Travel back in time with this vintage electric guitar and amp. Built in 1965 by Danelectro in New Jersey, it's a red sparkle Silvertone 1457 amp-in-case guitar and amplifier. (Pots are two 1376515, one 1376510, and one unmarked. Speaker code is 220520.) That's right, the amplifier is built into the case. Starting with the guitar, it's a classic Danelectro-made guitar: masonite body with a red sparkle finish; two chrome lipstick tube pickups; skater key reverse tuners; adjustable tilt neck; funky, but simple, Dano bridge & saddle; and stacked wedding cake knobs (the top knob adjusts tone, the bottom knob adjusts volume). The neck is appropriately, if not perfectly, straight. As set up now, the guitar does play all the way up the neck. 12th fret action is where I like it: between 2/32" and 3/32". I cleaned the pots so they're pretty clean, if not perfectly clean. The strings are ancient. The guitar does have some ordinary play wear, like around the edges and especially around the treble side edge of the headstock, but still looks quite good. The fat frets are in good shape. Now, the pedal. It comes with the original tremolo footswitch, which is in good working condition. Finally, the case. When I got it, the fuse holder was broken. So, the fuse holder is a replacement, but does have the original fuse holder cap. But the amp itself does not work. I tested the 8" Jensen speaker; it is good. But the amp is silent. The tubes light up, but no sound comes out. Presumably, although I am not certain, it needs new capacitors, which is work that I do not yet. The case does have ordinary wear around the edges and whatnot, with some of the salt 'n' pepper vinyl worn through on the corners particularly. Two of the hinge screws are replacements, and I had to do some repair work to the case around that hinge, so care must be used with the case. All in all, it's an American classic that needs a bit of electronics work to be singing again. For more on this Silvertone model specifically, and all Silvertone models, check out the awesome online Silvertone World website (in which this guitar/amp is in the amplifier section).        For shipping, it will be well wrapped with plenty of new ½” bubble wrap and shipped in a new 46” by 19” by 7” cardboard instrument box. Questions? Please check out my Ebay store, “The 1970 Time Travel Trailer,” for more cool vintage stuff, including a bunch of vintage guitars (and a few ukuleles, banjos, fiddles, mandolins and amps, as well as fiddles, brass, woodwind, and various oddball musical instruments and old instrument brochures & catalogs). And please check out our new YouTube TV show, “Musical Treasure Hunting,” to see more of our adventures searching for old musical instruments.