c. 1962-1967 Silvertone Model 1448, signed by Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood
Musician
Keith Richards
(English, born 1943)
Musician
Ronnie Wood
(English, born 1947)
Maker
Silvertone
(American, founded 1916)
Maker
Danelectro
(American, founded 1947)
Date1962-1967
ClassificationsMusic
DimensionsGuitar: 39 x 14 x 2 in. (99.1 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm)
Descriptionc. 1962-1967 Silvertone Model 1448 guitar with built-in amplifier case, serial number 185.1001, in black finish. The guitar is signed on the pickguard in black felt pen "Love Keith Richards '98" and "Ronnie Wood '98." The guitar features offset double cutaway asymmetrical body, solid wood covered with veneer, white pickguard, metal trapezoidal bridge with rosewood stick saddle, six-on-a-side metal "skate-key" tuners, and one single coil lipstick tube pickup with volume and tone control. The guitar's case features a built-in 3-watt amplifier with five-inch speaker. The guitar was manufactured by Danelectro under the Silvertone brand.The Rolling Stones are one of the most enduring rock and roll bands, founded in London, England in 1962 and continuing to record and tour well into the 21st century. The band's first stable lineup of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts started playing covers before recording and releasing their own material in the latter half of the 1960s. Jones left the band in 1969, replaced by Mick Taylor, and continued to produce #1 albums in the 1970s with Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile on Main St. (1972) and Goats Head Soup (1973). Taylor left in 1974, with Ronnie Wood joining in 1975. The Stones continued to dominate the rock charts, with Black and Blue (1976) and Some Girls (1978) rounding out the decade as #1 albums on the Billboard 200 list. The Rolling Stones continued to record throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with 1981's Tattoo You reaching #1 on the Billboard chart. Their most recent album, Hackney Diamonds (2023) saw the band return to critic success, and features some recording tracks of drummer Charlie Watts who passed away in 2021.
The Rolling Stones were one of the first bands to capture the blues influence of rock music to create the quintessential style of classic rock and roll. The songwriting partnership of Jagger and Richards has produced countless top 10 singles, with the band having the fourth most record sales of all time. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
