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Eleca

Wuhan Eleca Electronics Co Ltd was established in December 1995, a Sino-US joint venture. Instruments made in China.

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Electar

Sice 1996. Gibson owned brand. Epiphone made a line with this model name (Epiphone still on amp - see Epiphone) in 1930s.

Electar schematics

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schempage.php?cat=1

Electar amp schematics

Reviews are at Harmony Central

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Electra

Electra effects pedals were made in Japan.

http://www.locobox.com/electra.html

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Electra forum

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Electravox

Australian made amps from 1950s and 60s. [Source: Ozvalve amps] Distributed by Australian Musical Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria.

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Electric

Focused on 120 + watt Amps and Large Speaker Cabs for pro musicians.  USA

Image courtesy of Tom - Harmony Central Forum

Electric Wood

Electric Wood amps.

Electric Wood, Inc. (EWI) was a small manufacturing company based in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, specializing in building vintage tube guitar amplifiers in elegant hand crafted exotic hardwood speaker cabinets. Since the early 1990s, repairing and refurbishing tube amplifiers. In 1996, began building exotic wood combo cabinets for these vintage amps, affectionately known as "Electric Woodies".

Images Electric Wood studio A amp ebay.

Electro

Info from ebay: - Up until 1965 Radio & Television Equipment Co and Electro String were distributors and manufacturers of a range of musical items including Rickenbacker. Similar to Fender and Gibson at the time they had dealerships in various areas which precluded them selling their wares to other stores in the area. Now to get around it they rebadged the equipment under another name. Fender - > White, Gibson - > Epiphone and Rickenbacker - > Electro. Unlike now, these items were built on exactly the same production lines as the main name items to the same standards.

Now in the case of the Electro M-8E it gets even better, because there was a change between the Rickenbacker M-8 and the Electro M-8E, they swapped the 6AV6 pre-amp in the Rickenbacker for a 12AX7 in the Epiphone. Did I hear someone say Fender Tweed Champ – yep exactly the same valve and speaker configuration. True point to point wiring, check out the chassis shot. This is what vintage valve amp hounds rave about. The circuit uses a 5Y3 rectifier, 12AX7 (7025) pre-amp and a 6V6 power valve.

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ElectroGlide

Electro Glide amps by Bill Gill, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Electroharmonix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-Harmonix

search at http://www.vintageguitar.com

http://www.big-muff.net/

Big Muff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Muff

Small Stone http://www.pedalarea.com/small_stone.htm

Electroharmonix Schematics

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schempage.php?cat=1

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Electromuse

Electromuse was an American maker of musical instruments that operated in the 1940s and 1950s. [Source: Wikipedia ] Amps may have been made by Valco. [Source: Wiki Answers ]

Electromuse Schematics

Electro Music

Electro Music amps were made for WH Paling music stores, Sydney and Brisbane.

Example of 1938 Electro Music amp with  12 inch Magnavox speaker ebay:

Electronic Enterprises

Images Electronic Enterprises mp, Montreal Canada ebay Oct 2011

Electroplex

Electroplex amps were made by Don Morris, Brea, California, USA

Electroplex flyer Rocket 90 1995

Electroplex schematics

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image Electroplex Rocket 50 combo Digimart:

Electrosonic

"We do not have a formal serial numbering system. All of our stuff is hand built, so they all differ slightly. production dates can be found hand written inside the cabs of all of the amps and cabs, next to the builder's signature."

[Source: Josh, Electrosonic email 7/2/2007]

According to a discussion at the Gear Page in May 2010 Electrosonic amps are no longer in production.  They were made in Boonville, IN, USA

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Examples of Electrosonic custom amplifiers from the internet archive

Electrovoice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-Voice

http://www.prosoundweb.com/install/commentary/kc/ev/timecapsule.shtm

Elektor

Elektor schematics

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schempage.php?cat=1

Elfa

Elfa (Electric Factory) is a distributor in Australia.  Have seen a few examples of Elfa amps mentioned in Australia.

Elfa amp image ebay Oct 2011

Elgen

Elgen amplifiers - ? made in UK

Elgen amplifier schematics

http://www.schematicheaven.com/post70s.htm

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image 1970ish Elgen Lead amplifier from eBay:

El Grande

Image El Grande amp by Valco mid 1950s ebay

Japanese made by Elk Gakki Co late 1960s

http://www.drtube.com/guitamp.htm#Elk

http://tix.gozaru.jp/stompbox.html

Elk schematics

http://www.drtube.com/guitamp.htm

http://www.schematicheaven.com/post70s.htm

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Elmwood

Elmwood amps are made in Sweden.

Elmwood amps forum

http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/

Elpico

Elpico amps were made from the early 1950s by Lee Products of Elpico House, London [Source: Vintage Hofner ]

http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/

EMC

EMC - Electronic Music Corp, Cleveland, Ohio, USA1960s/70s

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image EMC Rockin Roller amp, Sonic Circus. Thumb of EMC S300 eBay (click to enlarge)

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Emery Sound

Since 1997. Curt Emery, El Cerrito, California.

http://www.vintageguitar.com/features/gear/details.asp?AID=3163

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image Emery Sound

Eminar

Eminar amps were made in Melbourne, Australia in the 1970s. [Source: Oz Valve amps]

Dating Eminar amps

Based on the photos below it would appear that Eminar amps can be dated from the serial number (first 2 numbers are the year of production) and if you open it up the date of manufacture will be written in oil pen on the chassis.

