I love this thread, it's amazing how things have changed but it stayed the same...

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Here's one I have never heard of... The Bronco?


And this Jag-Stang(?) ad is pretty funny...

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Came across this in a search...

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I had to post these real quick too, because they are just fantastic.








These are the ads you can order reissue prints of right here on the site. As a matter of fact, I need to order these - perhaps I'll do that once the forum t-shirts are up for sale...

As a professional illustrator I would love to land a gig illustrating ads for Fender.

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Thanks for posting those, Jim. Those are the "fairy tale" ads from the mid-'70s: Alice in Wonderland, The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. They are full page illustrations in the 1976 Fender catalog I have. Dig the Starcaster that Snow White's playing! Love it.

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I've been trying to find an ad for the Fender Swinger but no luck. I know they weren't around long, but I thought I could find an ad.

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This is not an ad, so maybe this is not the right topic to post to, but it is keeping with the vintage picture theme. Plus I'm an engineer, and I really like this stuff. This is one of Leo Fender's original patent drawings.

Yes! Love that image!

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Fender Lovin' Care! Nice.

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Hey everybody! Fantastic to see these ads!

I have an original set of 4 of the Fairytale posters,
The Goldielocks & The 3 Bears,
The 3 Little Pigs,
The Jack and the Beanstalk,
And The Snow White...

I would love to add the Alice in Fenderland, and the Little Red Ridinghood (original posters) to my collection !

These are just for me, I will never get rid of the set.

My family owns the oldest Fender dealership in Indiana, and these posters were hung in my room as a child. They mean so much to me!

I've read this thread, and I know if they are out there, you guys would know about them! So, what's the scoop? Do these posters still come up for auction? Does anyone have the 2 I'm missing?

I've been searching for Alice for quite a while, as I remember my dad wearing the Alice T-shirt. I'm not sure what happened to the original Alice in my set, but I don't remember seeing it in poster form.

Thank you all for any info!

Still can't find a Swinger ad. I know there has to be some. Anybody?

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Hey Aimless Harmony & Cryingstrat -

I'll be keeping and eye out and if I ever come across anything I'll be sure to let you know.

Cryingstrat, I can't even seem to find an actual ad for the Swinger online at all, though I continue to browse.

Aimless, cool story about your posters! I can only imagine how special the are!

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+1


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The ads I have are these Fairy Tale images, however, mine do not have the type at the bottom...

And the poster as a whole is much bigger than the repros. They are a full 20x30 and I think the repros are 16x20?...

I dig that though, I'm glad that Fender decided to share these old ads with a new generation, but didn't make them so close to the originals that it would be hard to tell them apart. Obviously, the originals have the CBS Fender name and a copyright of 1975-6, but from a distance, without reading the copyright, you can tell the originals from the repros.

Thanks for keeping an eye out for Alice and Little Red Riding Hood!

I'm moving into a new house and hopefully my boyfriend will allow me to put my poster collection in the livingroom instead of just in my office!

I guess mine were more in-store poster ads instead of the magazine ads. The Fairy Tales with the stories at the bottom...those are repros of the magazine ads, right?