Egnater amp seminar

[maddnotez]

Anyone ever do this?

It's going on right now so obviously this year they'll be building an amp instead of posting on RT. I just thought this was a pretty awesome thing going on.

Learn how to build an amp and get info on how they work and how to modify.

Would be pretty awesome I bet.

 

[xXDaveyJonesXx]

I wish...

I've come close for the last few years, nearly pulling the trigger on flights to Michigan, but something always came up. Now that I finally have the time, I'm in no position to be sling'n cash around.

Someday, though.

 

[maddnotez]

I wish...

I've come close for the last few years, nearly pulling the trigger on flights to Michigan, but something always came up. Now that I finally have the time, I'm in no position to be sling'n cash around.

Someday, though.

Let's aim for next year

Even my wife said that is pretty cool and she hates me buying gear. Figure for a $2,500 trip you can learn how to build and mod an amp. Can't beat that.

Id go for the 50w $1,650 amp and probably drive there lol.

 

[drewiv]

I did in 2012. Great time.

 

[maddnotez]

I did in 2012. Great time.

Did you learn enough to take home with you?

Where you'd feel comfortable modding an amp or just making another on your own?

 

[311boogieman]

You take home the amp you build right?

Now that would def be worth it, even though it is not going to be a high gain multi channel switching monster.

 

[Anonymous]

It's awesome! Bruce is a great guy and he went out of his way to help me with stuff. I learned a lot, got to keep the kickass amp I built the first day (some of the amp is pre-built by Bruce's wife) and, eventually, started my own amp company.

(Now, I also did a bunch more learning and research in addition to Bruce's class and I also have BSEE, but still, I got great hands on and could ask questions on design parameters on the second day...)

Steve

 

[xXDaveyJonesXx]

Right on, Steve!

So was that your first hands on experience as far as amps go?

 

[bbaug14]

Doing the seminar will give you a really good basic understanding of amps and what does what. As far as modding goes, you'll have some tools to make small tweaks to existing amps if you want more gain, more highs, tighter bass, etc. You won't be able to design and build an amp from scratch, but you'd certainly be able to build a kit amp or mod an existing amp after. You'll learn a lot. It'll be well worth it.

 

[Chester Nimitz]

You take home the amp you build right?

Now that would def be worth it, even though it is not going to be a high gain multi channel switching monster.

Mark Days' seminar head sounds like a Monster to me ...

 

[drewiv]

I did in 2012. Great time.

Did you learn enough to take home with you?

Where you'd feel comfortable modding an amp or just making another on your own?

I learned that I don't know enough to be messing around inside an amp.

Seriously, you learn what to change and what different values do, but I learned that I shouldn't be messing around in there.

 

[maddnotez]

I did in 2012. Great time.

Did you learn enough to take home with you?

Where you'd feel comfortable modding an amp or just making another on your own?

I learned that I don't know enough to be messing around inside an amp.

Seriously, you learn what to change and what different values do, but I learned that I shouldn't be messing around in there.

Doing the seminar will give you a really good basic understanding of amps and what does what. As far as modding goes, you'll have some tools to make small tweaks to existing amps if you want more gain, more highs, tighter bass, etc. You won't be able to design and build an amp from scratch, but you'd certainly be able to build a kit amp or mod an existing amp after. You'll learn a lot. It'll be well worth it.

It's awesome! Bruce is a great guy and he went out of his way to help me with stuff. I learned a lot, got to keep the kickass amp I built the first day (some of the amp is pre-built by Bruce's wife) and, eventually, started my own amp company.

(Now, I also did a bunch more learning and research in addition to Bruce's class and I also have BSEE, but still, I got great hands on and could ask questions on design parameters on the second day...)

Steve

This seems really interesting. Obviously amps are very dangerous and will certainly kill you but from the responses it seems to me that it is up to the person and if they are willing.

Meaning; Drew seems to have learned he does not feel the need to mess around, that it is not worth it, bbaug14 can probably mod his amp if he wanted to and Steve started an (awesome) amp company!!!! I am not sure how I would feel after a class like this but I really want to do it at some point.

This pretty much stemmed from me knowing that I am going to have to pay someone to change a resistor on my Bogner if I want to use KT88's. I think well damn, there is no reason that I can't do that myself other than the fact that I don't know how. I also just paid a (great) tech some money to fix a pickup wiring issue I had and watched him do it thinking I could do that. I just don't know how. I do not have any experience with these things and have nobody to show me but Bruce has this awesome class.

I know amps and guitars are not comparable by any means at all but as someone who is curious, interested and self confident without the know how and after 21 years of guitar playing I feel I should be able to do any work I need to on my own.


Here is a pretty awesome review by someone who was in the same class as Mark Day when he built that amp.
http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/for ... 8/1576764-

 

[Anonymous]

Right on, Steve!

So was that your first hands on experience as far as amps go?

Pretty much - my first experience actually building one (almost) from scratch. My soldering skills improved ten fold in that one day...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

I did in 2012. Great time.

Did you learn enough to take home with you?

Where you'd feel comfortable modding an amp or just making another on your own?

I learned that I don't know enough to be messing around inside an amp.

Seriously, you learn what to change and what different values do, but I learned that I shouldn't be messing around in there.

