F.A.Q. on Parts
Availability from Various Manufacturers
Years ago,
amp manufacturers were eager to support their products with parts,
schematics, and repair assistance.
These days,
not so much.
As the service manager at
Fender told us a couple of years ago, "Our investors don't want us to
sell parts. They want us to sell amplifiers." And that
applies to many other manufacturers as well. More and more
amplifier manufacturers are no longer privately owned companies, as they
were in the days when Leo Fender ran Fender and Jim Marshall ran
Marshall.
The concept of "disposable"
electronics is not new. It started about 25 years ago, when
prices on VCRs, CD and DVD players, and televisions started dropping
dramatically, due to manufacturing moving from Japan to China.
Today, you don't see TV repair shops in your town like you used to.
Most everything today in consumer electronics is disposable.
So, how does this affect
guitar amplifiers and other electronic musical equipment?
Keep reading ...
Before considering the purchase
of a new or used amp, it is always a good idea to learn about the brand
and how they support their products after the warranty has expired.
This is especially true when buying a used amplifier, because as you
will learn below, many amplifier companies are no longer in business, no
longer support previous products, or do not offer parts at all.
Among others, those difficult-to-repair brands include:
Acoustic (original company), Airline, B-52, Carvin, Crate, Danelectro
(original company), Dr Z, Eden (original company), Egnater, Genz Benz,
Harmony, Hiwatt, Johnson, Kay, Kustom (original company), Madison,
National, Roland, Silvertone, Supro, SWR, Univox and Valco.
There are a few rules to keep in
mind:
1.
If an amp
or other electronic musical gear sells for less than around $500 these
days, it is considered "disposable". That includes all
brands of amps.
2. Beyond that
threshold, some brands have parts that are either unavailable or
notoriously difficult to source.
3. Some manufacturers
are reluctant to release schematics or technical data.
4. Complete circuit boards are rarely available as replacement
parts any longer.
5. For more specific
information about the good, the bad, and the ugly, see below:
|
Brand |
Comments |
Acoustic |
The "new" Acoustic company is owned by
Musician's Friend and Guitar Center. That brand is only
sold new by those two companies. No parts or
service manual availability at all - they are disposable.
The original Acoustic company went out of business in 1985.
For a reverb tank cross-reference for Acoustic amps, see this
section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Aguilar Amplification |
Aguilar Amplification, a bass amplifier manufacturer, was founded in 1995 by Dave Boonshoft and Alex Aguilar in New York
City. Aguilar was acquired by Korg USA in 2020.
For parts, contact Parts Is Parts at
https://www.partsisparts.net/catalog/aguilar |
Airline |
See Valco and/or Danelectro |
Ampeg |
Ampeg has been owned by so many
different companies over the past few decades, it is hard to
keep up. Founded in 1947, it was a standalone
company until 1967 when it was purchased by Unimusic.
In 1971, it was sold to Magnavox. In 1980, Ampeg
became part of Music Technology, Inc (MTI).
MTI went bankrupt a few years later, and Ampeg was bought by St.
Louis Music in 1986. LOUD Technologies (the
corporate name for Mackie Sound Reinforcement) bought St Louis
Music in 2005 and took over Ampeg as well as Crate Amps.
They soon moved Ampeg manufacturing to China. In
2018, Ampeg was purchased by Yamaha, who owns them today.
As far as parts, the older parts can be
hard to source due to the ever-changing ownership and demise of
former companies. If you cannot find what you are
looking for on our Ampeg webpage,
check at www.fliptops.net. |
Ashdown Engineering |
Ashdown was founded Heybridge, Essex,
England in 1997 by Mark Gooday, a chief engineer and managing
director at Trace Elliot. When Gooday was let go by Trace
Elliot's then parent company, Kaman, and prior to Kaman closing
the doors to the UK distribution and factory facilities, he had
been planning to start his own company. The company was named
'Ashdown' after Gooday's wife's family name. Today,
the company builds amplifiers with circuit boards and hand
wiring, all produced in Ashdown's factory by their 8 employees.
Schematics on some models available here:
https://el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/Ashdown/Ashdown_Schematics.htm
|
B-52 Amplifiers |
Part of ETI Sound of Huntington Park,
California. The company was founded in 1989 by Eli
El-Kiss. The most popular amplifier was the AT-100.
