Building an amp

bruce egnater · Post by **bruce egnater** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:11 pm

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M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:32 pm

Hello Bruce good to hear your back with the amp building class.

I was talking to you about signing up just when you guys stopped them years back.

Now days I get my lessons on this Forum.

Mark

menger66 · Post by **menger66** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:41 pm

are you gonna be doing it over on 12mile in brekley? my mother used to run a clothing store in the building where the guitar shop is right next to you back in the late 70s and 80s mark

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:41 am

Will I learn how to get my amps sold at Guitar Center?

Bob Simpson · Post by **Bob Simpson** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:13 am

First, you must learn to speak Chinese...

LeftyStrat · Post by **LeftyStrat** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:21 am

Bob Simpson wrote:First, you must learn to speak Chinese...

bruce egnater · Post by **bruce egnater** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:54 am

All your questions will be answered ..... At the class

YouTube · Post by **xtian** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:29 am

bruce egnater wrote:All your questions will be answered ..... At the class

Oh, way to hit and run, big shot.

talbany · Post by **talbany** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:08 am

bruce egnater wrote:All your questions will be answered ..... At the class

rogb · Post by **rogb** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:08 am

talbany wrote:
bruce egnater wrote:All your questions will be answered ..... At the class

OK already, I'm PPing you, Fowler, Matt, Manning, Gil etc etc etc the $1550 now, OK

da Geezer · Post by **da Geezer** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:00 pm

"Access to the superstar" for only $1550?

Actually, I like this better.....

M Fowler wrote "Now days I get my lessons on this forum"

All the info is now "out there".....folks just need to dig for it, apply themselves, experiment and practice to build skills (as with anything else in life)

$0.02

G

martin manning · Post by **martin manning** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:01 pm

I inquired about this some years back, and I've seen at least one other "amp camp" on offer (run by Triode in Chicago, if I recall).

Depending on where you are in the journey, you could learn a lot. It's only two days, though, and that has it's limitations. How much can you absorb in two days, and build an amp at the same time? If I could spend two days with someone like Bruce that would be fantastic, but there will be a dozen other people competing for his attention. Some of them will ask good questions and the answers will add to your knowledge, but other questions will be simplistic.

I think the best candidate for an experience like this is someone who is on the steep part of the learning curve, has some basic knowledge of electronics and construction skills, but wants some guidance in getting an amp built in a short time. Taken together, the cost of the class and materials is reasonable, and participants get a working amp at the end. For students with little or no previous construction experience, it's doubtful that the resulting amp will be a boutique showpiece, though.

I'm sure it would be great fun meeting people that share your interests. You have to get there and pay for lodging, and that adds to the bill, but it would make a nice weekend vacation.

Leo_Gnardo · Post by **Leo_Gnardo** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:28 pm

$1550, plus transportation, lodging, meals, hmmmm letsee.

1: Dental crown work - needed.

2: Have kitchen rebuilt by crew from Plymouth UK (remember them?) - - - - - maybe later for that.

3: "How 2 bild a AMp" - - - def. NOT.

All the answers "how to build" are right here, at no cost. Except where to find a reliable toroidal PT. I'll stick with good ol' fashioned PT's & leave the toroids to those who can afford failure.

"How to sell", now that's something else. Good luck!

"How to sell at a profit", no answers at all, unless you read Chinese.

FWIW Geral Dweeber now offers his "correspondence course" for only $600.

Send $600 and he may send you a post card & tell you how he spent the money.

That's correspondence.

armillary · Post by **armillary** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:43 pm

I'm thinking this could help my son. He's much too smart to learn anything from me. Doesn't know a resistor from a capacitor though.

And you build a kit the first day (instant gratification!), and the kit's included in the tuition. And the second day you learn about what you did. This could work.

bruce egnater · Post by **bruce egnater** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:45 am

It does work. We've been doing these for a number years because we love doing it. It is just as gratifying for us as it is for the builders. Everyone has their own "best way" of learning something. Some of us learn best with some initial guidance from other knowledgable people like when we learned to play guitar. Others could just pick up the guitar and run with it. I do sense some negativity from some individuals implying a class like ours is a waste of time and money. Search for comments from previous amp class attendees to see the positive aspects.

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