Ampeg
Sign in to saveAmpeg ("amplified peg") is a manufacturer best known for its bass amplifiers.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Ampeg
- Company.former_name
- Michael-Hull Electronic Labs
- Company.logo
- Ampeg Logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.founder
- Everett Hull, Stanley Michaels
- Company.location
- Calabasas, California, US
- Company.area_served
- Global
- Company.industry
- Musical instruments
- Company.products
- Bass & guitar amps Electric & acoustic upright bassespickups Bass guitars Electric guitars
- Company.parent
- Yamaha Corporation
- Company.subsid
- Dan Armstrong
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years (1946―1959)
- Growing pains and a changing market (1960―1967)
- Ampeg enters the rock market (1967―1970)
- Changes in ownership (1971―1985)
- St. Louis Music and LOUD (1986―2018)
- Amplifiers
- Ampeg Portaflex
- Reverberocket
- Super Valve Technology
- Recent amplifiers (after 1990s)
- Collectability and playability
- Instruments and accessories
- Baby Bass
- {{visible anchor|Horizontal Bass}} and {{visible anchor|Devil Bass}}
- Dan Armstrong "see-through"
- Stud series
- Hagström distribution
- Effects pedals & Accessories
- Recent instruments (after 1990s)
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Ampeg ("amplified peg") is a manufacturer best known for its bass amplifiers.
Originally established in 1946 in Linden, New Jersey by Everett Hull and Stanley Michaels as "Michael-Hull Electronic Labs," today Ampeg is part of the Yamaha Guitar Group. Although specializing in the production of bass amplifiers, Ampeg has previously manufactured guitar amplifiers and pickups and instruments including double basses, bass guitars, and electric guitars.