Valve Heaven Amp School – a brilliant opportunity for hands-on mentoring while you build your own valve guitar amplifier. Amp School is led by the Lamington amp series designer Grant Wills and is designed for a beginner to amp building.
There is no shortage of information in books and the internet about valve amplifiers, but this is no substitute for having a mentor who can give you hands on training in the skills involved in building valve technology. Interest in valve amplifiers continues to grow, but where do you go to get practical training in this fascinating field?
Valve Heaven Amp School was developed to pass on years of experience in valve technology to the next generation. This 2-day weekend training school is designed to provide you with valve amp theory combined with skills mentoring as you construct your own Lamington Lite valve guitar amplifier head. It’s hard to describe the look on a new builder’s face when they hear the amazing tone coming from an amplifier they have just constructed!
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“Thanks Grant for a very enjoyable weekend building the Lamington Lite. I had a great time with a great bunch of likeminded people. The amp itself is remarkably great sounding and easily rates with the current batch of Boutique point to point amps as well as the vintage mainstays. Hooked it up to a 2 x 12 Mesa black shadow cabinet and it instantly has become my favourite clean amp. As I said at the course it represents an absolute bargain when you consider you walk out with a point to point wired amp. All the best for the future and thank you once again.”
The School tuition cost of $500 includes all parts for the construction of the great sounding Valve Heaven Lamington Lite amp – a valve guitar amp which delivers chimey cleans and a big overdrive tone. The Lamington Lite amplifier was developed as an easy to build introduction to valve amplifiers and is not only easy to build for a beginner, but is a brilliant sounding amp that you will be proud to own and play through. Even if you have had no prior experience in electronics, Amp School provides you with all the support needed to build your own valve amp! Details on the Lamington Lite amp can be found HERE.
You will receive a good grounding in basic valve theory, coupled with a fantastic shared learning experience as you “learn by doing” during the construction of your own Lamington Lite valve amplifier.
Tube Amp Building Workshop
To express your interest in specific Amp School date(s) and location(s), please email me and an application form and detailed course information for that intake will be sent to you.Students will make either a Tweed Deluxe, Bassman, or Champ tube guitar amp – or make a Specimen Stereo Hi- Fi Tube Amplifier.
Learn about the wonderful Stereo Tube Amp kit here. You may peruse the assembly instructions here: Instruction Book for Specimen Single Ended Stereo Tube Amp.
The legendary circuits in our outstanding guitar tube amp kits are the same that have made “Tweed” – era amplifiers revered among musicians. Our guitar amp kits include special component upgrades. For students who already have experience making tube amps, a variety of classic Fender amp kits are available to make in this class by special order. Orders for other amps must be requested at least 6 weeks in advance of the course.
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Here is a great opportunity to build your own tube amp while learning about tube audio electronics and acquiring electronics shop skill.
Building an amplifier is the best way to develop the diagnostic skills necessary to troubleshoot and repair. Students who complete this course will be well prepared to take our Tube Amp Repair Courses.
Students will observe sequential stages of the tube amp kit construction process and then carry out the work on their own amps under the supervision of the instructor.
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Students will obtain a fundamental understanding of the way a vintage tube instrument amplifier works, stage by stage, and learn the craft of point-to-point wiring and how to modify a circuit to shape tone by changing component values.
Students will learn to use chassis punches to open hole diameters to accommodate tube sockets and various other components. These simple methods enable any circuit designer to achieve great results without needing elaborate and expensive machinery.
All students receive a full-color layout diagram and schematic of the circuit along with instructive literature and the benefit of a fully-wired reference model on hand for one-to-one comparison during the course.
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The legendary Guitar Amp Tube circuits that have made “Tweed”- era amplifiers revered among musicians are used in the Guitar Amplifier Building seminar.
The Specimen Hi-Fi Stereo Tube Amp kit frame is made using Baltic-birch plywood and pre-constructed at Specimen.The circuit is derived from classic single-ended designs that began in the 1930s. The layout of this tube amplifier is simple and elegant, but most of all timeless, very well built, and great sounding!
The top, front, and back panels are made of aluminum and have been laid out with all the perforations for this circuit.
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For first time tube amp makers, I strongly recommend the Tweed Deluxe, Champ, or Stereo Hi Fi which offer the perfect level of involvement for the seminar. If you have your heart set on one of the higher-powered models, simply bear in mind that additional hours may need to be logged to complete the amp.
For students who already have experience making tube amps, a variety of classic Fender amp kits are available to make in this class by special order. Orders for other amps must be requested at least 6 weeks in advance of the course.
“I took this class a few years back and I really enjoyed it! Ian, the instructor, was really cool and it was an excellent learning experience. Highly recommended for anyone who knows a little about electronics and wants to learn how to build a guitar amp. I knew nothing of amplifier electronics when I took the course (I was only 19 years old at the time and my only experience at that point was swapping pickups) and it was a challenge, but that’s mostly because I opted to build a Marshall JCM 800 clone (it’s a relatively complex circuit, so definitely not for beginners). Regardless, it was a once in a lifetime experience and I got a great amp out of it too!”
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“Hi Gentlemen, GREAT workshop this weekend, it exceeded all my expectations. The playlists and the shop humor were right up my alley too, pitch perfect (ditto for Mike). I was especially pleased that Dane was able to walk out with a killer functioning amp, he is so stoked about that. A great learning experience for him for sure, it really pushed him and it paid off.
For me (as I said when we were leaving), I kind of didn’t expect to completely finish a Princeton Reverb way back when I signed up, but I can now see the finish line and will enjoy the final steps at home (many thanks Kye for jumping in and getting so much done Sunday PM!). If I get totally stuck, or just run out of life-bandwidth I’ll ping back and mail the chassis back to you for professional finalization.
BTW, I was able to finish off my Princeton Reverb after I took the class. Works GREAT, I gig with it every week. I might try to take your Amp Repair class this summer (assuming I can get the time off work). This 3-day workshop is designed for anyone and all skill levels. Guitar players, audio enthusiasts, woodworkers or anyone who wants to learn the art of tube amp building is welcome! Taught by master luthiers Dale & Tyler Unger with special guest Chris Mittlesteadt. Chris is a master of audio and vacuum tube guitar amplifiers. Our Tweed Deluxe style project is modeled after the later narrow panel models, which were the most popular out of all of the Tweed era amps. This class AB tube amp brings the tonal versatility made famous by its original counterpart. The Tweed Deluxe was known as a wonderful studio amplifier due in part to its ability to cover so much musical territory. Iconic players such as Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Larry Carlton, Neil Young, The Edge, Billy Gibbons, Mike Campbell, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell and countless others have relied on the stellar tone of the 5e3 circuit. For those who love the vintage tone of the 50's, 60's and 70's, this amp build is for you!
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This course explains the operation of how tube amps work, and how different components can change your tone. You will build your very own tweed deluxe style amp with top of the line components. I would be happy to discuss any additional details over the phone at your convenience. Please feel free to contact us at (570) 856-1324.
One half of the cost of the course is required as a down payment in order to reserve your place.
Chris Mittlesteadt has spent 40+ years intimately involved with the making of music, instruments, equipment, recording, production and hi-fi sound. Chris’s father was a
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