Bruce Egnater was responsible for some of the design work.
B-52 and ETI Sound are no longer in business. |
Behringer |
Founded in Germany by Uli Behringer, but moved
production to China many years ago. Now a part of
Music Tribe. Many of their products are "clones" of
products made by Peavey, DOD, Marshall, etc. Parts are difficult to source, and due
to their low selling price most Behringer products are
considered "disposable". |
Blackstar |
Founded in 2007 in the UK by
ex-Marshall employees, Blackstar amps are designed in the UK and
the USA, but are now manufactured in China. Contact
us for parts availability. |
Bogner |
Founded in Los Angeles in 1989 by
German native Reinhold Bogner. They are still in
business, making 3 models of amps. However, parts
are impossible to obtain. The Bogner
Amplification website has been down since 2022. |
Budda |
Budda Amplification is an American
company that designs and manufactures electric guitar amplifiers
and effects pedals. Founded by chief designer Jeff Bober and
Scot Sier in 1995, the company debuted its first amplifier, the
18-watt Class A/B Twinmaster Ten, at the NAMM show the following
year, receiving orders for 65 units despite not having the
facilities to make them. The Twinmaster's success led to broader
interest in low-wattage "boutique" amplifiers and the success of
the company. Budda has since released the Superdrive line
in a variety of higher wattage models, the discontinued Dual
Stage, Stringmaster, and an updated 10th anniversary reissue of
the Twinmaster Ten. Their pedals include the BudWah wah wah
pedal and the Zenman and Phatman distortion pedals.
The Budda brand is now owned and manufactured by Peavey
Electronics. |
Bugera |
Founded in Germany by Uli Behringer in
1988. Behringer and Bugera are separate companies, but
Bugera amps are distributed by Behringer. Like Behringer,
Bugera is part of
Music Tribe. Parts are difficult to source, and due
to their low selling price most Bugera products are
considered "disposable". |
Carvin |
Carvin was founded in 1946 by Lowel C.
Kiesel, and for
many years made guitars and amplifiers. Their marketing
concept was unique in the music industry, as beginning in the
1970s they did not sell any products through music stores;
rather they only sold their goods by mail order directly to the
customer. For about the past
10 years, they have focused on offering only speaker cabinets,
line arrays, in-ear monitors, wireless microphones, and a few
pedals. Their factory in California closed in 2017,
and their current products are all manufactured by
subcontractors in China. Their guitar amp line is no more.
Therefore, unique parts for vintage Carvin amps can be very difficult to source. |
Crate |
Like Ampeg, Crate was part of the deal
when LOUD Technologies bought St. Louis Music in 2005.
LOUD Technologies didn't pursue producing Crate Amps after the
ownership change; rather, they simply sold the amplifier stock
that had been previously produced by SLM and then let the brand
die away. By 2009, Crate was declared to be a dead
brand. For remaining parts, visit our
Crate/Ampeg page here. There is a new website called
www.crate-amplifiers.com, but it is an AI-generated
clickbait scam to generate visits and make money for the owner through
ads. Crate is not back in business. |
Danelectro |
Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel
in 1947. Throughout the late 1940s through the 1960s, the
company produced amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and
Montgomery Ward, branded Silvertone and Airline respectively.
In 1966, Danelectro was sold to the Music Corporation of America
(MCA). In 1969, Danelectro closed down, burdened by MCA's
attempt to market their guitars to small guitar shops rather
than large department stores. In the late 1990s, importer the
Evets Corporation purchased the Danelectro brand name, marketing
recreations of old Silvertone and Danelectro guitars and newly
designed effects pedals and small amplifiers made in China.
We have the input jack available which was used on the
Dirty Thirty, Nifty Fifty and
Nifty Seventy - see this page:
https://www.amprepairparts.com/j506c.htm |
Diezel |
A small amp manufacturer in Germany who
builds high-end amplifiers. Some parts may be
obtained by contacting the company in Germany directly:
https://www.diezelamplification.com/contact/ In the
US, Diezel amps are built in Commerce, California by Boutique
Amps Distribution. For
a reverb tank cross-reference for some Diezel amps, see this
section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Dr. Z |
Founded in 1988 by Mike Zaite ("Dr. Z")
in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Z operates on a policy that amps should
be shipped to their factory for all repairs (both in and out of
warranty). As stated on their website, they do not
offer any parts. |
Eden Amplification |
Eden started in Minnesota in 1976 by
David Nordschow, but
became part of US Music Corp in 2003. Many people assume
the company was founded by a person named David Eden because
that name has been used on some amplifiers, but actually the
name Eden comes from Eden Prairie, Minnesota where the concept
began. In 2011, Eden
became part of Marshall, and production was shifted to England.
