Sometimes you are surprised what you find in your back yard. I’m not talking about a stray dog or an arrow head. I’m talking about a very cool company with a long history of speaker creation. Warehouse Speakers isn’t literally in my back yard but growing up near Paducah Kentucky, I never knew about the strong history this area has with speaker manufacturing. While gearing up to make clips to put on this site, I needed some speakers to put in some cabs I planned on using. In the past, I had read some good things about Warehouse Speakers in regards to price and sound. Working within a budget to get Guitar Monkee going I needed the best bang for the buck. So I went to Warehouse Speaker’s site and was ready to order but had a question so I needed to contact the owner. On the contact page I saw they were located very near my home town. I thought “Well this is so cool, a local guy taking on the big dog speaker companies.” I called, David the owner answered the phone and after talking gear for a bit I placed an order and he delivered them to my day job. When David got there, he put them in my van, since I have a busted leg and then we proceeded into having a fairly long discussion where he gave me the low down on his company and it’s roots. I was floored. Not only was I impressed with David and how great of guy he was but with his knowledge and experience in the speaker business.

David’s family has owned and worked in the Paducah area which is an area of the country with a long history in speaker manufacturing that includes the original CTS company, Credence Speakers, Voice Communication Coil, and Hawley Products – the oldest cone manufacturer in the world. When an OEM speaker manufacturer needed to clear warehouse space in 2006, WGS was born and began manufacturing and selling American-assembled guitar speakers to the public.

David builds a wide range of high-quality and reasonably priced 10 and 12-inch Alnico and Ceramic magnet guitars speakers that celebrate and reprise the golden era of speaker manufacturing in the USA and England during the ’60s and ’70s, including the 15 watt Alnico Black & Blue™, 50 watt Alnico BlackHawk™,60 watt Veteran 30™, 25 watt Green Beret™, 80 watt British Lead™, 65 watt ET65™, 30 watt Reaper™, and 75 watt Retro 30™, among others. WGS also builds high-power bass and PA speakers, and we are constantly developing and adding new speaker models to meet the demands of today’s guitarists.

As a new comer to the game I can see why some people, including myself, would wonder how can David build a speaker at this price point and have it sound as good as ones I paid nearly double for? It’s simple he has a great ear and access to a team with decades of speaker design and building experience. In short David has lived it his whole life. To be honest, I like the idea that in a time where speakers are being made in Asia, its great to support a company where speakers that not only sound great but are made right here in the USA. David’s resources let him manufacture speakers and keep prices low without compromising quality. It’s great in my opinion I like  that you can buy direct from the manufacturer and have them stand behind their products.

David has formed some great relationships with amp and pedal manufacturers like Two Rock who are using his speakers exclusively  in their cabs and combos and if you’ve heard of Two Rock you know they know tone. Landry Amps, also a great sounding amp in the Marhsall vein,  is using David’s ET65’s and Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals is doing his demos through Warehouse Speakers.

I’m proud to be using such great sounding speakers for my site so stay tuned for reviews and clips.

David has some new things coming on the horizon so stay tuned here and www.warehousespeakers.com for new things on the way.