Bogners - how many get made?

[tonedover]

Just curious since Reinhold has kept the internals/chassis of his amp construction “in house” amongst just a couple of builders …

How many amps do they actually build of each model? A couple hundred? Thousands?

Just interested since supposedly Bogner has not opted to use the larger BAD assembly team.

This is NOT a negative discussion. Just one of curiosity.

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

Just interested since supposedly Bogner has not opted to use the larger BAD assembly team.

BAD is doing the mini Ecstasy. I assumed they were doing the bigger stuff too.

Most Bogner's get advertised in all the big box places so they must do decent volumes.

 

[tonedover]

BAD is doing the mini Ecstasy. I assumed they were doing the bigger stuff too.

Most Bogner's get advertised in all the big box places so they must do decent volumes.

At least as of two years ago there was confirmation by Jorg that the handwired amps are still made at Bogners shop.

The chinese made pcb mini amps as well as bogners pedals come out of BAD from his specs. BAD was also doing their cabinetry and synergy builds last i knew.

I know MF and SW and a few others sell em but my assumption was they only ship 5-10 at a time. I dont think $4k amps sell that fast after initial release. But then again i have no clue

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

handwired amps are still made at Bogners shop

Isn't that just the Shiva and Helios models though?
I've seen the guts of an Atma, Ecstasy, and Telos, and they aren't hand wired.

 

[Yehuda]

My Pandora says it was made in LA

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

My Pandora says it was made in LA

Ya, all the big heads are made in LA.
PCBs are probably fab'd and stuffed in China and then hand-wired into the chassis here.

Think the Helios, etc. just has a made in China PCB but it's stuffed with components here.

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

1) PCBs are probably fab'd and stuffed in China and then hand-wired into the chassis here.

2) Think the Helios, etc. just has a made in China PCB but it's stuffed with components here.

@fullthrottlesolo ^^^^


What's the actual audible and/or reliability difference to the end user?


None.
But you're out an extra grand for option 2.

 

[Yehuda]

Yeah hand wired is basically a buzzword- if something is built well who cares if it was a machine or a person lol

 

[Strandberg Junkie]

if something is built well who cares if it was a machine or a person lol

Your car/truck/SUV out in the driveway agrees.

 

[Yehuda]

Your car/truck/SUV out in the driveway agrees.

im surprised people don’t complain that cnc machines prevent guitars from being analog

 

[tonedover]

I agree w all the above…

BUT how many do they make of each iteration?!?

 

[leib10]

No way to know, but I would guess they don’t make more than hundreds or a couple thousand of their flagship amps like the Ecstasy, Shiva, Uberschall, etc.

 

[dm426]

Are the cabs made at BAD or somewhere else?