In 2021, Eden was sold to Gear4Music. Today's
products are all inexpensive (under $500) and built in China.
No parts support for the former Eden products such as the World Tour
series. |
Egnater Amplification |
Egnater was founded in Detroit,
Michigan by Bruce Egnater, formerly associated with Randall Amps.
Early models were built in Detroit, but production was soon
outsourced to Boutique Amp Distribution in Commerce, California. The
Egnater brand was dissolved in 2021,
so parts are not generally available. |
Epiphone |
See Gibson. For a reverb
tank cross-reference for Epiphone amps, see this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Fender |
Fender is the iconic brand of American
guitars and guitar amps. Of all of the amplifier brands,
Fender is still the brand with the greatest parts availability.
We carry a wide selection, starting from our
Fender page. However, not
every product that Fender has launched is repairable.
The smaller and less expensive amps such as the Mustang series,
G-DEC, Rumble, etc do not have parts support from Fender.
The earlier models of solid state amps from the 80s, 90s,and
2000s have some parts availability, but it is limited.
Tube amps from the 50s through today generally have good
availability of most parts. |
Friedman |
Founded in Los Angeles in 2008 by Dave
Friedman, various Friedman amps are Marshall-based, with design
elements from Bruce Egnater. No details on parts
from the company, but most products are straightforward, and
standard pots, jacks, capacitors, etc. can be used for repair. |
Genz Benz |
Genz Benz Amplifiers were designed in
Arizona between 1984 and 2015 by Jeff Genzler in Phoenix
Arizona. Production eventually was assigned to a factory in
Taiwan. In 2003, the company was purchased by Kaman
Corp. who were themselves acquired by Fender Musical Instrument
Co. in 2008 and the headquarters moved to Scottsdale Arizona,
home of the FMIC head offices. In 2013 Genz Benz ceased
production, and was succeeded in late 2015 by Genzler
Amplification founded by Jeff Genzler, now based in Brooklyn,
New York. Genzler has no relationship with the
original Genz Benz company other than having the same founder.
Genzler cannot supply parts for Genz Benz amps.
|
Gibson |
Classic manufacturer of
iconic guitars, but Gibson (& Epiphone) always seemed to come up
short against the likes of Fender and Marshall.
Parts can be very scarce. For a reverb tank
cross-reference for Gibson amps, see this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Harmony |
See Valco. |
Hiwatt |
Hiwatt started in England in 1966,
founded by Dave Reeves. It was a British design from the
ground up, not just a Marshall copy. After Dave
Reeves' untimely death in 1981, the Hiwatt company fell apart.
The name has been revived by BritAmpCo, but they of course do
not support vintage Hiwatt amps. |
Hughes & Kettner |
Founded in Germany in 1984 by brothers
Hans and Lothar Stamer, the company
was acquired by Musichaus Thomann in May, 2025.
Contact Hughes & Kettner directly for any specialized parts, at
https://hughes-and-kettner.com/contact-product-support/ |
Johnson Amplification |
Johnson Amplification was a subsidiary
of DigiTech by the Harman Music Group, which manufactured and
sold amplifiers using a design by John Johnson.
Johnson ceased operation in July 2002 and is no longer
manufacturing these products, however their amplifiers remain
quite popular in the after-market. If you consider
buying a Johnson amp, be aware that there is no support nor
parts availability. |
Kay |
See Valco. |
Kustom Amplification |
In the 1960s, Kustom Amps were born in
the little town of Chanute, Kansas by Bud Ross. The
concept included "tuck and roll" upholstery reminiscent of
classic cars. The amps were all solid state,
and utilized a system of standard PC boards (preamp, EQ,
effects, power amp, etc) which were plugged into long
multi-contact sockets inside the amps. In this way,
the same preamp or EQ board could be utilized in multiple amp
models, cutting down on production costs. Kustom
died out in the late 1970s, but the name was revived again about
20 years ago when Hanser Holdings in the Cincinnati area
reintroduced Kustom to the marketplace. As
with many amps, Kustom amps today are built in China, but some
parts for the new models are available from Hanser Holdings.
