Post Your Local Amp Brands

locally we had garnet amps and there was a johnson amp company (a different johnson,and they looked like 60's bassman heads ) in a town west of here..im guessing the during the early days of rock and roll that most cities had at least one or two builders that got fairly popular with the local bands and made some inroads regionally and even nationally......i wonder if there is any interest in posting pix of these.....who made what where and how did they end up......

 

actually i am interested in the emc too ....the local guy here (gar gillies of garnet amps)built a huge reputation around these parts and were used by bands like the guess who.....i guess a lot of the national brands had the exposure and numbers to eventually drive the regional guys out of the market.....

i think the local stuff is an interesting read....was it any good,did any notable area bands that got famous use it,did they go to fender or ampeg when they made it big,how was the guy perceived by the local players etc...what happened to them....etc

 

traynor was fairly common here even when long +mq were on portage avenue in the old winnipeg piano location.....i can remember renting a yba 3 and an 8x10 for a junior high gym gig....never heard of vt or doyle,but i still have 3 1x15 banquox cabs that were made here.....tho the may have started out life as 2x15's geez went and quoted myself insead of bassman paul....d'oh

 

ok i guess i should have disqualified st louis and fullerton .....they would be too big to be considered mere locals.....naw..... any input from those towns is cool too....

 

how long have they been around......and who built the amps for the kids that saw the beatles on ed sullivan and couldn't afford vox,fender,ampeg, etc.....or were the national brands more prevalent than they were here

 

are those the ones with the powered cabs

 

new?

 

was it stocked by the dealer,ordered special.....how did it stack up with the fenders and ampegs of the day,price n'all....i find it interesting that toronto brands
wound up in ohio while guys in toronto were buying fenders