G&L Guitar / Amp Advertisements, 1950s-1980s

Vintage G&L advertisements; 6 adverts covering a period of 2 years, from 1980 to 1982. Click the images to have a closer look.

In to the future... from out of the past
G&L F100-1 - 1980

Dee Murray - Bassist Extraordinaire
G&L L-1000 - 1981

Its the finest vibrato ever
G&L F100-1 - 1982

S-500 Guitar Specifications
G&L S-500 - 1982

The Choice of the Professional
G&L L-2000 - 1982

Tower of Power Bassist/Vocalist Vito San Filippo and his G&L L-2000E Bass
G&L L-2000 - 1982

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

• electric guitar adverts
• acoustic guitar adverts
• bass adverts
• amplifier adverts
• effects pedal adverts

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