depth - Trussrod neck. Compares to Harmony Espanada H63 - H62 - (replace Sears model number 1385L which had 3.5" body depth). Sears catalog says "Select spruce top and back, with maple sides". - (based on Harmony H63)
• Electric hollowbody
• 1326 (1959) - (Stratotone) one pickup - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut -  9
  One pickup, short pickguard with an unusual jack location. Short production time in 1959. Later only two pickups version were proposed in the Sears catalog. - (based on Harmony H45)
• 1327 (1959) - (Stratotone) two pickups - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut -  3
  Two pickups. This model number was used only for about one year in 1959. Same guitar was renumbered 1421 next year. - (based on Harmony H46)
• 1423 (1959-1964) - (Stratotone Jupiter) - Electric hollowbody - black finish speckled with gold -  73
  2 pickups with blender pot - "Stratotone Jupiter" are names used for the Harmony model, never used for this Silvertone equivalent. - (based on Harmony H49)
• 1429 (1959-1964) - 3 pickups - Electric hollowbody - Sunburst -  57
  3 pickups - Like H75 Harmony, but... single cutaway, different pickups, neck without inlay on 1st fret, headstock without tortoise overlay. - (based on Harmony H75)
• 1421 (1960-1964) - (Stratotone) 2 pickups - Electric hollowbody - Shaded walnut -  19
  2 pickups - like Harmony H46. The same model was previously proposed as model 1327 in 1959. Check model 1420 in black. - (based on Harmony H46)
• 1420 (1961-1964) - (Stratotone) 2 pickups - Electric hollowbody - Black -  53
  2 pickups - like Harmony H46 - Check model 1421 in sunburst - (based on Harmony H46)
• 1446 (1961-1967) - - Electric hollowbody - Black -  71
  This model use Gibson pickups never used on any other Harmony, so there is no Harmony equivalent model. With Bigsby vibrato. Used by Hubert Sumlin (with Howlin Wolf) and later by Chris Isaac (his first album was named "Silvertone"). Early Sears catalogs (61-62) show the guitar with different pickups (P13) and pickup's rings, but no sample is found today with these, so we can suppose they just used a touched-up picture before completing the guitar's design. Some samples are reported with double cutaway.
• 1454 (1963-1969) - 3 pickups - Electric hollowbody - Shaded cherry red -  66
  3 pickups with Bigsby vibrato. Replaced the 1429 sunburst model. Can be compared to Harmony H78, but single cutaway, different pickups, neck without inlay on 1st fret, headstock without tortoise overlay. In the 1967 catalog the model is shown with double cutaway, and renumbered 14541. From 1969 the double cutaway is numbered 1485. - (based on Harmony H78)
• 1439 (1966-1967) - (Rocket) - Electric hollowbody - sunburst -  10
  2 pickups and vibrato - Similar to Harmony Rocket H56, but with bound neck. It looks like this Silvertone version was produced only for one year, so it's not common. - (based on Harmony H56)
• 1453 (1968) - (Rebel) - Electric hollowbody - Redburst -  16
  Compares to Harmony Rebel H82, but has conventional rotative potentiometers instead of linear sliders. Short production time. - (based on Harmony H82)
• 1485 (1968-1970) - 3 pickups - Electric hollowbody - Shaded cherry red -  20
  Double cutaway 3 pickups with Bigsby vibrato. Replaced the 1454 single cutaway model. Can be compared to Harmony H78, but different pickups, neck without inlay on 1st fret. No more available in 1970 Sears catalog. - (based on Harmony H78)
• Electric solid body
• 1476 (1964) - (Bobkat) - Electric solid body - black -  21
  2 pickups, vibrato on late models - 1476 is the black version, 1477 the sunburst version - Like H15 or H15V Harmony - (based on Harmony H15)
• 1477 (1964-1967) - (Bobkat) - Electric solid body - sunburst -  15
  2 pickups, vibrato on late models - 1476 is the black version, 1477 the sunburst version. Vibrato tailpiece appears in 1967, model was then renumbered 14771. - (based on Harmony H15)
• 1478 (1964-1967) - (Silhouette) - Electric solid body - Red sunburst -  52
  This popular model is often compared to Harmony H19, but it has many differences : different vibrato, pickups, bridge, pickguard shape... - (based on Harmony H19)
• 1488 (1965-1968) - (Silhouette) 3 pickups - Electric solid body - Cherry red or metallic blue -  41
  No similar model with 3 pickups was sold under Harmony name (they also made a 3 pickups Holiday, but similar to Bobkat, smaller body). Late versions had a metallic japanese roller bridge and a mute. Last version was proposed with coloured pickups, different knobs and an updated two parts pickguard. See similar model 1488-1 in metallic blue.
