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info    updated 25/10/2011

King

Budget line.

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King amplifier

King Amplification

Since 2005. Valve combos by Val King, San Jose, California.

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Kingdom

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Kingdom combo amplifier

Kingsley amplifiers

Kingsley make amps and tube effects pedals. Maple Ridge, British Columbia,  Canada

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Kingston

1958-1967. Japanese solidstate amplifiers.  Kingston was a brand of Westheimer. [Source: Wikianswers]

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Kingston amp

Kitchen-Marshall

Kitchen Marshall name plate

Kitchen's of Leeds was a large retailer. A side business was fitting out clubs  with PA. Jim Marshall agreed to make gear for Kitchen who insisted that his name must appear on the equipment.  They compromised on the name Kitchen-Marshall brand and made PAs and guitar cabinets for 2 or 3 years.

Private brand made by Marshall for Kitchen Music.  This began in 1966. [Source: Jim Marshall, Father of Loud by Rich Malloof ]

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Kitchen Marshall amplifier head

Kitty Hawk

1980s/1990s.

Kitty Hawk was the German importer of Dumbles (for a short while). The amp chassis were built in the US, and shipped to Germany without transformers or cabinets, and the cabinets and iron were installed in Germany. Kitty Hawk later made some amps of their own design, that appeared to borrow pretty heavily from Dumble and Mesa-Boogie (sometimes both, in the same amp !). The production Kitty Hawks (imported into the US by LPMG) were not Dumble or Mesa based. [Source The Gear Page]

? still in production http://www.avantgart.com/kittyhawk/

Kitty Hawk schematics

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

http://www.blueguitar.org/schems.htm

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Kitty Hawk guitar amp Kitty Hawk amp

KJL Amps

Since 1995, Kenny Lannes.

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KJL amp

KK Audio

Kurt Koesler began KK Audio in 1976, on a back lot at Columbia Pictures in Hollywood.

KK Audio equipment was on the Dark Side of the Moon with Pink Floyd, and with the Moody Blues at the loudest concert ever performed––over 135 db, according to the Guinness Book of Records. [Source: KK Audio]

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KK Audio Mercury Galazy Series

KLD

KLD Guitars. Amps, PAN amplification attenuators. Made in China

Klein

Klein Pickups is a Full Time Guitar Pickup Building Facility Which Builds the Best Vintage Hand Wound Custom Guitar Pickups. Dallas, Texas

Klemt

see Echolette

Klon

Centaur overdrive out of production Dec 2009.

Klon Centaur blog by Dan Kern

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Klon Siberia

KMD

KMD Sound Electronics, 1980s line of amps by Kaman. Effects made also. Examples on eBay have amps made in UK and Korea.

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http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/brand/KMD

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KMD GS 130 SD Transistor, Made in England

KMD GS 130 SD Amplifer head KMD Sound Electronics USA KMD made in England

KMD Flanger and Overdrive (Made in Japan)

KMD Flanger effects pedal KMD Ocerdrive effects pedal

Knight

Knight PA amps, Allied Radio Corporation

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Knox

Have seen Knox brand mentioned with Made in USA per picture below (this model included a made in Japan speaker) and also Knox is mentioned in a forum as Made in Japan.

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Knox guitar combo amplifier

Koch

Koch - All tube amps, The Netherlands

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Koch amplifier

Komet

Komet amps, since 1999. Holger Notzel and Michael Kennedy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Komet schematics

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

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Komet amplifier

Kona

Since 2001.

Korg

Korg was originally Keio Electronic Laboratories, founded 1962 by Tsutomu Kato.  Released first product in 1963 - the electro-mechanical rhythm machine - Donca-matic DA-20.  In 1967 Kato collborated with Fumio Mieda to build keyboards. Their prototype programmable organ was named Korg (combo of Keio and Organ).  In 1973 Korg produced their first synthesizer - the MiniKorg.  Yamaha controlled the company from 1987 until Korg bought their stock back in 1993. [Source: Rave Magazine #838]

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

Korg Product Manuals

http://www.britishaudioservice.com/manuals.shtml

Korg schematics

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

Image Korg Classic Overdrive eBay:

Korg Toneworks 105 OD Classic Overdrive effects pedal

Kramer

Kramer amps ? by Mad Company

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Kramer combo amplifier Kramer Mad Company

Krank Amplification

Krank amplifiers have been made since 1996. Tony Dow, Tempe, Arizona.

Tube amps, effects

"All of our products are made right here in Tempe, Arizona U.S.A.

Eminence makes all of the speakers we use in our cabinets in Eminence, Kentucky U.S.A.

Krank amp dating

The serial numbers do not generally indicate the date of manufacture.

Most items are dated internally, you'll find a sticker on the end of or inside the chassis with the date of the initial build, a time log of when the amplifier went through the burn in and testing process, and a final test date.

Speaker cabinets, as far as I know, do not have any dates indicated on them. [Source: Patrick, Krank amps, emails 11 & 12/8/2009]

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Krank mini amplifier stack

Kustom

Founded by Bud Ross in the mid 1960s

logo dates http://www.broadwaymusicco.com/kustom1.htm

pictures http://www.combo-organ.com/Kustom/index.htm

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

Kustom amp catalogs http://www.vintagekustom.com/

http://www.broadwaymusicco.com/kustom2.htm

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Prepal prices for Kustom

Images 1972 Kustom amp, mid 70s I Lead eBay

1972 Kustom amplifier head Kustom Chanute Kansas

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