I've heard some folks call this one the 'Chris
Isaak Model' because of a popular promo picture with Chris hugging a nice 1446.
Of course, his band is also named 'Silvertone.'
He's also been know to strum one onstage and in videos (check 'Blue Hotel' from
the Silvertone Artist page). Elvis Costello and Hubert Sumlin are partial to the 1446 as
well.
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The 1446 was
made by our friends at Harmony, and began life as a Bigsby-equipped
replacement for the popular 1384/5/1427. In fact, the first year of its life
(F/W '61-F/W '62), it sported the same 'P' series pickups as the Espanada-derived Silvertone. The
1446 we know and love though, is the model that became available in S/S '63,
with the unusual-shaped pickup bezels holding onto those famous Gibson-made (!)
mini-humbuckers. With the retirement of the 1446 and its stagemates the 1454 and
the 1439, the reign of single-cutaway hollowbody electric Silvertones came to and
end.
Introduced:
Spring/Summer 1962 at $139.95
as the 57K1446L
Retired:
1967 at $154.95
as the 57A1446L
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