Ovation Guitar / Amp Advertisements, 1950s-1980s

Ovation Thunderhead
100 Watt 'Little Dude' Mini Module
1969

Ovation Breadwinner 1251
Breadwinner
1972

Ovation Breadwinner 1251
Ovation keeps on truckin'
1972

Ovation Breadwinner 1251
Ovation Rock
1974

Ovation Deacon 1252
don't dilly dally... "dude" da deacons dynamite
1974

Ovation Breadwinner 1251
Ovation Solid Bodies - Theyre Worth A Try
1975

Ovation Deacon 1252
Ovation solid bodies. Part of the Strawbs' sound.
1976

Ovation Breadwinner 1251
Ovation's great guitar giveaway
1976

Ovation Deacon 1252
Bloody comfortable
1976

Ovation Breadwinner 1251
Ovation Solid Bodies They're Worth a Try
1976

Ovation Deacon 1253 (twelve string)
Deacon by Ovation. A new standrad for 12-string solid bodies
1977

Ovation Breadwinner 1251
How Ovation took a hint from the 50s
1977

Ovation Viper
The Hotter the Better. Viper
1979

Ovation Preacher
Preacher. A stereo guitar
1979

Ovation Little Dude
100 Watt 'Little Dude' Mini Module
1969

Ovation Acoustics
My Name's on these Guitars
1969

Ovation Acoustics
Turn On Our Acoustic Guitar
1972

Ovation 1613-4
Loggins and Messina
1974

Ovation Balladeer
Ovation's great guitar giveaway
1976

• 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
Epiphone, Fender, G&L, Gibson, Gretsch, Guild, Hagstrom, Harmony, Martin, Music Man, Rickenbacker, Vox