The 1440 was
the Ford to the 1445's Lincoln, and didn't stick around in the catalog too long,
last appearing in the 1969 Wish Book, but still available into 1971 in
supplemental catalogs.
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The 1440 was
the Ford to the 1445's Lincoln, and didn't stick around in the catalog too long,
last appearing in the 1969 Wish Book, but still available into 1971 in
supplemental catalogs.
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The 1440 was part of the late-68 'Japanese Invasion'
of the Sears catalog. Very similar to the slightly better-equipped 1445/1441,
our Japanese friends (Teisco, most likely) outfitted the 1440 with a white pickguard, two
adjustable-pole pickups, slide selector switches, a volume/volume/tone
electronic network, and threw in a whammy bar, zero fret and adjustable truss
rod. The 1440 headstock did not change from the sharpened 'Fenderish' look,
unlike the multi-headed 1445/41.
Introduced:
Fall/Winter 1968
Retired:
Last seen in a 1971 Sears Electronics supplement
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