Did/does Gallien-Krueger make Guitar Amps?

I think they did a long time ago. Not sure if they do anymore. Maybe an expert will chime in with better info.

 

I remember GK guitar rigs from the 80s, I know Boon Gould (Level 42) played through one. Don't know about the current situation though.

 

GK does not sell guitar products.

 

They did in fact make a few guitar amps a couple of decades ago. I gigged a few times with a guy who had one of the little ghetto blaster sized ones:

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar+Amp/product/Gallien-Krueger/200G/10/1

 

I'm doing a gig tonight with a guitarist who has a little GK mini guitar amp he uses to power his talkbox. Nice little amp, not my favorite, but very good for its size and architecture.

 

http://www.gallien-krueger.com/info_innovations.html

 

They made PA gear too. I don't know about PA cabs, but one of the venues I play frequently has an old GK PA head/mixer combo.

 

I played with a guitarist in the mid 80's who had one. It was very small with two 8" speakers side-by-side IIRC. It sounded fantastic.

 

They may not currently sell guitar amps, but back in the 80's and 90's they sure did.

 

Not any more, they used to. In fact they made all kinds of amps. Keyboard, guitar, P.A. as well as bass. They found their niche in bass amps. and stuck with it.

 

That little amp that was the size of a clock radio (w/2 speakers) was amazingly loud and had very good tone considering its' size

 

They also made at least one full sized guitar amp head and a guitar preamp. I knew a guitarist who had both.

 

I didn't read every post so forgive me if someone beat me to it. It's a keyboard amp. And for keys they are incredible! I've played with several guys who had them on a little rotating stand that put it right in their ear. It sounded great!

 

I love those little 50w GK guitar amps. Our guitarist back in 1990 lent me his for a while (I thought he made it sound amazing, either by itself or driving another cab)...and it was a blast to use. Small & heavy with cool tone and some cool built in effects.

 

Didn't GK make drums once? I'm sure I saw a picture of some GK drums here somewhere, unless I dreamt it.

Edit; Found it here - http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444225

 

Reviving an old thread, because I feel I have some real info to add, not just trolling...

I have owned two of the amps mentioned but not familiar, above. I also saw and tried to buy another, very similar amp. Let me elaborate.

GK 200G- 2 x 12" guitar combo amp. All solid state. Two channels, reported to be the first mass-produced channel-switching amp, 100 watts, loud as stink. I bought mine in the mid 90's at a garage sale in New Orleans. Didn't get a foot switch with it, a friend built a 4-button from scratch, later I would learn the original had only 3 buttons. He built it so that either OR both channels could be active at once, and tremolo and reverb were switchable. I never really bonded with the amp, it was too loud for the playing I was doing at the time. Also too heavy, but then, all 212's have that problem. Sold it on eBay, and missed it a little until I got a Fender Twin Reverb and discovered what a 212 is SUPPOSED to sound like.

GK250ML Not quite as small as a clock radio, about the size of a small microwave oven. Feature rich SS amp- two channels, stereo chorus and reverb, stereo or mono line level out, aluminum case, 2 heavy-duty 8" speakers, simple 2-button foot switch. Liked that amp lots during my New Orleans days- I could strap a electric guitar/gig bag to my back and this amp to the rear rack of either a bicycle or motorcycle, and head to a gig or jam- I usually commendeered a 12" speaker cab there, and I was set, no parking worries for me! These can drive TWO 412 cabs with real authority. Still have it, lives in my son's rehearsal studio business (studio101nola.com), although it never gets played these days, the victim of my tube snobbery and it living among more impressive-looking amps.

250-- PA version of the ML. I saw a jazz band using one of these in the French Market area of the 'Quarter, and tried to buy it from them. It belonged to the trumpet player, who said he'd sell it (for like, $50,) but we never hooked up- then Katrina hit, and I never talked to him again. Wish I'd scored that one.

Hope this helps.

 

I think Alex Lifeson played GK guitar amps at one time. I vaguely remember seeing an ad with him in it.

EDIT: yep -- http://pointyguitar.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/ad-alex-lifeson-for-gallien-krueger/

 

I believe Iron Maiden (Dave Murry and Adrian Smith) used GK guitar amps during the Somewhere in Time Tour in the late 80's.