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The makers

Find your maker.

The archive holds 18 amplifier makers. Each has its own dating logic — serial plates, tube charts, component codes, or an honest admission that the number says nothing.

18 makers
AmpegUSA · 1946–2023 · Serial numbers · 21 modelsFenderUSA · 1946–1987 · Serial numbers · 38 modelsGibson (amps)USA · 1935–2011 · Codes only · 12 modelsGretsch (amps)USA · 1940–1968 · Mixed coverage · 10 modelsHiwattUnited Kingdom · 1966–1984 · Serial numbers · 13 modelsKustomUSA · 1965–1980 · Serial numbers · 11 modelsMagnatone (Estey)USA · 1946–1967 · Codes only · 10 modelsMarshallUnited Kingdom · 1962–1997 · Serial numbers · 20 modelsMesa/BoogieUSA · 1985–2008 · Codes only · 17 modelsOrangeUnited Kingdom · 1969–1979 · Mixed coverage · 18 modelsPeaveyUSA · 1966–1990 · Mixed coverage · 20 modelsPremier (Multivox)USA · 1937–1974 · Codes only · 12 modelsSilvertone (Danelectro / Sears)USA · 1949–1968 · Codes only · 10 modelsStandelUSA · 1953–2007 · Honest no_data · 5 modelsSunnUSA · 1963–2002 · Codes only · 14 modelsSupro / ValcoUSA · 1940–1968 · Serial numbers · 10 modelsTraynorCanada · 1963–1971 · Serial numbers · 10 modelsVoxUnited Kingdom · 1960–1970 · Mixed coverage · 18 models
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