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Although known primarily for their guitars, Gibson also produced a number of small tube amplifiers from the mid '30's through the '70's. Never quite as popular as their Fender counterparts, they are none-the-less very nice sounding, quality made all valve designs. Of particular note are the GA series, the EH series, and the BR series. Gibson pioneered electric guitar in the 1930's, and, consequently, amplifiers, as well. During the mid-1940's, amplifier development was put on war hold. By 1950, Gibson was a MAJOR amp manufacturer, with a philosophy of building warmer, mellower, less compressed amplifiers than their competition, you-know-who. By the mid 1960's, Gibson had lost the amp war, but, from 1947 through the late '60's, the Kalamazoo plant turned out a wide array of models; ranging from little, metal-tubed blues screamers to large, powerful, bells-and-whistles-laden jazz amps. Demand and prices for Gibson amps is increasing, even in today's challenging market.