![]() ![]() The pickups are wired to a dedicated volume and tone control, helpfully signposted by printed words on the scratchplate. In place of the original model's DeArmond pickups, we find a pair of Duncan Designed mini-humbuckers, each encased in a chrome cover that evokes the look of a Gretsch Filter'Tron. The fretwork is to a decent standard, with the action set at a good height and no joy-killing buzzes or chokes to get upset about. The headstock is pitched back like its ancestor adding some weight to the sustain on tap. This Silvertone comes spec'd with palm-friendly C-profile mahogany neck, topped with rosewood 'board, 20 medium nickel silver frets and a top nut fashioned from finest PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) plastic. To be fair, they are period-correct and look right for the proportions of the guitars. They're small, if perfectly formed, and take a bit of getting used to. In fact, the only gripe we have is the size of the control knobs. The 1423 has a slab mahogany body (the original was a chambered construct of maple and spruce). ![]()
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