tube amplifiers

Lyndon Laney built his first amplifier in his father’s garden shed with little thought of turning his craft into a business. That was the case until his friends began requesting his amps. His creative side fueled his passion for manufacturing and the Laney Amplification Company was born. Since the early 1970s the company, based in the United Kingdom, has enjoyed distribution channels around the world and a steady growing reputation for innovative solid state as well as tube amps. His pride for the company and products is only surpassed by the pride he has in handing the business over to his son James. 

Aspen Pittman grew up in the 1960s as a student of the folk music movement. He studied the art form and performed on every type of string instrument there was to play. During high school he and a buddy got a job delivering organs for a retailer that was just about to open a rock and roll retail shop called Guitar Center. Aspen joined the company within the first six months of its opening and remained in retail until 1973 when he became a sales rep for Acoustic Corp. Over the next several years he outlined goals for his own company, which opened in 1979 called Groove Tubes.
 

Bruce Zinky loves playing guitar, but even at a young age he realized he enjoyed modifying instruments for himself and his friends. The Fender custom shop hired him in the early 1990s to work on guitar amplifiers. With a few design ideas of his own, Bruce set out to create his own company, which was established on the strength of the Smokey Amp; one of his early products. The small (cigarette-pack-sized) amplifier began as a joke among his friends, but soon caught on as an innovative product. In 2005 Bruce purchased the Supro name, one of the music industry’s historic brands, and launched a new line of products under the Supro name.