Guitar amplifier manufacturers

Acoustic Control Corporation was a manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, founded started by Steve Marks (with the help of his father) and based in Van Nuys, California. Its original location was a shack on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acoustic Control Corporation"

Ampeg is an American instrument amplifier manufacturer. Although the company specializes in the production of electric bass guitar amplification, Ampeg manufactures electric guitar and orchestral stand-up bass amplifiers as well. Ampeg first existed under the name "Michaels-Hull Electronic Labs", as it comprised a partnership between Everett Hull, an accomplished pianist and bassist, and Stanley Michaels. The original mission of the company was to produce a new microphone pickup that Hull designed. Intended to fit onto the end of an upright bass, the pickup was dubbed the "Amplified Peg" or "Ampeg" for short. After gaining sole proprietorship of the company, Hull changed the company’s name to "Ampeg Bassamp Company". ...more on Wikipedia about "Ampeg"

Ashdown Engineering is a British manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, particularly for bass, but also recently moving into the guitar amp market. The company was founded in 1997 by Mark Gooday, a chief engineer and manager at Trace Elliot during their glory years. Gooday wanted to start his own company to offer solid, good-sounding, and affordable bass amplifiers. The company was named 'Ashdown' after Gooday's wife's family name, and the logo was contructed from this, the Austin-Healey motor badge, and Mark's insistence on the 'engineering' wording. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ashdown Engineering"

BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH (Behringer) is a German company, founded in its present form in 1989, that manufactures and sells musical equipment. The company began outsourcing manufacturing to China before it was common among other manufacturers in this field. By doing this, the company has managed to be a major player in the low cost segment of such equipment. The company has been accused of copying other manufacturers' designs, resulting in corporate lawsuits from Alesis, Mackie, and Roland (makers of the BOSS Brand). These lawsuits and the, sometimes improbable, low price of Behringer's equipment has resulted in a somewhat questionable reputation amongst some music professionals, with accusations of shoddy craftsmanship and low longevity of their equipment. However, Behringer has been able to provide music technology students and enthusiasts with user-friendly products at a low cost in comparison to their competitors. They use Jensen brand speakers, which are very good quality and also used by Fender. They make very low priced amps that provide good tones, many different adjustments and also a series that comes with over 20 digital effects (auto-wah, chorus, flanger, etc.) built in. These effects use the company's "V-Tone" technology, which models them to sound like analog effects (which typically sound clearer and sharper). ...more on Wikipedia about "Behringer"

Crate Amplifiers is a company that produces electric guitar amplifiers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crate Amplifiers"

Danelectro is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units. ...more on Wikipedia about "Danelectro"

Diezel Amplification GmbH is a small firm based in Munich, Germany, founded by Peter Diezel, that builds guitar amplifiers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diezel"

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Engl are a company that makes amplifiers for guitars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Engl"

Gallien-Krueger is a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer. Based in San Jose, California, it is generally considered the premier maker of 100% solid-state amplifiers for bass guitar. Unlike many other solid-state designs, Gallien-Krueger amplifiers' equalization section is wired in series, creating a much "warmer" and more "natural" sound than that achievable by other firms' solid-state preamplifiers. The company's 800RB model was the first relatively affordable bass amp with built-in biamplification capability. Famous 800RB users include Duff McKagan ( Guns N' Roses), Tony Kanal ( No Doubt), and Tom Hamilton ( Aerosmith); it remains wildly popular today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gallien-Krueger"

Hagström, or Hagstrom as the name was sometimes spelled, was an musical instrument manufacturer in Älvdalen, Dalarna County, Sweden. The original products were accordions, but during the sixties the company started making electric guitars and later amplifiers. The early guitars were heavily influenced by the accordion production and had a special look and feel. Many contemporary artists, such as Elvis Presley, George Takei, Frank Zappa, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Pat Smear used Hagströms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hagström"

Hartke Systems is a brand of electronics best known for their bass guitar amplifiers and cabinets. They do, however, also produce guitar amplifiers, effects pedals, strings, and other accessories. Their line of bass guitars has been discontinued. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hartke"

Hayden Amplification is a British company which designs hand-wired electric guitar amplifiers. They are a daughter company to Ashdown Engineering, who specifically make high quality hand wired, vacuum tube (or valve in Britain) amplifiers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hayden Amplification"

HIWATT is a brand of British company that manufactures amplifiers for bass guitars and electric guitars. Starting from early 1960s, together with Marshall this company forms an image of so-called "British" guitar amplifier sound. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hiwatt"

Hughes & Kettner founded 1984, is a German brand of guitar and bass amplifiers, cabinets and effects processors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hughes & Kettner"

Laney Amplification is a British brand of guitar and bass guitar amplifiers and cabinets and public address systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laney Amplification"

Line 6, founded in 1996 and based in Agoura Hills, California, is a manufacturer of digital modelling electric guitars, amplifiers and effects processors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Line 6"

Marshall Amplification is a British company which designs and manufactures electric guitar amplifiers. Marshall amplifiers are well known and highly popular among guitarists. The sight and sound of a Marshall stack amp with a Gibson Les Paul or Fender Stratocaster is an iconic image in pop-cuture. To this day, top-line Marshall amplifiers still use valve preamp and poweramp stages instead of solid-state devices ( transistors), although Marshall also manufactures cheaper solid-state or hybrid devices. Vacuum tube amplifiers (known as "valve amplifiers" in the UK) are generally considered to exhibit a "warmer" tone than that of transistors, particularly when overdriven; instead of abruptly clipping off the signal at cut-off and saturation levels, the signal is smoothly rounded off. Vacuum tubes also exhibit different harmonic effects than transistors (see tube sound for more about the sonic differences between transitors and vacuum tubes). ...more on Wikipedia about "Marshall Amplification"

Matchless Amplifiers is a Los Angeles based company which designs and makes electric guitar amplifiers, specializing in class A tube circuitry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Matchless Amplifiers"

Mesa/Boogie is a company in California that makes amplifiers for guitars and basses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mesa Boogie"

Music Man is a guitar and bass company started by Leo Fender in 1976, after leaving Fender, which he had sold to CBS Corporation in 1965. Leo's aim was to improve on the work he did for Fender but the Musicman instruments didn't initially achieve good sales figures. Sterling Ball, current owner of Musicman (aka CLF) describes the circumstances on the Ernie Ball website forum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Music Man (company)"

Orange Amplification is a British electric guitar amplifier manufacturing company, famous for its distinctive bright orange tolex covering on amplifier heads and speaker cabinets. It was founded in 1968 by Clifford Cooper of London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orange Amplification"

Peavey Electronics Corporation are one of the largest manufacturers of audio equipment in the world, with their headquarters in Meridian, Mississippi in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peavey Electronics"

Sadowsky Guitars Limited (Professional Guitar Services) is a Brooklyn, New York based high-end guitar, bass guitar, and preamp manufacturer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sadowsky"

Scholz Research & Development, Inc. or SR&D is the name of the company founded by Tom Scholz to design and manufacture music technology products. Scholz is also a key member of the rock band Boston. ...more on Wikipedia about "Scholz Research & Development, Inc."

Soldano (full name: Soldano Custom Amplification) is a guitar amplifier manufacturing company, founded in 1986 by Michael Soldano in Seattle, Washington. It is mostly known for its modern high gain amps, particularly their flagship model — Soldano SLO-100, but product lineup also features effect units, pedals and cabinets. All Soldano products are tube-based and are class A/B. ...more on Wikipedia about "Soldano"

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