Valco

Valco

Valco was a prolific manufacturer of guitars, guitar amplifiers, and other musical instruments from the 1940s through 1967.

History

In the 1940s, Valco was formed by three business partners and former owners of the National Dobro Company; Victor Smith, Al Frost, and Louis Dopyera. The company name was a combination of the three partner's first initials (V. A. L.) plus the common abbreviation for company (Co.).

Valco manufactured Spanish acoustic guitars, metal-faced resonator guitars, electric lap steel guitars, and vacuum tube amplifiers under a variety of brand names including Supro, Airline, Oahu, National, and others. They also made amplifiers under contract for several other companies such as Gretsch, Danelectro, Harmony, and Kay. In the 1960s they began producing solid body electric guitars.

Valco merged with Kay Musical Instrument Company in 1967, and the merged company was out of business within a year because of financial difficulties.

Some Valco products, particularly the solidbody electric guitars produced between 1962 and 1967, and certain Supro amplifiers, are highly sought after by collectors of vintage guitar gear.

References

* [http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=242 Vintage Guitar Magazine] - Article about Valco's resonator guitars
* [http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=78 Vintage Guitar Magazine] - Article about Valco's Supro brand


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • valco — v. valico …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • valco — vàl·co s.m. var. → 1valico …   Dizionario italiano

  • Jingle Bells - Eine Familie zum Fest — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Wie überleben wir Weihnachten? Originaltitel: Surviving Christmas Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2004 Länge: 91 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Surviving Christmas — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Wie überleben wir Weihnachten? Originaltitel: Surviving Christmas Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2004 Länge: 91 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wie überleben wir Weihnachten? — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Wie überleben wir Weihnachten? Originaltitel Surviving Christmas …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Volta Aluminum Company — Volta Aluminum Company, known as Valco, is an aluminium company based in Ghana. Valco is an affiliate of Alcoa, the major aluminum conglomerate based in the United States. OperationsValco smelts alumina to produce aluminium ingots at its smelter… …   Wikipedia

  • Bergbau in Ghana — Der Bergbau in Ghana spielt seit Jahrhunderten eine wesentliche Rolle in der Wirtschaftsstruktur des Landes. Ghana ist reich an Bodenschätzen. Bereits das vorkoloniale Ghana kannte eine lange Tradition des Goldbergbaus und Gold war auch der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Akosombo Dam — width= m to ft | num=366 | abbr=yes | spell= | precision=0 | wiki=no began= 1961 open= 1965 closed= cost= £130 million reservoir capacity= 148 x 1012 litres reservoir catchment= 8502 sq.km reservoir surface= bridge carries= bridge width= bridge… …   Wikipedia

  • Mining in Ghana — Ghana s economy depends largely on exports of cocoa and gold. Other mineral commodities produced in the country were aluminum, bauxite, diamond, manganese, natural gas, petroleum, salt, and silver.Economic impactThe contribution of Ghana’s mining …   Wikipedia

  • Manufacturing in Ghana — Industry in Ghana accounts for about 25.3% of total GDP.[1] However, Ghana s industrial production is rising at a 7.8% rate, giving it the 38th fastest growing industrial production in the world[2] due to government industrialization policies.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”