VINTAGE GUITAR CATALOGS

+ magazines extracts + ads of some interest

The Vintage Guitar Catalogs site is back! Thanks for your interest.

Ampeg

• Ampeg
• Ampeg sales catlog

Apex

• Apex International

Dan Armstrong

• Sound modifiers - 1976 ad.
• 1974 ad.

Paul Beuscher

• 1963 flyer
• 1967 Amplifiers
• 1968 flyer

Bigsby

• PalmPedal - 1976 ad.

John Birch

• 1977 Catalog and price list

Dallas Arbiter

• 1971- 1972 Hayman, Ludwig, Paiste, Remo, Zildjian, A.S.B.A., Framus, Giannini, Jedson, Torre, Martin Coletti, Fender, Sound City, JBL, Shure, Farfisa ...

Danelectro

• ca. 1967 repro

DiMarzio

• 1978 Catalog

Echolette

• Bassmaster, BS40, ET 500, ET 400, ET 100

Epiphone

• Guitar, Basses, Amplifiers ca. 1966

EKO

• 1972 ad.

Fender

• Fender Jazzmaster instruction manual
• Early 60s (reprint)
• 1965
• Acoustic guitars 1970
• 1972 Telecaster Bass Ad.
• 1972 electric violin + piano ad.
• 1977
• 1979
• Alice and caterpillar - 1975 ad.
• Little red riding hood - 1976 ad.
• Telecasterus Fender - 1976 ad.
• Cumberland strings - 1976 ad.
• Precision bass - 1976 ad.
• Super twin - 1976 ad.

Framus

• 1963-1964
• 1968 Acoustic electric basses
• 1968 Framus Star bass
• 1968 A.Z. - 10 Attila Zoller
• Jan Akkerman

Garen

• 1969

Gibson

• 1928 Catalog Page 6 - Nick Lucas Model, L-0
• Electric guitars and amplifiers - 1956 (reprint)
• Guitars and amplifiers - 1957 price list (reprint)
• Electric guitars and amplifiers - 1959 (reprint)
• Guitars . Amplifiers 1960
• Firebird series - 1963 (reprint)
• Guitars and Amplifiers - 1967
• Gibson Folk Instruments
• ... it goes where you go - 1968
• Electric Acoustics Guitars -1970
• 1978 (Norlin)
• 1979 (Norlin)
• '79
• The legendary Gibson - 1991
• The great adventure
• We don't promise you fantasies (Grabber) - 1975 ad.
• Try Gibson for a change of bass - 1976 ad.
• Kiss knows looks aren't everything - 1976 ad.
• Santana - L6-S - 1976 ad.
• Ron Wood - S-1 - 1976 ad.  
• Show us a lead guitarist who's never heard a Gibson SG ... - 1973 ad. (Selmer)
• Show us a man who's too good for a Gibson Les  Paul ... - 1973 ad. (Selmer)
• Selmer London 1968 catalog (excerpt)

Gretsch

• That great Gretsch sound - 1968
• That great Gretsch sound - catalog NO. 33 - 70s

Guild

• Guild catalog ca. 1975
• M-80CS - 1976 ad.

Guitar

• AUG. 1973 - The man who made his guitar : Brian May, lead guitarist of Queen by Jeffery Pike
• SEPT 1973 - Dan Armstrong talks about pick-ups and plastic guitars by Jeffery Pike

Guitar Player

• APR. 1975 - Tony Zemaitis : Luthier to Harrison, Clapton, et. al. by Dan Hedges

The Guitarist

• OCT. 1973 - Tony Zemaitis : guitar maker to Clapton, Bolan, Donovan reveals his secrets by Mel Lewis

Hofner

• 1972 ad.
• Solid guitars 1974
• 1991
• Selmer London 1968 catalog (excerpt)

Ibanez

• 1975 Craftsmen Made Ibanez
• Cub Koda - 1976 ad.
• Bob Weir - 1976 ad.

Jacobacci

• Major Conn ca. 1957
• Major Conn ca. 1961
• Major Conn ca. 1963
• Stevens ca. 1963
• Jacobacci 1969
• JB 200
• JSB 2 
• Studio

JBL

• 1969

Kustom

• PUBLIC ADDRESS
• EQUIPMENT COLOR SELECTOR

Amplificateurs Martial

• 1970

Martin

• 1941 (reprint)
• C F MARTIN INSTRUMENT CATALOGUE 1966
• Right from the beginning - 1976 ad.

Meazzi

• 1964

Mighty Mite

• Mighty Mite

Music Man

• We came to play - 1976 ad.
• At last ... you have a choice - 1976 ad.
• For the Music Man who hears the difference - 1976 ad.
• ca. 1976
• Basses

Ovation

• Bloody comfortable ... Steve Marriot - 1976 ad.

B.C. RICH

• B.C. Rich
• Dick Wagner and the Mockingbird 1976 ad.

Rickenbacker

• The new convertibles
• Transonic Sound Systems by Rickenbacker
• Price list effective June 20, 1971
• Highlights
• Professional guitars - 1975
• 1957, 1958 & 1968 (from the great Rickenbacker catalogs archive at http://www.rickenbacker.com/us/catalog.htm , along with other catalogs from the 30's, 50's, 70's, 80's & 90's)

Schecter

• Schecter

Shergold

• Modulators 6-strings, bass, 12-strings

Selmer Electronique

• Amplificateurs

Vigier

• Guitares, basses

Vox

• Vox

Welson

• The world's must "perfected" guitars 1969

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Last updated : April 18th, 2011

Acknowledgements : Marie and Gérard Beuzon, Jean-Claude Bompais, Caridia, Jean-Louis Francillard, Stanislas Grenet, Paul Fox, Will Halligan, Ian Harvey, Jean-Pierre (Les Copains, Clermont-Ferrand) Jean-Paul Julienne, Roland Jullin, Jean-Pierre Lamarque, Serge Langfield, Jacques Pasut, Jan van Veen, Xavier 

Links :

Marie and Gerard Beuzon's http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guitares.beuzon/Beuzon.html or http://www.chez.com/guitaresbeuzon/  : Maker of classic, folk, jazz and electric guitars and basses, banjos, mandolins, Dulcimers, ukes and more. Repairs, restorations and appraisals. Sell, buy, consignment, used and vintage.

Will Halligan's www.excellentleads.com : rare photographs of vintage guitars, history of different makes of guitars, detailed explanations of guitar electronics plus  “made to order” cables, guitar modification service, amplifier repair, advice service and more.

Jean-Pierre Bourgeois'  http://www.jpbourgeois.org/guitar/presente.html#début : rare vintage jazz guitars for sale, tips for guitar making and fine tuning, music plus pages on French luthiers.

Great catalogs on the acousticmusic.org website http://www.acousticmusic.org/Instrument-Catalogs-sp-87.html

More great catalogs on the vintageguitars.org website http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/catalogues.php