Bruce Zinky - Zinky Electronics (Supro, Smokey)
Bruce Zinky is an American Electronic Engineer bases in Flagstaff, Arizona - USA
Since 1983, Bruce Zinky has been developing custom tube amplifiers for discerning musicians. Two custom amplifiers built for guitarist Robbin Ford got the attention of Fender Musicial Instruments, who hired Zinky in August of 1992 to head the "Fender Amplifier Custom Shop" in Scottsdale, AZ. This involved designing and developing amplifiers to suit top tier guitarist and other professional musicians with amplifiers optimally suited for stage and studio use, but invoking the look of classic products from Fender's heyday with traditional tube construction with increased performance. From August 1992 to August 1996, Zinky designed or contributed a substantial amount to the Vibro-King, Tone-Master, Dual Professional, Pro-Jr, Concert / Super (1994), Rumble Bass, Custom Vibrolux, Custom Vibrosonic, Prosonic, and '46 Pro (A limited to 50 pieces meticulous reproduction of the 1946 Fender "Professional" Amplifier)
After Fender, Zinky resumed development of an amplifier he first produced while in high school - the Smokey Amp, a minature guitar amplifier built into an empy cigarette pack. Since resuming production in 1997, over 250,000 have been sold, making currently the single most popular model guitar amplifier. Smokey amplifiers have been used on records and live shows by artists including Korn, Olivia Newton-John, The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Deftones, Supultura, REM, The Offspring, Byzantine and countless others.
Along with his partner Annette Yurchak (now Zinky), Zinky revived Supro (a 1960's trademark) guitars and amplifiers in 2004. The new Supro guitars and amplifiers have found favour with musicians as diverse as Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Brad Rice (Keith Urban), David Catching (Eagles Of Death Metal), Shawn Harris (The Matches), Don Kirkpatrick (Rod Steward), Mike Sch (MercyMe), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, solo artist), and many more...
Smokey "Cigarette" Amps
We sell the Deluxe model Smokey Amps in many different brands and flavours and because of the box recycling program, our stock changes regularly. Therefore we are unable to specify or guarantee which brand you will receive but remember, regardless of the box each one is a genuine Smokey Amp! |
Supro Hi Gain Mini Amp
The highest gain mini guitar amp on the market, the Supro Smokey is hand made in the USA and is housed in a 'smoke-free' virtually indestructible translucent Black Polycarbonate box with the distinctive Supro badge. More gain than the Smokey Amp bust still cleans-up by turning down the guitar volume.
The durable 2 inch Mylar cone Alnico magnet loudspeaker has been specially designed by Bruce Zinky and is surprisingly loud for a 1 watt amplifier! Each Smokey Amp is fitted with two UK made CLIFF jack sockets with self-cleaning corrosion resistant contacts for long term reliability. There are no controls and volume and tone adjustments are made on the guitar.
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