![]() ![]() ![]() Similar to it’s parlor cousin, the Stella H929 built by Harmony in their Chicago factory, the 605 was a simple no frills instrument targeted to the entry level player on a tight budget. And for today, think of new folk artists like Mumford and Sons. Although they probably never had one of these Sears models from the Catalog, they played something quite similar. ![]() Think of guys like Leadbelly, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie Johnson. These simple little Birch boxes take you back to early days of the Delta Blues. No pickguard – not even a painted on one! The scale is about 25-1/4 inch. It’s a 3/4 size all-Birch ladder braced body with a Cherry-burst finish, a solid Maple neck (no truss rod) with Ebony stained fingerboard, small brass frets, a carved hardwood nut, Waverly-type open tuners, a floating wooden bridge, a metal tail piece, and stenciled (!) Silvertone logo on the headstock. This is the ubiquitous Silvertone 605 flattop acoustic guitar sold by Sears in catalogs and stores from about 1948 to 1970. From the factory in Chicago to the working plains of Texas and Oklahoma, to the Mississippi Delta, Louisiana Bayou, back to the blues clubs of Chicago, and then the garage bands of the 60s, this little birch box guitar was there. From its humblest beginnings, to becoming the most produced, most purchased, and most played guitar in America during the 20th Century. ![]()
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