This catalogue saw the (re-)introduction of the late sixties Gibson Les Paul Custom and Les Paul Standard (see page 69) and the short-lived Hofner Club 70.

Selmer were the exclusive United Kingdom distributors of Hofner and Gibson at the time, and this catalogue contains a total of 18 electric guitars, 7 bass guitars, 37 acoustics, and 2 Hawaiian guitars - all produced outside the UK and imported by Selmer, with UK prices included in guineas. Scan of 1968/1969 Selmer guitar catalogue (printed July 1968), showing the entire range of electric and acoustic guitars distributed by the company: guitars by Hofner, Gibson, Selmer and Giannini. It is shown here with inlaid Epiphone headstock logo (instead of the metal V-shaped logo), oval pearl neck position markers, and the white (rather than black) scratchplate three features that would continue throughout the decade.ġ962 US prices for these guitars were as follows:Ĭasino: ES230T $230, ES230TV $269.50, E230TD $275, E230TDV $314.50 Likewise, the Sorrento had had some upgrades since it's appearance in the 1961 catalog. T = Thinline, V = Vibrato, D = Dual pickup. Several variants are offered, each with different suffixes, describing them. The Casino pictured is quite different from the example shown in the 1961 Epiphone catalog - this example has the parallelogram block inlays replacing the simpler dots, nickel-plated metal pickup covers (instead of black plastic) and a trapeze-style tailpiece instead of the Tremotone vibrato unit. The guitars shown represent these models far better than the previous catalog in terms of hardware and appointments. Details of the Epiphone Sorrento (E452T) and Epiphone Casino (E230T) Epiphone equivalents of the Gibson ES-125TC and ES-330TD thinlines. Epiphone 1962 'guitars, basses, amplifiers' catalog.

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