Hofner Guitar / Amp Advertisements, 1950s-1980s

Vintage Hofner advertisements; 6 adverts covering a period of 13 years, from 1961 to 1974. Click the images to have a closer look.

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

Hofner Have Done The Impossible
Hofner Verithin - 1966

Hofner The World's Most Popular Guitars!
Hofner Verithin - 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

When we asked Alice Cooper's Dennis Dunaway why he plays a Hofner bass, this is what he said:
Hofner G500/1 - 1974

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

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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