Vintage Selmer guitar advertisements. See also the advertising for Dan Armstrong, Epiphone, Fender, Fletcher, Coppock & Newman, G&L, Gibson, Goya, Gretsch, Guild, Hagstrom, Harmony, Hayman, Hofner, Ibanez, Kimbara, Kramer, Leslie, Marshall, Martin, Music Man, Ovation, Rickenbacker, Rose-Morris, Rosetti, Selmer, Vox, WEM, Yamaha
Vintage Selmer advertisements; 17 adverts covering a period of 14 years, from 1961 to 1975. Click the images to have a closer look.
8 out of 10 players select solids from this range
Hofner Colorama - 1961
Futurama. 'Its a great guitar' says George Harrison
Futurama Sophomore - 1964
After You've Bought a Selmer Amp You're Left With a Small But Delightful Problem
Selmer Zodiac Twin 50 MKII - 1965
Hofner Have Done The Impossible
Hofner Verithin - 1966
People Change To But Never From
Gibson ES-345TD - 1967
Hofner The World's Most Popular Guitars!
Hofner Verithin - 1967
Way Out Front
Selmer Thunderbird 100 - 1967
All the Best Groups Base Themselves on Selmer
Hagstrom Viking - 1968
Hofner is Not the Best Guitar in the World But it is By Far the Best in its Class
Hofner President - 1968
Wah Fuzz Wah Fuzz
Selmer Fuzz Wah - 1968
The Selmer Fuzz-Wah Pedal. All the Effects You Can Possibly Need!
Selmer Fuzz Wah - 1968
Gibson Set the Standard for Which All Others Strive
Gibson J-160E - 1969
Steve Howe plays Gibson
Gibson ES-175D - 1971
Top Groups Like McGuiness Flint Choose Selmer Every Time
Selmer Compact 30 RSV - 1971
If You Ever Lost a Les Paul, You'd Just Have to Buy Another
Gibson Les Paul Recording - 1972
Show us a man whos too good for a Gibson Les Paul
Gibson Les Paul Recording - 1974
Would you sell your soul for a 1955 Les Paul Special
Gibson Les Paul Special 55 - 1975
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
Dan Armstrong,
Epiphone,
Fender,
G&L,
Gibson,
Goya,
Gretsch,
Guild,
Hagstrom,
Harmony,
Hayman,
Hofner,
Ibanez,
Kimbara,
Martin, Music Man, Rickenbacker,
Vox,
Yamaha
DISTRIBUTORS
Fletcher, Coppock and Newman, Rose-Morris, Rosetti, Selmer
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