Contact customer service at 859.817.7103 to inquire about parts
availability. For a reverb tank cross-reference for Kustom
amps, see this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Laney Amplification |
Another of the British amplifier
companies who started in the heyday of the British Invasion.
Laney was founded by Lyndon Laney in 1967 in Birmingham,
England. The amps are still being produced and have
a loyal following, but like most British amps - parts are not
available from the company. For a reverb tank
cross-reference for a few Laney amps, see this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Line 6 |
Line 6 was a pioneer in amplifier
modeling. Founded in 1996 in California, Line 6 became
part of Yamaha in 2013. They sell some parts on
their website:
https://shop-us.line6.com/hardware/parts-and-accessories/?page=1
You can call them at (818) 575-3600 to inquire about other
parts. Complete boards are not available to consumers. |
Madison Amplifiers |
Madison amps were built in Colorado,
with some models produced in China. The Divinity and
Divinity II were their most popular models. Most
models were clones of Marshall or other British style
amplifiers. Madison started in 2009 and lasted about
a decade. They are no longer in business. |
Marshall Amplification |
Marshall was founded by Jim Marshall in
Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England in 1962. During
the 1960s and 1970s, Marshall grew in popularity among rock
musicians, and the "Marshall sound" became a standard of rock
music. For 50 years, Marshall was the gold standard in
British amplifiers. In addition, Marshall was, like
Fender, very good about supplying parts for their amps.
Sadly, Jim Marshall passed away in 2010. After that
time, Marshall started to struggle a bit. Jim's family ran
the company for awhile, but eventually sold it to Zounds, Inc of
Sweden. It was at that time that parts support
shut down. In 2025, the company became part of
Hongshan Holdings of China. There is still no parts
support from the company at this time. We
carry many parts used in Marshall amps (jacks, pots, capacitor
kits, hardware, etc) because we buy directly from the companies
who supply Marshall. However, some exclusive
Marshall parts are unfortunately no longer available.
See our Marshall parts page here. |
Matchless Amplifiers |
Matchless Amplifiers was founded in
1989 by Mark Sampson and Rick Perotta. The company started in
Perotta's home in Hollywood, California. Steve Goodale and Chris
Perrotta were also key initial partners. The company saw great
success in the early 1990s, meeting the demand for sonically
consistent and structurally reliable tube amplifiers. Their
flagship amp is the DC-30, an EL-84 amplifier based on the Vox
AC30. By the late 1990s, Matchless began to decline
financially due to over-expansion and market declines. In 1999,
Matchless filed for bankruptcy. Phil Jamison, a Matchless
employee from 1992 to 1997, acquired the company in 2000 and has
been the chief operating officer (COO) ever since.
For the reverb tank for the Matchless Chieftan, see the
information here:
https://www.amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide
For other specialized parts, contact Matchless Amplifiers at
sales@matchlessamplifiers.com |
Mesa/Boogie Ltd
|
Mesa/Boogie was founded by Randall Smith in 1969 in
Petaluma, California, and remains there to this day.
Mesa was purchased by Gibson in 2021, marking the first
successful time
that Gibson was ever involved in producing "real" guitar
amplifiers for the professional musician. Randall Smith
retired from the company in 2024 at the age of 78.
Parts are generally available. The downside of
working on Mesa/Boogie amps is the difficulty in removing the PC
boards due to extensive overlay wiring, and the plentiful use of
switching relays in the design, making trouble-shooting a bit
difficult. For parts, see our
Mesa/Boogie page. |
Music Man |
Forrest White and Tom Walker formed the
kernel of Music Man in 1971 with a company name Tri-Sonix.
Leo Fender became a silent partner in this new venture, because
he had a 10-year "no compete" clause with CBS. By 1974 the
company name was changed to Music Man. By 1975 the
no-compete clause had expired in Leo Fender's contract with CBS,
and he was named president. The company built
amplifiers, guitars and basses. Most of the amps were
hybrid designs with a solid-state preamp and tube power amp
section. Music Man was bought by Ernie Ball in 1984
and renamed Ernie Ball Music Man. Guitar and bass
production continued, but amplifier manufacturing was
discontinued at that time. We have capacitor kits,
knobs, footswitches, handles, pots, and reverb tanks for certain
Music Man models. See the individual product type
pages for these items. |
National |
See Valco. |
Orange |
Founded by Cliff Cooper in London in
1968. Gibson owned the company briefly from
1993-1997, but Gibson-produced amps were not commercially
successful and Cliff Cooper regained control in 1997.
