Silvertone 1422

Late 60's/Early 70's Sears Tube amp, probably made by National/Valco. 3 12AX7's, two 6BQ5's, 6X4 rectifier tube. One 12 inch speaker. Covered in luscious avacado green tolex with matching green knobs and grille cloth(!). This amp is good for blues and primitive rock and roll. It has a skanky single spring reverb that is an acquired taste. There are two channels which kinda bleed into one another, it also has a very nice sounding vibrato. One tone knob per channel, absolutely useless(leave 'em on "ten", muddy otherwise). About 10 or so watts, extremely quiet, no capacitor hum. Versatility is not the issue-plug in, turn up to five or six and go-leave your battery toys, multi-effectors and other kid stuff at home.
Authentic blues/rock tone, no doubt(Think Brewer Philips/Hubert Sumlin/Link Wray, not SRV or Kenny Wayne Shithead).

I'm using a Fender Telecaster with a custom Dimarzio Pro Track tele lead pick-up and a virtual vintage blues strat pickup in the neck position and a Peavey Predator (strat copy) with Dimarzio Fast Track 1's wired for 12 way switching. This amp is surprisingly quiet for a 30 year old tube amp. No buzzes or hums. The reverb is stanky and tanky but it grows on ya. Pretty much a one sound machine, low wattage so you can get that sound and keep your hearing too.
Just great for recording. One sound, but a great one.

Amp is 30 years old and still sporting the original power tubes-military grade 6BQ5's. At least a couple of the preamp tubes are original, too. They said either "Sears" or "Silvertone" on them although only the 'S' is legible now. I've owned it for almost a year, no problems. I'd only gig with it in a very small room and it would probably still require miking. It has what I believe is the original speaker, too. I'd roadcase it if I were going to truck it to gigs regularly, although a roadcase would cost as much or more than the amp itself.

I wouldn't expect Sears to be of too much assistance at this point, although sometimes they will attempt to procure manuals and schematics for you when they can. Whatever.

I've been playing for about twenty years now (and I still suck). If it were lost or stolen it would take an extreme bit of luck to find another. I'd play through one of my other cheap ass pieces of junk and hit the pawnshops looking for something equally cool. I like cheap amps-expensive "vintage"or"boutique" bullshit just doesn't get it for me. "Don't believe the hype!"