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A factory guitar, vintage 1960s, made by Danelectro and sold exclusively through Sears. The 1448 was in the Sears catalog, but it came with something special - it's own amplifier built into the hardshell case.

A couple of things to point out: you can see the socket on the back for the neck tilt, which Fender actually copied. You can also see how the back of the neck is "skunk striped" to avoid spraying the sides of the rosewood fretboard. If the neck looks stubby, that's because it is - 22.5" scale. The silver speckles are actually on the finish, not under it - you can feel them with your finger. The white finish of the masonite pickguard is melamine, not paint.

The Danelectro Amp-In-Case, properly known as a semi-hollow body due to its Masonite top and back, with pine outer structure. "All-in-one" Amplifier-Case or Silvertone 1448/1449/1451/1452/1457 is a line of guitar sets introduced from 1962 to 1968. It was sold for US$67.95

The amplifier is built into the top-half of the hard-shell guitar case. The first one, the 1448 series, was a simple 3-watt amplifier with 2 tubes plus 1 tube rectifier, 5-inch speaker, and gain control. In 1963, the 1449 series (later renamed 1457) was released, with a 5-watt amplifier with 3 tubes (and 1 tube rectifier) amplifier, with 8-inch speakers, gain, tone, tremolo (speed and strength), 2 inputs, and one foot-switch. The front end of the case has its top half covered in cloth for the speaker. In 1966, the amp-in-case comes with both the non-tremolo version 1451 (modified from 1448) and tremolo version 1452 (modified from 1449). Electronically they are identical, but the speakers are moved to the opposite lid.

The case dimensions were approximately 37 by 15 by 3 inches (940 mm 381 mm 76 mm). When the guitar is stored inside the case, with the speaker cloth facing upward, the guitar neck would sit on the left side of the amplifier.

When first introduced in 1962, the 3/4-sized guitar had a double cutaway semi-hollow body in a shape similar to the well known Fender Stratocaster. The body was composed of a poplar center block and frame with Masonite top and back. It came with a single lipstick pickup at the "middle" position, controlled by a volume and tone knob. The poplar neck was fitted with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, and only had 18 frets. The neck connected to the body with three bolts.

By Fall of 1963, there was a two pickup model available. The new model 1449 was the same as its predecessor, but equipped with 2 lipstick pickups and a 21 fret neck. Eventually the semi-hollow guitar models were replaced with solid-body design similar to Danelectro's Dane line.

Famous musicians such as Mac Demarco, Beck, Cat Power, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear, Jeremy Earl of Woods, Cody Blanchard (of Shannon and The Clams), and Dexter Romweber (of Flat Duo Jets and the Dex Romweber Duo), have made use of the Amp-in-case model live on stage, and Dave Grohl and Sammy Hagar both owned one as children. Jimi Hendrix owned a 1956 Silvertone Danelectro. It was a single-pickup U-1, single cutaway solid body with the distinictive Coke bottle headstock. Hendrix named it Betty Jean" after a girlfriend, Betty Jean Morgan. This Silvertone would become his longest-serving guitar. Furthermore, the Amp-in-case 1448 was Michael McDonald's first serious guitar; he received it as a Christmas present from his grandmother in 1962.