The 1960 Gibson guitar and amplifier catalog was the most comprehensive the company had produced to date; measuring 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches, and with 44 pages, it contained electrics, acoustics, steel guitars, amplifiers, banjos and mandolins.
A number of new guitars got their first catalog appearance in 1960, particularly thinline semi acoustics such as the ES-330T, ES-330TD, ES-345TD, ES-355TD, ES-355TD-SV, ES-125TC, and ES-125TDC - but also solid bodies like the Melody Maker, SG Special, SG-TV, SG-Junior and EB-0 bass (although these last four are not the classic batwing SGs, rather the short-lived Les Paul double cutaway instruments, which would be remodelled again in time for the 1962 catalog as regular SG guitars. The 1960 catalog was also the last appearance of several models - the Les Paul Custom and Standard, ES-5 Switchmaster and the semi-acoustic EB2 bass
This catalog is dated May 1960 on the inside back cover. It featured the following guitars. Click on the images for full size versions, or click on the model names below for more about each instrument
$245
$245
$245
$395
$245
$69
$295
$1495
$69
$245
$125
$1700
$5000
$195
$35
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$139
$1195
$4800
$195