Doing the seminar will give you a really good basic understanding of amps and what does what. As far as modding goes, you'll have some tools to make small tweaks to existing amps if you want more gain, more highs, tighter bass, etc. You won't be able to design and build an amp from scratch, but you'd certainly be able to build a kit amp or mod an existing amp after. You'll learn a lot. It'll be well worth it.

It's awesome! Bruce is a great guy and he went out of his way to help me with stuff. I learned a lot, got to keep the kickass amp I built the first day (some of the amp is pre-built by Bruce's wife) and, eventually, started my own amp company.

(Now, I also did a bunch more learning and research in addition to Bruce's class and I also have BSEE, but still, I got great hands on and could ask questions on design parameters on the second day...)

Steve

This seems really interesting. Obviously amps are very dangerous and will certainly kill you but from the responses it seems to me that it is up to the person and if they are willing.

Meaning; Drew seems to have learned he does not feel the need to mess around, that it is not worth it, bbaug14 can probably mod his amp if he wanted to and Steve started an (awesome) amp company!!!! I am not sure how I would feel after a class like this but I really want to do it at some point.

This pretty much stemmed from me knowing that I am going to have to pay someone to change a resistor on my Bogner if I want to use KT88's. I think well damn, there is no reason that I can't do that myself other than the fact that I don't know how. I also just paid a (great) tech some money to fix a pickup wiring issue I had and watched him do it thinking I could do that. I just don't know how. I do not have any experience with these things and have nobody to show me but Bruce has this awesome class.

I know amps and guitars are not comparable by any means at all but as someone who is curious, interested and self confident without the know how and after 21 years of guitar playing I feel I should be able to do any work I need to on my own.


Here is a pretty awesome review by someone who was in the same class as Mark Day when he built that amp.
http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/for ... 8/1576764-

It's pretty easy to learn the guitar stuff - plenty of help on the net and you won't electrocute yourself. Good place to start if you are learning to solder and how the stuff works.

Here is my writeup from the Egnater Seminar from WAY back in the day. The pics are gone because I lost my original web space, but it still chronicles the experience:

http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30452

Steve

 

[maddnotez]

I did in 2012. Great time.

Did you learn enough to take home with you?

Where you'd feel comfortable modding an amp or just making another on your own?

I learned that I don't know enough to be messing around inside an amp.

Seriously, you learn what to change and what different values do, but I learned that I shouldn't be messing around in there.

Doing the seminar will give you a really good basic understanding of amps and what does what. As far as modding goes, you'll have some tools to make small tweaks to existing amps if you want more gain, more highs, tighter bass, etc. You won't be able to design and build an amp from scratch, but you'd certainly be able to build a kit amp or mod an existing amp after. You'll learn a lot. It'll be well worth it.

It's awesome! Bruce is a great guy and he went out of his way to help me with stuff. I learned a lot, got to keep the kickass amp I built the first day (some of the amp is pre-built by Bruce's wife) and, eventually, started my own amp company.

(Now, I also did a bunch more learning and research in addition to Bruce's class and I also have BSEE, but still, I got great hands on and could ask questions on design parameters on the second day...)

Steve

This seems really interesting. Obviously amps are very dangerous and will certainly kill you but from the responses it seems to me that it is up to the person and if they are willing.

Meaning; Drew seems to have learned he does not feel the need to mess around, that it is not worth it, bbaug14 can probably mod his amp if he wanted to and Steve started an (awesome) amp company!!!! I am not sure how I would feel after a class like this but I really want to do it at some point.

This pretty much stemmed from me knowing that I am going to have to pay someone to change a resistor on my Bogner if I want to use KT88's. I think well damn, there is no reason that I can't do that myself other than the fact that I don't know how. I also just paid a (great) tech some money to fix a pickup wiring issue I had and watched him do it thinking I could do that. I just don't know how. I do not have any experience with these things and have nobody to show me but Bruce has this awesome class.

I know amps and guitars are not comparable by any means at all but as someone who is curious, interested and self confident without the know how and after 21 years of guitar playing I feel I should be able to do any work I need to on my own.


Here is a pretty awesome review by someone who was in the same class as Mark Day when he built that amp.
http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/for ... 8/1576764-

It's pretty easy to learn the guitar stuff - plenty of help on the net and you won't electrocute yourself. Good place to start if you are learning to solder and how the stuff works.

Here is my writeup from the Egnater Seminar from WAY back in the day. The pics are gone because I lost my original web space, but it still chronicles the experience:

http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30452

Steve

Wow that is really awesome. Best write up I have seen about this class.

Really cool how he stayed to go over you design with you and help with the switching. Makes me want to do this even more. Seems well worth the money. I'd love to be able to find a friend to go with me but even if it was just me I am sure it would be comfortable from what I am hearing about Bruce.

Will also check out the books you mentioned. Thanks for posting.

Realistically this is a down the road thing and what I plan to do is buy some tools in Sept and a few pedal kits, make a few pedals and go from there.

 

[xXDaveyJonesXx]

Just read your review, Steve. That's way too damn cool. Excellent write up and Bruce and his wife sound like the salt of the earth.

Absolutely looking forward to a classic Marshall build and lectures with them someday.

 

[xXDaveyJonesXx]

Looks like Bruce already has another class underway on Novemeber 5th and 6th for a pissed off Marshall build. If I can develop the personality and skill set to turn things around with my career, I'd love to attend and take notes.

https://www.facebook.com/events/964635790328586/