| A wide range of instrument amplifiers is now | | | | Korg Corporation is a Japanese multinational |
| available, some for general purposes and some | | | | corporation that manufactures electronic musical |
| designed for specific instruments and even for | | | | instruments and guitar tuners. The company is |
| particular sounds. Traditional guitar amplifiers come | | | | one of the most widely used and respected |
| up with a clean, warm sound, a sharp treble roll | | | | names in the electronic music world. Founded in |
| off at 5 kHz or less and bass roll off at 60 to100 | | | | 1962 in Japan by Tsutomu Kato and Tadashi |
| Hz, often with built in reverb and tremolo units. | | | | Osanai, Korg was originally known as Keio |
| Bass amplifiers have extended bass response and | | | | Electronic Laboratories because its fledgling offices |
| tone controls optimized for bass guitars (or more | | | | were located near the Keio train line in Tokyo and |
| rarely, for upright bass). | | | | Keio can be formed by combining the first letters |
| Higher end bass amplifiers sometimes include | | | | of Kato and Osanai. Yamaha Corporation has |
| compressor or limited features, which help to | | | | always been a major partner of Korg, supplying |
| keep the amplifier from distorting at high volume | | | | them with circuitry and mechanical parts. |
| levels. Keyboard amplifiers have a very low | | | | Marshall Amplification |
| distortion and extended flat frequency response in | | | | Marshall Amplification is a British company which |
| both directions. Keyboard amplifiers often have a | | | | designs and manufactures electric guitar amplifiers. |
| simple onboard mixer, so that keyboardists can | | | | Marshall Amplifiers are well known and highly |
| control the tone and level of several keyboards. | | | | popular among guitarists. Marshall Amplifiers were |
| Acoustic amplifiers are designed specifically to | | | | originally built as direct copies of Fender amplifiers, |
| produce a clean, transparent, acoustic sound when | | | | but soon incorporated certain traits which made |
| used with acoustic instruments with built in | | | | them more favorable to guitarists seeking a |
| transducer pickups and microphones. | | | | heavier sound. Like most professional level |
| Some well known brands of guitar amplifiers | | | | amplifiers, Marshall amplifiers still use valve preamp |
| While there are almost innumerable manufacturers | | | | and power amplifier stages instead of solid state |
| of guitar amplifiers, we will be discussing the most | | | | devices. Marshall also manufactures cheaper |
| important brands that have created history in | | | | solid-state or hybrid devices. |
| guitar amplification. | | | | Vox |
| Carvin Corporation | | | | Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer, which is |
| The Carvin Corporation is a musical instrument | | | | most famous for making the AC30 guitar |
| and equipment manufacturer, located in San | | | | amplifier and the Vox electric organ. Founded in |
| Diego, California, well known among guitar players | | | | Great Britain, Vox is now owned by the Japanese |
| for their guitars. Carvin was founded in 1946 by | | | | electronics firm Korg. In 1959, with sales under |
| Lowell Kiesel, and originally manufactured guitar | | | | pressure from the more powerful Fender Twin |
| pickups. Carvin Corporation manufactures acoustic | | | | and from The Shadows, who requested amplifiers |
| and electric guitars, bass guitars and accessories, | | | | with more power, Vox produced what was |
| amplifiers, live studio sound equipments, | | | | essentially a double powered AC15 and named it |
| microphones and lighting gears. | | | | the AC30. |
| Korg Corporation | | | | |