For a selection of parts, see our Orange
Amp page. |
Peavey Electronics |
Peavey was founded by Hartley Peavey in
1965. Peavey's original plan to keep prices low was a
production concept known as "vertical integration".
This means that the manufacturer owns the majority of the
facilities needed to build the products, all the way back to the
raw materials. In the early days, for example,
Peavey owned sawmills so that they could produce their own
lumber for cabinets, rather than buy lumber at a higher price
from a middle man. Peavey also produced their own
speakers, rather than purchase Eminence, Celestion, or JBL
speakers. Over the years, however, competition from
Chinese-produced music products required Peavey to also start
producing their products in China. Parts have always
been available from Peavey, although after Hartley Peavey
retired a few years ago some parts are not as readily available
as they once were. Our
Peavey parts page is here. |
Randall Amplifiers |
Randall was founded in Irvine,
California in 1969 by Don Randall, a former Vice President and
General Manager of Fender. Don Randall owned the company
until it was sold to US Music Corp in the mid-1990s.
Early Randall models were all solid-state designs.
Later, in cooperation with Bruce Egnater of Egnater Amplifier
fame, some tube models were designed with modular circuitry.
Mike Fortin of Fortin Amplification also worked with Randall
from 2011 until 2015. Today, Randall amps are all
manufactured in China. Meanwhile, US Music Corp
became Jam Industries (now called Exertis Jam), and still owns
Randall. Parts for Randall amps are difficult
to source. You may contact the company by filling
out the online inquiry form here:
https://www.randallamplifiers.com/contact-us/
For a reverb tank cross-reference for a few Randall amps, see
this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Roland Corporation |
Roland was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi
in Osaka, Japan in 1972. Over the years, Roland has
produced electronic keyboards, guitar amplifiers, and effects
units. They also own the Boss brand of guitar
effects pedals. Among electronic musical equipment
manufacturers, Roland is the most unique in that all of their
parts such as jacks, pots, etc are uniquely designed and
produced so that no other standard part will fit.
Even their jacks have a unique thread for the nuts, so that the
nut must be sourced from Roland. In addition, they
will only sell parts to their authorized service centers - no
exceptions. Non-Roland service shops and
consumers cannot purchase parts from Roland. For a
reverb tank cross-reference for Roland amps, see this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Sears / Silvertone |
See Danelectro. |
Soldano Custom
Amplification |
Soldano was born in Los Angeles in
1986, a passion of founder Mike Soldano. Soldano
amps are PC board-based, with hand-wired pots, switches, jacks,
much like Marshall JCM800 and JCM900 designs. Mike Soldano
was ready to retire in 2019 and sold the company to Boutique Amp
Distribution, which continues to produce the amps today in
Commerce, California. Most parts such as jacks,
pots, switches, fuse holders, etc can be replaced with standard
components from our website. |
Sunn Musical
Equipment Company |
Sunn was founded in 1964 by the
Sundholm brothers, Norm and Conrad. Norm Sundholm
was the bass player for the Kingsmen, of the song "Louie,
Louie" fame. Norm found that his bass amp was
not loud enough to fill large concert halls as the Kingsmen
started a national tour after the success of Louie, Louie.
Together with his brother Conrad and the design skills of David
Hafler, they started building Sunn amplifiers.
Fender acquired Sunn in 1985, with the intent of continuing to
build Sunn amps along with Fender amps in the Lake Oswego,
Oregon Sunn factory. Fender shut down the Sunn
operation in 2002. In 2023, Sunn Musical Equipment
Company was revived again in the facilities of Mission
Engineering of Petaluma, California. Classic
reproductions of former Sunn products are being produced.
