Ace Tone - 1969 US Catalog

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Full PDF Catalog:
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There is a story and a lesson here. I found this through links on the fantastic wikipedia page about the brand. Still, I had to retrieve the pdf from the internet archive - I was under the impression that they don't usually store pdf files. There recently was another coffee table book on stompboxes, and I weigh my words. I haven't see Mike's book either. I doubt very much that any of them take the scientific approach: it allows us to establish the FM-2 Fuzz Master was available to the American market in 1969.

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But it's even by sheer luck that the brochure even list the year (on page 2):
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Post by bumblebee »

The FM-2 for $39.95 in 1969 would today cost $302.56.

Interesting. I much prefer the aesthetics of the older stuff.
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