Welcome to
Aspen & Associates!

Back in 1978, Aspen Pittman founded a consulting company focused on music and audio products, and called it Aspen & Associates. Early A&A research discovered ways to improve vacuum tubes for guitar amplifiers and led to one of the music industry's most successful products: Groove Tubes. Groove Tubes became the centerpiece of our business so we later renamed the company to reflect that centerpiece. Other GT highlights are Aspen's best-selling book, The Tube Amp Book, with over 120,000 copies sold, and GT's award-winning studio microphones and tube-based signal processors.

In June 2008, Aspen sold the Groove Tubes brand and entire product catalog to FMIC (who you may know as Fender) and Aspen continues as consultant to Fender and Groove Tubes.

A&A was resurrected to continue the business development of Aspen's award-winning SFX technology (Stereo Field Expansion), the patented process that magically produces stereo from a single cabinet. SFX is currently used under license to Fender for the Acoustasonic guitar amp, and A&A will offer a limited "custom shop" line of SFX products for guitar, keyboard and multi-instrument amplification systems. A&A will continue licensing SFX technology to Fender and other MI companies.

News

THURSDAY 11/6/08 - SATURDAY 11/8/08, 8am - 2pm:
THE "ONCE IN A LIFETIME" ASPEN & ASSOCIATES WAREHOUSE SALE!

Public Sale - Groove Tubes Factory - Three Days Only!

After our sale of certain assets of Groove Tubes to Fender, there are 30+ years of “vintage leftovers” located at the old factory site in San Fernando. Here’s what is going to be sold:

• All discontinued GT products working or not (read: RARE and VINTAGE)
• Many mic and amp prototypes
• GT product returns
• Demo units
• Unfinished mics, amps and preamps, s
• Spare mic and amp chassis
• Unloaded spk cabs, speakers, connectors, transformers, and sockets,
• Aspen’s personal collection of over 100 vintage guitar speakers, dozens of modern speakers, vintage tubes, vintage amps and preamps, vintage radios, amps and tube memorabillia
• Electronic test gear, tube caddys, hand tools, and factory fixtures like work benches, shelving and pallet racking

Aspen’s personal 30+ year “collector’s collection” must be sold out to clear his building for remodel and lease. To be fair, we will make no early sales. However presale viewing can be arranged by appointment. Click here for some pics of examples of our massive inventory!

PLUS: Aspen will be there to sign copies of his Tube Amp Book!

Thursday 11/6, Friday 11/7, Saturday 11/8, 8am to 2pm
GT Factory, 1543 Truman, San Fernando, 91340
818-365-5500 or office@aspenandassoc.com

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