Asheville - 2025 Amp Building Class
Join us October 11 and 12th in beautiful Asheville, NC for two days of hands on education.
We will be building a 5E3 Tweed Deluxe 1x12 combo. We will start with understanding the history of the Deluxe amplifier. Then we will spend a large portion of time understanding the basics of how tube amps work, the parts they are made of and techniques for building great sounding, reliable amplifiers. This is not a paint by numbers class. You will learn SO much about everything tube amp related.
All tools and materials are included. Each attendee will have a complete workstation with soldering iron, multimeter, screwdrivers, etc.
This class is designed for those that have little to no experience building amps. Let us share with you the nearly 20 years of experience building world class amplifiers! The class will be held at the Hampton Inn Asheville Biltmore area just minutes from the Asheville airport and across the road from the Asheville outlet shopping center. Special room rates are available Friday-Sunday.
This build will not be your typical 5E3 amp. We will be using top level transformers, capacitors, resistors, wire and hardware. Also, we will cover how to mod this amp to make it unique to your playing style. This class is limited to 6. Keeping the class small will allow us to offer personal assistance to each of the attendees.
Cost for this class is $2500.
(No food, beverages, travel or lodging are included in the price. )
So, come spend a weekend with us learning the ins and outs of amplifier building. Make some new friends and leave with an incredible amp that you can be proud of! See you there!
Amp class video can be watched HERE.
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Customer Reviews
I took Daniel's first amp-building class back in August and had a blast. I was looking for a class that leaned more into education on tube amps instead of a "paint-by-numbers" approach where the instructor hands you the materials and you're on your own from there. On this front, Daniel totally delivered. The class included a history of tube technology, and started from absolute basics of "how do I use a soldering iron?", so no prior experience was necessary. Daniel went through the details of each section of the amp while we were building it, even offering suggestions for mods and explaining why the mods work, and offered 1-on-1 assistance for anyone who was struggling.
Best of all, you WILL leave with a gorgeous, working amplifier that you built with your own hands. Daniel somehow managed to squeeze 3 days of instruction into a single weekend, and my class did not finish until every person left with a working amplifier. If you're on the fence about trying this class, I would implore you to sign up.
The amplifier class was fantastic. Daniel is a patient teacher and was able to get every student through the entire amp build. Don't worry if you're not technical. In two days you WILL build a gorgeous, classic Fender Tweed tube guitar amp, learn a lot about how it works and then have the amp to enjoy for years.
Incredible technical hands on learning opportunity. Daniel spent time going through the history of the amplifier along with the technical aspects. It doesn’t matter your background, the program is adjusted to accommodate all. This was a fantastic opportunity and I came away with some new friend to boot.
The amp building course was amazing! It was hard work, and a ton of information but the time flew by. I really enjoyed making new friends. Daniel is tremendously knowledgeable of every detail of the build and can answer any question put to him..I just had a blast!!! I would do it again
Joe lombardi
I had never worked on, or really opened up an amp before. I decided to attend the class to try to learn some of the basics, and to help diagnose issues with my amps. The class was fast paced, and gave me a lot of hands on experience. Daniel was patient and happy to help with questions and targeted assistance. I believe this class is helpful for any amp owner, especially to get a good starting knowledge of amps (although the class covered more advanced topics as well)!
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