SWR Sound Corporation
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SWR Sound Corporation is a specialist manufacturer of bass guitar amplifiers, preamps, speaker cabinets, and acoustic guitar amplifiers.
[edit] History
The company was founded as SWR Engineering, Inc. by its namesake, Steve W. Rabe. Rabe was well-known for his engineering work at Acoustic Control Corporation. After extensive research with top Los Angeles studio bassists, SWR found immediate success upon the release of its first commercial product in 1984, the PB-200 hybrid tube/solid-state bass guitar amplifier. The first 5 units were manufactured by hand in a garage in the San Fernando Valley. This model soon became the SM-400, one of SWR's most revered early products. It wasn't long before SWR felt it needed a speaker cabinet as good as its amps. In 1986, SWR released the Goliath, a 4 x 10" full-range speaker cabinet with a built-in horn tweeter, a first for bass cabinets.
The company's name was changed to SWR Sound Corporation on December 1, 1997 as part of a restructuring plan. Rabe sold the company to long-time associate Daryl Jamison, and soon created a new company, Raven Labs. SWR was based in Sylmar, California until January 1999, when it moved to a larger facility in nearby Sun Valley, California. On June 2, 2003, SWR was purchased by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. SWR's administration has been completely integrated into Fender's headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, and its products are now manufactured at Fender's facilities in Corona, California and Ensenada, Baja California.
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