Vintage Hagstrom advertisements; 14 adverts covering a period of 13 years, from 1966 to 1979. Click the images to have a closer look.
Discothequing or disc-cutting. You'll move more people with Hagstrom electric guitars and basses
Hagstrom Corvette - 1966
Sound? "We Had No Trouble Being Heard By 55,000 People!"
Hagstrom Electric Guitars - 1967
Long and Slippery
Hagstrom F-12S (H12) - 1967
Folk Rock is a Drag
Hagstrom H-33E - 1967
The Only Eight String Bass
Hagstrom F800 eight string - 1968
Hagstrom/Rosetti exclusive 8-string bass
Hagstrom F800 eight string - 1969
The Swede ...it took us a long time to make
Hagstrom Swede - 1973
The Swede - for the select few
Hagstrom Swede - 1973
Now that's a good ad.
Hagstrom Swede - 1974
The difference between a rod and a rail
Hagstrom Swede - 1975
What Ampeg is bringing to America isnt just another guitar
Hagstrom Swede - 1975
Viking Semi Acoustic Guitar
Hagstrom Viking - 1977
A Hagstrom Star - Larry Coryell
Hagstrom Super Swede - 1979
Super Swede has arrived
Hagstrom Super Swede - 1979
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
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