Kodiak Builds the Boards Inside Tx-Watt Amplifiers
Owner Jack Kay chose Kodiak after a tour of its Austin facility, drawn by its teamwork and by a shared focus on quality.
Kodiak Assembly Solutions is building the printed circuit board assemblies for Tx-Watt Amps, a boutique guitar amplifier maker that builds its amps without trading quality for a lower cost, the same priority Kodiak brings to the partnership.
How the Partnership Started
Jack Kay, the owner of Tx-Watt Amps, toured Kodiak’s Austin facility and bonded with Michael Harlow, Kodiak’s Vice President, over a love of the guitar. After the visit, the two companies decided to work together.
Kay wanted his amplifiers to stay built in the United States, and he liked the sense of community and teamwork he saw at Kodiak.
Built Around Sound and Tone
Kay has played music since the 1960s, and he said he was often unpleasantly surprised by the lack of quality in commercially made amplifiers. He set out to build amps with sound and tone as the main focus, without cutting corners on parts or assembly, and he said the idea took about 30 years to become reality.
Today Tx-Watt builds its amps from quality materials, Kay said, and that focus is what led the company to choose Kodiak as its manufacturing partner. Kodiak’s builds arrive on time and on budget, he said, and he called that a rare find.
He also valued that Tx-Watt’s production is scalable: whether it needs 50 units or 5,000, Kodiak can support it.
Kodiak builds the Tx-Watt boards at its Austin facility, where its services run from SMT assembly to testing and system integration. More about the amplifiers is at Tx-Watt Amps.