Sunday, November 26, 2017
Checkmate 50 catalog listing
This scan comes from my copy of the 1968 Fall/Winter catalog from Spiegel.
Monday, August 14, 2017
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Checkmate 50 Amplifier
According to the trademark owned by the WMI Corporation (U.S distributor), the date for the first use anywhere and first use in commerce for the Checkmate name was February 9, 1966. The name was used on amplifiers and later on guitars and other instruments.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
1966 Rose's ad from Mount Airy, NC
Fifty years ago our Rose's department store carried the largest selection of Teisco products in my area.
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