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Catalog Reprints
Copies of original instrument company catalogs from the years listed.

1930 NATIONAL FULL LINE Photo
Nice 2-color reproduction on high-quality paper -- with lots of great photos of Sol Hoopii, Hoot Gibson, Fred Walker's Troubadors and more! Includes the Tricone, Silver Style O, Tenors, Mandolins, Triolians, as well as factory photos. 16 pp.
310-12 $12.00

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1932 OSCAR SCHMIDT, INC. 4 Photos
Authentic glossy reprint of their 1932 holiday catalog. Includes Stella and Sovereign guitars, tenor guitars, lute mandolins, many types of instrument cases, guitar bridges, harmonicas, accessories & strings, more. Even includes a separate order blank! 8 1/2" by 11", 16 pp.
641-2 $12.00

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1950 GIBSON ELECTRIC GUITARS Photo
Photocopied but serviceable reproduction. ES-Series electrics, amps, and steel guitars. 8 pp.
14-63 .. list $8.00 ours $7.60

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1953 FENDER FOLD-OUT FLYER Photo
Features amps, guitars and accessories. Gold & black ink on original type paper.
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310-9 $4.00

1954 FENDER Photo
Nice two-color fold-out flyer. "Fine electric instruments: accessories, amplifiers, guitars, covers, cases!"
310-23 $4.00

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1955 FENDER Photo
Features outfits: Stratocaster/Twin, P-bass/Bassman, Telecaster/Tremolux, Esquire/Super. Red & black ink on original type paper. 8 pp.
310-20 $6.00

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1956 FENDER Photo
Nice 2-color reproduction on semi-gloss paper. Features outfits and introduces the Duo-Sonic/Vibrolux and Musicmaster/Harvard. 8 pp.
310-21 $6.00

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1956 RICKENBACKER Photo
Guitars, amps and lots of steel guitars. 25th anniversary catalog -- photocopied but serviceable reproduction. 8 pp.
14-200 .. list $9.00 ours $8.55

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1957-58 FENDER FINE ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS Photo
Deluxe 3 color, 32 page full-line catalog -- with 4 page price-list insert. Includes the famous 1957 NAMM show instrument display in centerfold!
310-17 $16.00

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1958 FENDER Photo
Nice 2-color reproduction -- Electric guitars, basses, amps and steel guitars. Introduces the Jazzmaster! 8 pp.
310-6 $6.00

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1959 FENDER Photo
Photocopied but serviceable reproduction. Jazzmaster, electric violin, guitars, amps, and more. 8 pp.
14-59 .. list $8.00 ours $7.60

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1959 FENDER Photo
Nice 2-color reproduction. Jazzmaster cover. 8 pp.
310-7 $6.00

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1960 FENDER CATALOG Photo
Nice 2-color reproduction on semi-gloss paper. Introduces the Jazz Bass! 8 pp.
310-10 $6.00

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1961 FENDER Photo
Nice 2-color reproduction. Introduces Tolex covered amps! 8 pp.
310-8 $6.00

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1961 RICKENBACKER Photo
Amps -- photocopied but serviceable reproduction. 6 pp.
14-174 .. list $8.00 ours $7.60

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1961-62 FENDER Photo
Photocopied but serviceable reproduction. Guitars, basses, electric mandolin, Showman amps, and more. 8 pp.
14-61 .. list $8.00 ours $7.60

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1962-63 FENDER Photo
Photocopied but serviceable reproduction. Guitars, amps, steel guitars, and the introduction of the Fender-Rhodes Piano Bass. 8 pp.
14-62 .. list $8.00 ours $7.60

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1962-63 FENDER FINE ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS Photo
3-color catalog including electrics, amps, steel guitars and accessories. Introduces the Jaguar and features cream, brown, and black tolex amps. 8 pp.
310-14 $6.00

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1963-64 FENDER FINE ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS Photo
Electric guitars, amps, and steel guitars in a cool-looking, 3-color catalog. Features the first new models of black tolex amps appearing with the white tolex amps. 8 pp.
310-18 $6.00

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1964-65 FENDER FINE ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS Photo
Electric guitars, amps, steel guitars and more in this nice looking 3-color catalog. Introduces the Mustang guitar and features the complete "Black Face" amplifier line. 8 pp.
310-15 $6.00

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1965 FENDER Photo
Guitars, amps, Rhodes Piano, Electronic Echo Chamber, more. Photocopied but serviceable reproduction. 8 pp.
14-65 .. list $8.00 ours $7.60

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1965-66 FENDER FINE ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS Photo
3-color catalog with electrics, amps, steel guitars, Rhodes, acoustic guitar offerings for the first time, more! 12 pp.
310-16 $8.00

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1968 RICKENBACKER Photo
Photocopied but serviceable reproduction. Electric guitars and basses, a page of "deep body acoustics" plus the Banjoline and the Bantar! 4 pp.
14-173 .. list $8.00 ours $7.60

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DANELECTRO 1967 Photo
Repro of their 1967 catalog in glorious black and white, with Vincent Bell on the cover playing the fabulous Bellzouki. Introduces their Dane line of guitars, and lists their amps (featuring the "Space Saving Stowaway Design"!) as well as other guitars, including the Guitarlin and Long Horn Bass. 8 pp.
286-2 $8.00

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GIBSON "THE BANJO" 1927 REPRINT 2 Photos
Reprint of 1927 catalog. Lots of period photos of banjo players and drawings of banjos. Covers the banjo's possibilities in "Radio and Recording, The School Orchestra, Dance and Concert, The Soloist, The Home." Fun stuff, with detailed descriptions of the banjos. 23 pp. Instruments featured include Mastertone Tenor Banjos - styles TB-6, TB-Granada, TB-4, TB-3; Tenor Banjos TB-1 and TB-2; a color insert with Florentine and Bella Voce models; the Mandolin-Banjo - styles MB-3, MB-2, MB-1; Mastertone Plectrum Banjos - styles PB-3, PB-6, PB-Granada, PB-4; Gibson Style PB-1; Regular Banjos - styles RB-Granada, RB-4, RB-3, RB-1; Mastertone Guitar-Banjos - styles GB-3, GB-1; Mastertone Cello-Banjo, style CB-3; Ukulele Banjos - styles UB-1, UB-2, UB-3, UB-4. Also describes the Tone-Master, an "in-built tone control, worked by a natural and instinctive pressure on the arm rest." 23 pp."
462-2 .. list $20.00 ours $17.00

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LUDWIG BANJOS, 1930 Photo
The Chicago-based company's complete line of tenor and plectrum models, including the elaborate "Big Chief" with the Indian headstock. 16 pp.
283-1 $6.95

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MARTIN HAWAIIAN UKULELES 1917 Photo
Catalog reprint with images, descriptions and prices of the earliest Martin ukes. Actually a trifold brochure printed on heavy Bristol Vellum -- an exact facsimile of the original. 2 pp.
158-28 $5.00

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RICKENBACKER 1935, 1959, 1974 Photo
Photocopied combination reprint, from the 1930s "Frying Pan" Hawaiian guitar to the double-necks and electric 12-string guitars of Ric's heyday. 24 pp.
14-58 .. list $10.00 ours $9.50

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