Dan Armstrong

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Dan Armstrong was an expert guitar luthier and recording session musician. He is known for his contributions to the Ampeg Company of Linden, New Jerset. There he released a new line of guitars and basses that were constructed of clear plexiglas. The Dan Armstrong line of guitars also became renowned for their excellent electronics^{[citation needed]}. Recently, the guitars have regained popularity with artists such as Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters utilizing the 90s reissue series during performances and music videos^{[citation needed]}. A second reissue of the Dan Armstrong guitar was launched in 2006.

Dan Armstrong moved to London in the early 1970s where he developed a new line of electric instruments, amplifiers and effects boxes. The Dan Armstrong Londo instruments were made of solid Honduran mahogany with sliding low impedenace pickups, available as a 6 string guitar, short scale & long scale guitars. Dan also marketed a line of tube guitar and bass amplifiers, the first amps available with graphic equalisation^{[citation needed]} and effects boxes, the Blue Clipper, Yellow Humper, Red Ranger, Purple Peaker, Green Ringer & Orange Squeezer.

In 1977 Dan and his wife, Vicki O' Casey, moved back to the United States, A licensing and manufacturing agreement was reached with Musitronics to re-release the effects boxes. Dan also developed a line of pickups for Schecter Guitar Research, a new amplifier for Fender. Dan and Vicki returned to England, where they lived in Ashford, Kent, in the late 1990s, but again moved back to America after several years. After a prolonged illness, Dan died in Los Angeles on June 8, 2004.

[edit] List of notable artists who have used Dan Amstrong guitars

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