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Gjika Amplification
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| name             =  Gjika Amplification
| logo             =[[File:GjikaAmplificationLogo.jpg]]
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| type             = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry         = [[Amplifier|Amplification]]
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| foundation       = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], United States ({{Start date and age|1984}})
| founder          = [[Robert Gjika]]
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| location_city    = [[Escondido, CA]]
| location_country = USA
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| key_people       = [[Robert Gjika]]
| products         = [[Amplifier]]s
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| homepage         = {{URL|www.gjikaamplification.com}}
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'''Gjika Amplification''' was founded in [[Boston, MA]] in the early 1980s, by Robert (Bob) Gjika. Gjika amplifiers are original designs, and are completely hand-wired. Gjika amps are said by some guitarists to be the finest [[guitar amplifiers]] (AKA [[boutique amplifier|boutique guitar amplifiers]]) available.

==Origins==

(contracted; show full)-Walker". In 1990, after the business partnership was amicably dissolved (Gjika and Walker remain good friends<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gjika|first1=Bob|title=don't be a fool|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAMX5mkdmA|website=YouTube|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>), Gjika left LA to go to [[Austin, Texas]], where the music scene was flourishing, and at that time, transitioned from his Gold Amps to his 3-Channel KT90 amplifier.  In 1996 he again relocated, to [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gjika Custom Guitar & Amplifiers|url=https://www.manta.com/c/mtmqcm6/gjika-custom-guitar-amplifiers|website=Manta|publisher=Manta.com}}</ref>.  During these years he continued his amp designing and building, on a smaller scale, until in 2000 he went back to California, where he currently resides and builds his amplifiers in Escondido, located in North San Diego County.

==Mission==

(contracted; show full)

Premier Guitar covered Premier Builder's Guild's NAMM booth featuring Gjika Amps, with highly positive reception.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hammond|first1=Shawn|title=NAMM '11 - Fano TC6 & Gjika Amps SE-30 Demos|url=https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/NAMM_11_Fano_TC6_Gjika_Amps_SE_30_Demos|website=Premier Guitar}}</ref>


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[[File:Gjika Gold Amp.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Bob Gjika with his Gold Amp 1988.jpg|thumb|Bob Gjika with his Gold Amp 1988]]

==Prior Amplifiers & Related Devices==

Amplifiers:

* Gjika Hot Box (the "original" Hot Box - name has been used by others since)
(contracted; show full)*[http://www.gjikaamplification.com/ Company website]

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