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Images Eminar valve amps eBay:

Eminence

http://www.guitaramplifiermagazine.com/pub/2005/premier_issue/eminence.html

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Empress Effects

Handmade effects from Ottowa, Ontario, Canada

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Emrad

Emrad were originally located in Littleton, the next town South from Englewood, Colorado and their principal product was a very nice and compact 100 watt guitar amp, at least as compact as it could be with a JBL D130 inside.
: The original of this amp was built for jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, who wanted a "flat response" amp instead of the built in "smiley face" sound that he heard in Fender and Gibson amps of the time.

: Emrad was pretty much a one man company run by R.E. "Ev" Evans, who built a complete custom backline for the band Sugarloaf ("Green Eyed Lady"), and a lot of custom gear for the Dirt Band in the early 70s.

: He later moved the shop to an abandoned bowling alley location in Englewood, and continued to do electronics repairs until he retired. [Source: Lee Brenkman ]

http://vintageguitarz.blogspot.com/2007/11/1966-johnny-smith-gibson-and-emard-amp.html

Encore

Vintage valve amp - found on eBay

Engl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engl

Engl schematics

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schempage.php?cat=1

Engl Schematics

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Engl forum http://lordriffenstein.netfirms.com/phpbb/nfphpbb/index.php

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English Electronics

Amps made by Valco 1950s and 60s.  Norman English Sales Inc Lansing, Michigan USA

Image 1944 English Electronics amp eBay:

Epifani

Epifani was started by Nick Epifani in 1994. Bass cabinets and amps

Epiphone

1966 Epiphone amp catalog http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/resources.php

Epiphone schematics

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schempage.php?cat=1

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image left taken by Jedistar Chicago Music Exchange 2008:

Epiphone Electar Model M were made 1936 to 1939 in USA. Pre-War Epiphone amplifiers were reportedly built by Nate Daniels, later of Danelectro fame. [Source and images courtesy of Enzo Puliti, email 25/2/2012]

Ernst

Ernst amps and preamps from the Netherlands

Erwood

Erwood Sound Equipment Co, Chicago Illinois USA

Images Erwood Sound Equipment amplifier ebay Oct 20122

Esteben

Brand of a cheap 10 watt practice amp

Esteben amp reviews

Estey

1960s. Magnatone Electronics and Estey Organ Company - later Estey Electronics, Torrance California USA.

http://www.vibroworld.com/magnatone/archive.html

Estey made amplifiers for EKO - catalog

Reviews are at Harmony Central

Image Magnatone by Estey Electronics eBay:

Eston

Eston amps were made in Australia by the Lamberti Brothers, who also made Rex amps.  General Music was Lamberti Bros' manufacturing division. [Source: Grouse Guitars] 1960s

Image Eston Super 20 Gumtree.

Etone

Australian made speakers.

In 1960, an RCA engineer named Victor Kay (Snr) moved to Sydney from Brazil and went to work for AWA.

Import duties on imported speakers at that time was around 45%, so Victor made his own 12-inch and 15-inch speakers in 1963 under the name of ‘Lafayette’.

Victor formed the ETONE company in the late sixties to manufacture speakers. They still do to this very day. [Source: Awesome article by Colin Baldwin]

Euphonic Audio

EA amps, Euphonic Amps

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Europa

http://www.geocities.com/stompbox2001/french.htm

Evans

This Evans Super Echo was found on eBay Feb 2010.  The seller thought it was Australian however from one example I have found some if not all were made in Japan.  However from a US forum there are suggestions that it looks like a Multivox MX-312 0r 201.
Same knobs, printing (echo tone, etc.) and chassis.

The matter was clarified per: "I can assure you without a doubt that Evans is a Japanese company, and that all Evans and Multivox products were made in Japan. The back panel on many of my Evans echoes (I own four distinct models) clearly states “Evans Corporation (Tokyo, Japan)”. You can check them out here: www.estecho.com/gear_echos.php

The ‘Multivox’ brand name as found in the US was basically a rebrand for foreign market. I don’t think they ever built or designed anything, and I know for sure that Evans built the Multivox MX-312 for them." [Source: J.F. www.estecho.com ]

Another example from the ? late 1970s

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Evans

"Evans Custom Amplifiers started manufacturing amps in 1962.

The amps are now made in Burlington, NC and the company is owned by Scot Buffington.

Dating Evans Amplifiers

You can determine the date of manufacture by the serial number.

From 1980 - 1994 they were numbered with an 8000 designation. In 1980 they started numbering the amps with 8000 and built 40-70 per year.

In 1994 Ed Buffington purchased Evans Custom Amplifiers from Derrell Stephens, of Shreveport, LA, who had bought it from Jim Evans, the founder, several years before. The serial numbers started at 941023-A, designation yymmdd-letter.

In 2000 the main manufacturing facility moved from McLeansville, NC to Burlington, NC and serial numbers started with 0001-1, designation yyww-# (w = week). Serial numbers were usually located on the back panel of the electronics metal work." [Source: Julia & Scot Buffington, Evans Custom Amplifiers, 2734 Woodbury Drive, Burlington, NC, email 11/9/2011]

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Evil Robot

see Fretted Americana

Excelsior

Exelsior amplifiers were made by Sano of New Jersey Our Mission Impossible

see Sano

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