NGD Silvertone Mongrel

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NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by Andreas N » Fri Jun 21, 2019 5:47 am

So I saw this tricked out Silvertone U1 on Reverb and couldn't help myself.
Don't know the year but early sixties maybe?
It's been heavily modified obviously.
It has a rollerbridge/mute that I've never seen before.
Some type of slide guitar pickup and what seems to be a Silvertone vibrato.
Also a six way varitone and a slide holder.


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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by matthew a » Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:55 am

Oh my that’s beautiful.
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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by Con-Tiki! » Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:31 am

holy crap, it's got the hardware!

i wonder who it belonged to. Any time i see something that's more function than form, i assume it was on the road...
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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by i love sharin foo » Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:26 pm

That looks terrible in a really great way! I like it! How does it play?
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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by Andreas N » Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:08 pm

The action is a Little high but I'll fix that. Sounds really cool though.
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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by antisymmetric » Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:11 pm

Very purposeful mods! I would love to hear what this things sounds like. *hint*
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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by Maggieo » Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:44 am

Holy cow, that is one amazing-looking guitar! :-*

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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by marqueemoon » Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:54 am

Wow. There’s a lot going on there.

I’m also curious about the sound.
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Re: NGD Silvertone Mongrel

Post by Andreas N » Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:04 am

It actually sounds pretty normal, it's still got that hollow Danelectro sound. The varitone does makes it quite versatile.
Can't really palm mute because of the slide pickup, so that makes you play a bit differently.
Don't really have any way to record or upload at the moment but it may appear on a song or two in the future.
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