~1966 Silvertone 1482 Grey

Offered for sale:

Used c1966 Sears Silvertone 1482 guitar combo amp.

This amp is in very good condition, fully functional. Cosmetically there are some marks and covering wear, some grille imperfections, however overall nice shape for its age.
The original speaker has been replaced with a 12” Eminence 16-ohm, giving it a tighter overall tone.

These amps, produced by Danelectro, were introduced in the Fall/Winter 1963 Sears catalog and produced until Spring/Summer 1968.

The original sales add states:

“Tube-powered guitar amp. 15-watt music power. 80-9,000Hz. 12-in. speaker. 2-channels, 3 inputs. Front-mounted controls: volume, tone, tremolo speed, strength. Footswitch.

Imperial Guitar says:

The 1960s Sears, Roebuck & Co. Silvertone 1482 amps are the classic garage rock amp. They became quite popular for their size, price and sound. The side mounted vertical controls allowed for those cool, tv-style cosmetics. The inputs are located on the back for Instrument or Microphone. Its tube tone is simply great. It's voiced a bit darker and seems to break up a bit earlier than a Fender Deluxe from the same era. The tone is closer to a narrow panel Tweed Deluxe.

This amp rips! Can be mild mannered at low settings. Get up to 3ish and 5ish and it digs in. On 10 it’s got just the right amount of overdrive!

And as good as tremolo any you’ll find, at a fraction of the price.

Cool amp to collect and gig/record with. The Sears “Danos” are increasing in value as players continue to discover these amps.

AMP SPECS:

Year: c1966

Weight lbs.: 24.4

Width in.: 20

Depth in.: 7.5

Height in.: 18.5

TUBES:

Rectifier: SS

Preamp: 2 x 12AX7

Power: 2 x 6V6

Speaker Codes:

Footswitch: No

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