Fender Amplifier History

[technoguy]

In 1946 Clarence Leo Fender began building guitar amplifiers in Fullerton, California. He first targeted country players, and spent a lot of time in consultation with musicians to improve his designs. He initially trained as an electrical engineer, and was never much of a musician, so this process of consultation was his main guide through the years to development of his designs. As we shall see, it often lead to truly significant improvements to amplifier design, although it occaisionally lead him down the wrong path. All of Leo's designs were based on the research developed and released to the public domain by Western Electric in the 30s, and used vacuum tubes for amplification

[vipl]

The Fender Amp is a true piece of American history in craftsmanship and design and of course, more importantly, just plain 'ole Electric Guitar Rock n' Roll coolness! There is nothing like an old Fender Amp to fill your soul with tone as you simply plug in, turn it all the way up, and experience sound at it's most innocent stage. Fender currently offers an amazing variety of amps in all stages of technology old and new, from jazz and clean country to stingin' blues and metal a-go-go. The vision and memory of an incredible music pioneer affectionately known and instantly recognized just by Leo lives on.

[New Line]

I've played guitar for 5 years now and have tried/owned almost every amp, and to be honest Fender amps cant even be compared in quality to Marshall amps. However Fender makes the best guitars besides Gibson Les Pauls.