Ovation Guitar / Amp Advertisements, 1950s-1980s

Gibson Firebird
reverse and non-reverse, vintage and new!
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Gibson Les Paul
from present day studios to 1950s standards and goldtops
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Gibson SG
custom, standard and special, vintage and new!
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Rare Fender basses
Coronado, Mustang Bass VI
from parts to complete instruments
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Guitar

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

Amplifiers

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

Acoustic Guitar

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

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


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	1972 Gibson Ad featuring BB King - The Man And The Woman