Silvertone SSL3 Les Paul Copy

i have never personally seen one of these. there are no reviews for the SSL3 at harmony central yet. are these a decent guitar? they go for about $220 in u.s. dollars at mail order places. as far as that goes , are the other silvertone model guitars decent?

understand they are made by Samick. Your best bet is to try one out, then compare it to something similar you know is good & let your ears & fingers tell you.

fairly old; it used to be the house name for low-end Sears catalog guitars made by Danelectro and Tiesco, among others.
The new Silvertones advertised by the guy from Kiss are pretty new. There`s nothing in common with the older ones except the name.

seem that any regular walk in type music stores sell them , at least not yet. otherwise there a number of reviews of some of the other new silvertone guitars at harmony central , just not the SSL3. i`ve been looking at a number of retail websites that sell them for a while now and they seem to get in the SSL3 and run out then get more in. so people are definitely buying them , but nobody here ?

Silvertone`s made by Samick now. But Silvertone`s a cool brand name to have on the head of your guitar!
Here`s another guy selling interesting guitars under his own brand. This is his Les Paul model:
He`s got an interesting concept. He contracts with an Asian manufacturer (some of the guitars come from China, some from Korea I think). He told me---on the phone--that he has to order at least 400 guitars at a time, so most of those are the Strat-Tele-LP copies that sell easily. The rest are his `fun` guitars--I bought one of the Sidejacks, just couldn`t resist!
If nothing else, the guy is an incredible photographer--because all the Eastwood guitars look hot.
But they get great reviews too, and I *spoke* (via email) with a couple of owners who were very pleased with the quality.
Here`s a link to the Harmony Central reviews: http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data4/Eastwood/
Hey, look, I happen to own a Gibson from 1965. I like it and all--but most of the fun guitars seem to be coming from Korea these days.