citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message swr sound corporation type private genre musical equipment founded sylmar california 1983 founder steve w. rabe headquarters scottsdale arizona u.s. products bass guitar amplifiers preamps speaker cabinets acoustic guitar amplifiers website http www.swramps.com swr sound corporation is a specialist manufacturer of bass guitar amplifiers preamps speaker cabinets and acoustic guitar amplifiers . history edit the company was founded as swr engineering inc. by its namesake steve w. rabe . rabe was known for his engineering work at acoustic control corporation . after extensive research with top los angeles studio bassists swr released 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 . swr then pursued development of a speaker cabinet to accompany 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 1 december 1997 as part of a restructuring plan . rabe sold the company to accountant daryl paul jamison and soon created a new company raven labs . swr was based in sylmar california until january 1999 when it moved to the former cetec gauss speaker factory in nearby sun valley california . on 2 june 2003 jamison sold swr to fender musical instruments corporation for a rumored 8 million citation needed after a previous year of lagging swr sales and dwindling market share . jamison reportedly tried to sell to fender a year earlier for a larger sum but this failed to materialize . citation needed swr is now a brand in fender s portfolio rather than an independent company and its products are now manufactured at fender s facilities in corona california and ensenada baja california . fender is headquartered in scottsdale arizona . fmic ceased all swr production in early 2013 . recent product development edit the workingman s series of amplifiers was redesigned and upgraded to the workingpro series amplifier heads and speaker cabinets in 2005 and amplifier speaker combos in 2006 . at the 2007 winter namm national association of music merchants show swr introduced the sm 1500 head which combined the hybrid tube solid state platform with some fender era innovations including a tube driven compressor . at 1500 watts in bridged mode at 4 ohms the sm 1500 is the most powerful toroidal based amplifier on the market today . the july namm show featured the new natural blonde combo . built on the platform of the acoustic series california blonde the natural blonde is a 2 channel 2x8 combo designed especially for acoustic bassists . bass player magazine gave it a very favorable review and editor s award in the august 2007 issue . external links edit swr sound website 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 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