Vintage Guitar / Amp Advertisements, 1950s-1980s

1967 Epiphone Ad featuring a psychedelic fish playing an Epiphone Riviera

1967 Fender Ad - Full Colour Sound

1973 Fender Stratocaster add - The Worlds Favourite Flying Machine

1972 Gibson Ad featuring BB King - <br>1972 Gibson Ad featuring BB King - The Man And The WomanThe Man And The Woman

Guitar makers have advertised in music magazines such as Down Beat, Guitar Player and very many more. Some manufacturers advertised widely (Guild, Gibson, Fender) but many more didn't and adverts are few and far between. Here are some of my favourite ads out of the ones i've seen. You can browse through all the images from the category links above, or by manufacturer from the links below.

AMPS
Ampeg, Leslie, Marshall, Orange, Peavey, Sunn
GUITARS
Epiphone, Fender, G&L, Gibson, Gretsch, Guild, Hagstrom, Harmony, Martin, Music Man, Rickenbacker, Vox

Recent advertisements posted to this site

Some of the most recent advertisements posted to this site. Click the images to have a closer look, or browse more adverts by following the manufacturer and category links at the foot of this page.

Guild SuperBird II - Big New Bird By Guild!

Big New Bird By Guild!
Guild SuperBird II - 1968

Guild Stuart A-500 - Guild showcase for talent

Guild showcase for talent
Guild Stuart A-500 - 1963

Guild Stuart X-500 - Be good to yourself with a Guild

Be good to yourself with a Guild
Guild Stuart X-500 - 1962

Hofner Colorama - 8 out of 10 players select solids from this range

8 out of 10 players select solids from this range
Hofner Colorama - 1961

Gibson Lab Series amplifiers - Lab series. If only you could see how they sound.

Lab series. If only you could see how they sound.
Gibson Lab Series amplifiers - 1981

Gibson Lab Series L5 - "My Lab Series amp takes all the bumps, and still gives a smooth performance."

"My Lab Series amp takes all the bumps, and still gives a smooth performance."
Gibson Lab Series L5 - 1981

Gibson Lab Series L2 - Employment Assurance

Employment Assurance
Gibson Lab Series L2 - 1979

Gibson Lab Series amplifiers - Win a grand guitar

Win a grand guitar
Gibson Lab Series amplifiers - 1979

It's no big thing. 'Til you turn it on.
Gibson Lab Series L3 - 1979

Lab Series. They've never sounded so good
Gibson Lab Series L2 - 1980

LAB Series
Gibson Lab Series L5 - 1978

Gibson Lab Series L5 - A new instrumental album featuring a man, his guitar, and our amplifier

A new instrumental album featuring a man, his guitar, and our amplifier
Gibson Lab Series L5 - 1978

Gibson Lab Series L5 - Try my sound.. See if you like it!

Try my sound.. See if you like it!
Gibson Lab Series L5 - 1980

It's got to be about the best tranny amp I've ever heard – damn it, it's got to be one of the best apps I've heard, tranny or not!
Gibson Lab Series L7 - 1980

Gibson Sonex-180 deluxe - Sonex. Another first for Gibson technology.

Sonex. Another first for Gibson technology.
Gibson Sonex-180 deluxe - 1981

Gibson Sonex-180 deluxe - Gibson Sonex. Only the price is cheap.

Gibson Sonex. Only the price is cheap.
Gibson Sonex-180 deluxe - 1981

Balance of Power
Guild S-300 - 1981

Marshall Amplifiers - The Sound of Success

The Sound of Success
Marshall Amplifiers - 1967

Rose-Morris Basses - Keep in Touch With the Sounds of Today

Keep in Touch With the Sounds of Today
Rose-Morris Basses - 1967

The 'Marshall Sound' is Getting Around
Marshall Amplifiers - 1967

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Vintage 1995-1996 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar MIM Black Mexico Strat SSS

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Black Squier Mini Strat Solid Body Electric
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