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Greer Amps

Greer Amps was founded by Nick Greer and produces amplifiers and guitar effects pedals in Athens, Georgia. The company has its origins in the late 1990s when Greer started out making pedals for friends. All Greer effects pedals are hand wired one at a time. Greer amplifiers are also hand built and feature Mercury Magnetics transformers.

Source: Greer Amps website (March 22 2022)

AMT

AMT (Asia Music Technology) was the brand name used by AMT Electronics from 1991 until 2001. The company has its origins in Russia in 1982 when Sergie Marichev began building effects pedals, and then eventually electronic drum kits, and even MIDI instruments. In 1987, when private enterprise was permitted in Russia, Marichev launched his Asia company. In 1991 it was renamed Asia Music Technology company (AMT) and it was renamed again in 2001 to AMT Electronics.

There is also an AMT classical guitar brand - made in Asia. It is unclear whether this is related to AMT Electronics or not.

Source: AMT Electronics website (13 February 2022)

West

West Laboratories was an amplifier brand founded by David W. West in 1963. It started out as a Hi-Fi shop in Okemos, Michigan - when Dave West began to build amps for local guitarists. In 1971 they were producing 2 solid state power amp models (J500 & J250) and 3 tube amplifier heads (the Fillmore, Grande and Avalon models). They were owned by Canfield-Marshall Inc - Dave West had left the company by 1972.

Source: West Labs catalog 1971

Source: West Labs website (archived 2007)

Acus

Acus Sound Engineering was founded by the Canale family in Recanati, Italy. They make amplifiers, PA equipment and pre-amps. Their speakers, cabinets and all electrical components are custom made. The Arcus OneForStrings amplifier range was developed for the acoustic and classical guitar - with battery powered versions available in the OneForStreet range.

Source: Acus Sound Engineering website (6 January 2022)

Woodson

Woodson Music Inc. / Woodson Electronics Inc. was formed by Michael D. Woodson in Bartlesville, Oklahoma but soon moved to Elgin, Missouri in 1973. They produced P.A., guitar and bass amplifiers in the 1970s. The company was dissolved in 1980.

Source: Woodson catalogs 1973, 1977; corporate records

TUSC

TUSC was a tube amplifier company based in Central Islip, NY and run by Craig Frye. They produced a range of programmable tube amplifiers in the early 1980s: the range included heads (CF50, CF100), cabinets (using FANE speakers) and combo amplifiers (DF50, DF100 and CR100).

Source: TUSC catalog 1981

Bludotone

BLUDOTONE is a small guitar amplifier company based in Littleton, Colorado. Each amplifier is built by hand by one person start to finish. Bludotone will telephone each customer before building the amplifier to ask about your style, guitars, choice of speakers and your ideal tone. Famous Bludotone users include Larry Carlton.

Source: Bludotone website (27 October 2020)

Dime

Dime Amplification is a brand founded by Dean Guitars and Dimebag Darrell’s estate. The brand was founded to make a new amp (the D100) that would recreate Dimebag Darrell’s signature solid-state snarl, and they enlisted the help of Grady Champion and Gary Sunda. Champion was Dime’s guitar tech of 13 years, and Sunda was the designer of Dime’s original and favorite amp.

Cornell

Denis Cornell founded Cornell Custom Amplification in 1991. Denis Cornell has built repaired, serviced and custom designed amplification systems for many years. (Sound City's groundbreaking MKIII / IV amp's were co-designed by by Denis along with Brian Hucker)  Over the years Denis has helped design amps for many of today's big brand amp manufacturers. As a freelance consultant Denis Cornell has sorted complex technical problems and helped Fender Europe with new designs. Denis has been called upon to help major companies grow and launch their products and had a key role in Arbiter Group's London facility in designing products for them.

Ashen

Ashen Amplifiers is run by Vitaly and Natalia Godzhaeva in Southern California since around 2014, with over 50 years experience in sound amplification. They previously used the E&M Music Productions brand name. This family run company designs and hand crafts lightweight, powerfull, good sounding and beautiful custom cabinets.

Carl's Custom Amps

Carl (Carl's Custom Amps) builds vintage style tubes amps from the 50's, 60's and 70's. All his amps are hand wired and he offers a number of standard models but with many options. Some models are also available as working chassis for those who wish to source their own cabinet and speakers. Mods and customization are available for each model.  He also build lots of custom amps and performs repairs and mods on all models of tube amps.

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