The 1940s were an unusual time in American history. The country was coming out of a devastating depression early in the decade, and then ten short years later, we had been though a World War in which the United States was a victor, but at a great cost in lives and extended personal sacrifice. Troops were back from the front, and things were looking up for the people of the United States...

America was getting ready to enter the golden 50s. Amplified guitar music was as new as the millions of babies that were born in those years immediately after WWII. Those children born in the 40s would be the 'teeners' of the rock and roll 1950s. The engine of that rock and roll revolution, the electric guitar, had yet to come into its own. Here's where the amplification of those first electrified notes got turned on  in Silvertone World.