Fryette Amplification
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Formerly called
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VHT Amplification |
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| Private | |
| Industry | Amplification |
| Founded | January 1989 |
| Founder | Steven Fryette |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Area served
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North America |
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Key people
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Steven Fryette |
| Products | Amplifiers |
| Owner | Steven Fryette |
| Website | Official Fryette Amplification Web Site |
Fryette Amplification of North Hollywood, California is a manufacturer of high-quality hand built electric guitar amplifiers, speaker cabinets, power amplifiers, sound effects pedals and pedalboard accessories. The company was founded as VHT Amplification in Studio City, Los Angeles, California by Steven Fryette in January 1989 and was the first to produce a true three-channel vacuum tube amplifier.
Origins
A few years after moving from Seattle, Washington to Los Angeles, California in 1976, Steven Fryette landed a job as a repair technician at Valley Arts Guitar. Fryette honed his skills doing custom work, repairs and modifications for the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton, Tommy Tedesco, Ry Cooder, Buzz Feiten, Carlos Rios, Duane Eddy, and many other legendary players.
After several years of building experimental prototypes for a new all tube stereo power amplifier and the first of a long line of multi-channel, multi-featured amplifiers under the PITTBULL moniker, Fryette decided to go live. VHT Amplification officially began in January 1989 on the dining room table of a small Studio City, California apartment just two blocks away from Valley Arts.
The VHT brand name is still in use by a different company based in Hayward, California. It specializes in affordable quality amplifiers.
North Hollywood
Advance orders for the 2150 Power Amplifier were immediate and overwhelming, prompting a move to a larger two-bedroom apartment. In 1991, Fryette then moved to North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California into a converted store front next door to Bob Bradshaw’s Custom Audio Electronics’. Although the company’s time here was short, the Classic Power Amp and the first Pittbull Classic Head and Combo amplifiers were launched here.
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