article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message sunn amplifiers industry musical instrument amplification founded 1965 tualatin oregon defunct 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 key people conrad sundholm norm sundholm products instrument amplifiers website http www.sunnamps.com sunn amplifiers was a brand of musical instrument amplifiers . sunn was based in tualatin oregon . history edit in early 1963 the kingsmen a band based in portland oregon became known for their hit version of the song louie louie . after its hit single the band soon embarked on a 50 state national tour . because the band was used to playing small hops and school dances many of the members found themselves ill equipped with the amplifiers that they were currently using . bassist norm sundholm discovered that his bass amp was not nearly powerful enough to play larger concert halls . sundholm enlisted the help of his brother conrad to help solve his problem . by 1964 the sundholm brothers had designed a high powered concert bass amplifier . by 1965 the demand for sundholm s amplifiers had increased to the point where the family garage could no longer be used as the manufacturing facility . thus the sunn musical equipment company was founded . the band sunn o was named after the company to the point of including a typographic representation of the logo and gross national productions who were the east coast promo band for sunn amps in 1971 . sunn was ultimately acquired by fender which discontinued production in 2002 . external links edit sunn support official home page unofficial sunn musical equipment web site the sunn discussion page v t e sunn o stephen o malley greg anderson steve moore attila csihar tos nieuwenhuizen studio albums void flight of the behemoth white1 white2 black one monoliths & dimensions kannon eps veils it white cro monolithic remixes for an iron age candlewolf of the golden chalice oracle live albums the libations of samhain live white live action sampler la mort noir dans esch alzette d mkirke collaborative releases angel coma altar terrestrials soused other releases the grimmrobe demos whitebox related articles drone metal earth boris burial chamber trio burning witch khanate ktl goatsnake gravetemple thorr s hammer sunn amps southern lord records scott walker v t e fender musical instruments corporation key figures clarence leonidas fender doc kauffman freddie tavares bill carson forrest white george fullerton dale hyatt paul rivera don randall bill schultz roger rossmeisl guitars bronco coronado cyclone duo sonic electric xii esquire jaguar jazz bass jazzmaster marauder musicmaster musicmaster bass mustang mustang bass precision bass starcaster stratocaster stringmaster telecaster urge bass white steel amplifiers bandmaster bandmaster reverb bassman blues junior bronco champ concert deluxe deluxe reverb harvard hot rod deluxe hot rod deville princeton princeton reverb pro pro junior pro reverb prosonic showman super super reverb tremolux twin twin reverb vibrasonic vibro champ vibrosonic reverb vibroverb white amp series american deluxe series california series lead series hardware vintage noiseless wide range fender vibrato systems subsidiaries charvel custom shop dearmond gretsch jackson kmc squier sunn swr tacoma see also list of products fender custom shop fender japan starcaster by fender fender rhodes lace sensor website fender.com this sound technology article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sunn & oldid 725492616 categories guitar amplifier manufacturersaudio equipment manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in oregoncompanies established in 1965companies based in tualatin oregondefunct companies based in oregon1965 establishments in oregon2002 disestablishments in oregonsound technology stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from september 2008all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 16 june 2016 at 00 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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