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[Songbird]

[smoothoperator]

[10Shooter]

[apostate]

[philbo]

[WildBill]

[gringo pistolero]

[tomtexan]

[Phoenix6410]

[emcee rib]

[Kadelic]

[tomtexan]

[Phoenix6410]

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[Jumping Frog]

[Jumping Frog]

The 1361 and 1363 were a couple of odd birds that Sears offered for only one catalog, Spring/Summer 1954. The 1361 and 1363 guitars are a bit of a mystery. The catalog illustration looks like a Harmony H44. The actual guitar examples that I've seen, however, look very much like a Kay-made guitar, something like a K-141/142. Mystery aside, they were some of the very first true solidbody guitars offered by anyone, anywhere. These were some of the first attempts at production solidbody guitars, and show an amazing degree of sophistication, both in the very Les Paul™like body shape, and the single piece neck and body, with the sides added on much like Les' original 'Log' prototype electric guitar.

Introduced/Retired:
Spring/Summer 1954 as the 57H1361/1363 at $39.99/$59.98