• 1477-2 (1967-1968) - (Bobkat) color pickups - Electric solid body - Red sunburst -  14
  Late version of the 1477 with coloured pickups. 2 pickups and vibrato - Like H15V Harmony - pickups with coloured foil and large black knobs, metal roller bridge (made in japan). Sears catalog shows model 14772 in red sunburst and 14773 in yellow sunburst (pickups coloured accordingly). But later (?) models are stamped 14798 and 14799 behind the headstock (see photos). - (based on Harmony H15V)
• Acoustic archtop
• 2254 - Royal - Acoustic archtop -  18
  The "Silvertone Royal" replaces in the fourties the "Royal Crest" from the thirties. Spruce carved top, maple body with marquetry bindings. It's possible that, depending of the production years, some others Silvertone Royal have been made by Kay.
• 291 (1941) - Crest - Acoustic archtop - sunburst
  Adirondack spruce carved top, maple body, Double inlaid binding on top.
• 694 (1950-1955) - Archtop - spruce - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst -  44
  Spruce top, maple body. Looks to be very close to a Harmony H1456 Monterey, except for the f-holes in one piece (segmented on the H1456). Older models have a black line in the back. Same model was proposed in blonde as model 692 in 1952. - (based on Harmony H1456)
• 692 (1952-1955) - Archtop - Acoustic archtop - Natural -  6
  Blonde version od the sunburst model 694 - (based on Harmony H1457)
• 623 (1961-1962) - Archtop (Archtone) - Acoustic archtop - shaded -  67
  Painted block fret markers. Similar to Harmony Archtone line (H1213). It replaces the similar previous model 710 with dot neck. - (based on Harmony H1213)
• 630 (1962) - Archtop - spruce - Acoustic archtop - blonde
  Blonde version of the model 627 - Spruce top - compare to harmony Monterey H1325 - (based on Harmony H1325)
• 627 (1962) - Archtop - spruce - Acoustic archtop - shaded
  Spruce top - compare to harmony Monterey H1325 - (based on Harmony H1325)
• 619 (1964) - Archtop - spruce - Acoustic archtop - sunburst
  Spruce top - compare to harmony Monterey H1325 - (based on Harmony H1325)
• Acoustic flatop
• 217 (1941) - Gene Autry "Melody Ranch" 3/4 - Acoustic flatop - stenciled
  3/4 size version of the model 216. Stencil based on the older "Round-up" model. Spruce top.
• 216 (1941-1943) - Gene Autry "Melody Ranch" - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled on sunburst -  36
  Standard size - Plain head with "Melody Ranch" on a sign post. Body stencil based on the older "Round-up" model. 12 fret neck. Spruce top. See also similar postwar model 610.
• 610 (1949-1955) - Gene Autry "Melody Ranch" - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled on sunburst -  28
  Standard size (13"). Plain head with "Melody Ranch" on a sign post. Body stencil based on the older "Round-up" model. 12 fret neck, spruce top. Painted block postion markers on fretboard from ca 1954. See also similar prewar model 216.