Stay tuned for parts availability. For a reverb tank
cross-reference for a few vintage Sunn amps, see this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Supro |
See Valco. |
SWR Sound Corporation |
SWR was founded in 1984 in Sylmar,
California by Steve W. Rabe, whose initials form the name of the
company. Steve Rabe had previously worked at
Acoustic Control Corporation. As times were getting
tough at Acoustic, Rabe decided to form his own amplifier
company. Steve Rabe sold the company to accountant
Daryl Jamison in 1997, and Jamison then sold the company to
Fender in 2003. Fender made SWR amps until
2013, when SWR production ceased. We offer
some limited SWR replacment parts, including reverb tanks,
cabinet hardware, fans, and schematics. For a reverb tank
cross-reference for a couple of SWR amps, see this section:
https://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Trace Elliot |
Trace Elliot was founded in 1979 by
Fred Friedlein in Romford, Essex, England. The brand was
sold to Kaman Music Corporation in the United States in 1992.
In 1997, Kaman sold the company back to a group of Trace Elliot
directors and shareholders. The next year, the brand
was sold to Gibson. In 2002, the US factory was
closed and over 200 staff were laid off. In April, 2005,
Trace Elliot became part of Peavey. We carry a few
Trace Elliot parts - replacement fan, and some hardware.
Otherwise, Peavey is the parts source for Trace Elliot.
Contact
customerservice@traceelliot.com |
Traynor Amps |
Traynor was founded in 1963 by Peter
Traynor in Toronto, Canada. Peter was an amplifier
repairman working at the Long & McQuade Music store, and started
to design amplifiers and speaker cabinets. The
corporation Yorkville Sound was formed as the owner of Traynor,
as a partnership between Peter Traynor and Jack Long, the owner
of the music store where Peter worked. Parts are not
readily available for Traynor products, as Traynor offers repair
services in Canada for all of their products. We do
have some reverb tanks in stock for certain Traynor models.
See this section on our website for more information:
https://www.amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#guide |
Univox |
Univox was a musical instrument brand
of Unicord from the early 1960s, when they purchased the
Amplifier Corporation of America of Westbury, New York, and
began to market a line of guitar amplifiers. Univox also
distributed guitars by Matsumoku, effects units by Shin-Ei
Companion, and synthesizers by Crumar and Korg. In 1985,
the Wickes Companies sold Unicord to Korg, and the Univox brand
was phased out. |
Valco |
Valco was formed in 1940 by three
business partners and former owners of the National Dobro
Company; Victor Smith, Al Frost, and Louis Dopyera. The company
name was a combination of the three partner's first initials (V.A.L.)
plus the common abbreviation for company (Co.) Valco
manufactured and sold electric resonators, lap steels, classical
guitars and vacuum tube amplifiers under a variety of brand
names including Supro, Airline, National and Oahu. They also
made amplifiers under contract for several other companies such
as Gretsch, Harmony, and Kay. Valco merged with Kay
Musical Instrument Company in 1967; however financial
difficulties forced the merged company to fold the following
year. |
Vox Amplification Ltd |
Vox is a British musical equipment
manufacturer founded in 1957 by Thomas Walter Jennings in
Dartford, Kent, England. The company is most famous for making
the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, used by The Beatles, The Rolling
Stones, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Queen, Dire Straits, U2, and
Radiohead. For an online museum of Vox models, see
this page:
https://www.voxshowroom.com/ Since 1992, Vox has been
owned by the Japanese electronics firm Korg. For a
selection of parts for Vox amps, see this page:
https://www.amprepairparts.com/vox.htm |
Yamaha Corporation |
Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. was established
in 1887 as a reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha. They
manufactured the first piano to be made in Japan in 1900.
Although their products carried the 'Yamaha' brand name, the
company was not officially known as Yamaha Corporation until the
100th anniversary of its founding in 1987. Today, Yamaha s
the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company,
including pianos, drums, guitars, brass instruments, woodwinds,
violins, violas, cellos, and vibraphones, and is also a leading
manufacturer of semiconductors, audio/visual, computer-related
products, sporting goods, home appliances, specialty metals, and
industrial robots. For many years, they built
solid-state guitar amplifiers but that portion of their business
has been toned down in more recent times. Yamaha has
acquired Line 6 and Ampeg in the past ten years or so, and is
content to let those subsidiaries cater to the guitar and bass
amplifier market. Many vintage Yamaha parts
can be obtained, but a Yamaha part number is required in order
to purchase from us on special order. See
our Yamaha Parts
page for more information. |
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