• 605 (1949-1960) - Standard size - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst -  20
  Standard size birch guitar. First appearance in 1949 Sears catalog, shows a pin type bridge, but it's touched-up with a metal tailpiece and floating bridge from 1950. - (based on Harmony H929)
• 602 (1952-1958) - Flat top (grand concert) - Acoustic flatop - sunburst -  5
  Spruce top - "Grand Concert" size. Pin-type bridge. Replace earlier model 600. It has the "figure eight" shaped body until 1955, then the new body from 1956. Compare to later model 625 and 621, and Harmony H162. - (based on Harmony H162)
• 614 (1954-1957) - Flat top (grand concert) - Acoustic flatop - sunburst -  11
  Economical acoustic, "Grand Concert" size, late fifties. Metal tailpiece and floating bridge. Was replaced later by 632 (and later 615). Compare to Harmony H941, H942. - (based on Harmony H941)
• 628 (1954-1958) - Cutaway - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst -  38
  Flat top acoustic with cutaway. No trussrod. Spruce top, maple back and sides. Compares to Harmony H1200. - (based on Harmony H1200)
• 600 (1954-1958) - Roy Rogers - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled -  19
  3/4 (children) size, 32x11 in. All birch stenciled "cow-boy" guitar. This guitar doesn't wear the Silvertone brand but was sold through Sears & Roebuck catalog. A stamp inside says "Copyright 1954 by Roy Rogers Enterprises - Sold under license". A larger "standard size" model, with spruce top and maple body, was sold in 1956 with model number 608
• 625 (1961-1962) - Flat top (grand concert) - Acoustic flatop - sunburst
  Spruce top - "Grand Concert" size. Pin-type bridge. Replaces model 602 and was replaced by 617 then 621, etc.. - (based on Harmony H162)
• 657 (1961-1967) - classic - Acoustic flatop - Natural -  13
  Spruce top. Was later replaced by the similar 664 model. The Sears catalogs say "mahogany neck", but all known samples have a hardwood (poplar ?) neck. - (based on Harmony H173)
• 604 (1961-1967) - Flat top (standard size) - Acoustic flatop - sunburst with faux flame -  57
  Screwed on bridge, compare to Harmony Stella H931. Replace the very similar previous model 608. Some models may have been numbered 606. Was renumbered as model 1204 from 1968. - (based on Harmony H931)
• 617 (1962-1963) - Flat top (grand concert) - Acoustic flatop -  8
  Spruce top "grand concert" size with pin type bridge. Previously was model 625 and later model 621,etc.
• 621 (1963-1967) - flat top - Acoustic flatop - sunburst -  21
  Spruce top - "Grand Concert" size. Pin-type bridge. Compare to models 602,617 and 625, and Harmony H162. Later replaced by similar models 643 (1968), 1214 (1969-70) - (based on Harmony H162)
• 615 (1963-1967) - Flat top (grand concert) - Acoustic flatop - sunburst -  27
  Economical acoustic, "Grand Concert" size. Compare to Harmony H941, H942. Floating-type bridge and metal taipiece. - (based on Harmony H941)
• 662 (1964-1965) - Classic - Acoustic flatop - Natural -  13
  Spruce top, mahogany body and neck. Triple rosette motif with black and white blocks. Oval Silvertone paper label in sound hole. - (based on Harmony H174)

• 603 (1964-1968) - standard size - Acoustic flatop - sunburst -  12 "Economy priced"... $11,95 ! Early models don't have the painted pickguard. Later was replaced by a similar model numbered 1200.

• 633 (1965-1968) - Jumbo (Sovereign) - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst -  1
  Similar to Harmony model H1260 Sovereign, but finished in sunburst. Later was model 1220 and 1221. - (based on Harmony H1260)
• 623 (1966) - Mahogany flat top - Acoustic flatop - Mahogany -  31
  All mahogany, tortoise bindings, black headstock, pin bridge. I named this model "623" because one is reported stamped H623. I have another one without any model number stamped inside. I can't find this exact model in Sears catalogs... Please report the stamps inside if you have one. - (based on Harmony H165)
• 1235 (1968-1970) - Classic - nylon strings - Acoustic flatop -  25
  Description in Sears catalog says "thinnest possible spruce top and fan braced".
• 3219 (1970-1971) - Buck Owens American - Acoustic flatop - red, white, blue -  41
  This guitar was sold $82.95 in 1971 Sears catalog. Red, white and blue "American Guitar"- "Grand Concert" size - stamped H169 inside. Similar in construction to H164 Harmony model, spruce top and birch body. There was a modern (2005) asian-made re-issue, but very different. The original Buck Owens guitar, as seen in "Hee Haw" TV show, was built by Semie Moseley of Mosrite guitars, if we believe the Buck Owens website. - (based on Harmony H164)
• 606 (1971) - standard size - Acoustic flatop - sunburst with faux flame -  6
  Later model number for previous similar models 608 and 604 - Screwed on bridge, compare to Harmony Stella H931 - (based on Harmony H931)
• Acoustic flatop 12 string
• 1225 (1969) - 12 string - Acoustic flatop 12 string - Sunburst -  6
  Compares to Harmony Stella H912-H913 - replaced later by model 1227 - (based on Harmony H912)
• 1226 (1969-1970) - 12 string - Acoustic flatop 12 string - Natural -  5
  Compares to Harmony Stella H912-H913 - replaced later by model 1228 - (based on Harmony H913)