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Building A Tube Amp Is AMAZING (Full Build Process)

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@RobertBakerGuitar 4 месяца назад

These guys have been a dream to work with. Just truly kind people who make amazing amps. Hope you all enjoy the video.

@christophervincent8420 4 месяца назад

Love the amps those guys build. It's just not in the cards for me. Maybe hopefully one day. Ugh

@arthurgonzales4949 4 месяца назад

That amp sounds so good! I definitely dig this video!

@LewisShieldsUS 4 месяца назад

Dr Z!

@AdamGotheridge 4 месяца назад

My experience as well, just awesome people. I think I'm up to 7 amps and 4 cabs now. Not quite sure how that happened. 😇 Awesome video, thank you!

@shawnbayless777 4 месяца назад

I bought a Dr Z attenuator and I was so blown away by it that I knew their amps would be amazing and they are…just a killer company.

@DrZAmplification 4 месяца назад

Loved this idea, grateful to have been a part of it, and happy to have got this amp in the hands of a monster player!

@RobertBakerGuitar 4 месяца назад

You guys are far to kind. Thank you for taking so much extra time on this so we could share it with everyone. I'm already planning my next Dr.Z amp :).

@drorzellner9584 4 месяца назад

I enjoyed your proper IPC MIL STD soldering ;) Also you don't see a lot of tower soldering these days, this is very old school :)

@PrinceWesterburg 3 месяца назад

Great video! I used ot work for Audio Note and have worked with a lot of Russian valves, the pins have a coating that may go dull but still conducts very well, spraying them with deoxit is fine but you shouldn't file them as you're actually reducing their life.

@Jeremya74 3 месяца назад

Someone has built an amp or two..cool vid!

@Prajnana 4 месяца назад

Twenty years ago, I built a dual 6L6 "California Dreaming" amp from scratch: punched and drilled the chassis, mounted components, sockets (ceramic), transforms, orange drop caps, pots, and terminal strips, point-to-point hand wired all... a labor of love... and it worked, too! - in short order I blew out the spare stereo speaker I connected to it! One difference; I checked unloaded filament, grid and plate voltages before inserting the tubes! 🙂Still stored away. A labor of love.

@7171jay 4 месяца назад

@prajnana Wow that's a lot of work to get that close and not just finish it up, it's a shame that it has been abandoned to storage for so long. Why not bring the amp to a good tech to get the last bits sorted out if you can't figure it out yourself ???

@incredifunk 3 месяца назад

@prajnana, U B interested in selling by chance?

@These_go_to_eleven_1959 4 месяца назад

Why is watching someone build an amp very relaxing? At least it is to me.😎

@petes5041 4 месяца назад

Spent 26 years in the Electronics Industry as an Engineer! As I said, many activities are difficult if not impossible without the Skills and Training! As I used to tell my Apprentices, when watching me and then saying " well that looks easy" my next line was "OK, try it" they never said it again!

@tim_shipp 3 месяца назад

I LOVE things like this. As a hobbyist builder it's always so fascinating to me, plus seeing the "smaller shops" is just great.

@elliotthall5543 3 месяца назад

This is AMAZING! How could one not respect and want a product of this quality and integrity?

@robcny74 4 месяца назад

Hellz yes .. props to Dr Z for keeping tubes alive 🤘

@richardclark. 4 месяца назад

i mean Dr.Z is of course great to the community but tubes will keep themselves alive.

@vorpalblades 4 месяца назад

Tubes are obsolete.

@richardclark. 4 месяца назад

@@vorpalblades maybe you should look up the definition of obsolete.

@jcburger733 3 месяца назад

Fabulous video. Glad to see it is handmade. No mess inside either.

@GUNFREAK2000 4 месяца назад

Oh Man! This is right in my wheelhouse!!! I repair and build versions of tubes amps!! Fantastic collaboration with “Z” Robert thanks for this video….

@jcugnoni 4 месяца назад

wow, this is great video showing the craftmanship and attention to details that goes into those amps. Great respect !

@rolyart3 4 месяца назад

This video was so great! Thanks for putting it together. Makes me want a ZWreck…. Love seeing the care they put into building their amps. And what a cool thing to have a video of your own amp being made by Dr. Z!

@thatampguy 4 месяца назад

I'm glad Dr z is still doing his thing

@stratwrassler 3 месяца назад

Wow. A Dr. Z Maz 18 amp inspired me to explore building my own amps. After about 10 years of trial and error, tweaking and modding, I finally had a build that sounded "as good as a Dr. Z", heh, my opinion of course. Almost 20 years ago I was at a local blues jam, and someone asked me if I would play through his new amp so he could hear what it sounds like out front. It was a Dr. Z Maz 18. When I got up to jam with the band, during one tune as I was finishing up a couple takes during my time to solo, the jam master motioned to the sax player to take it. Instead, he said, "no, I want to hear some more of that sweet guitar tone again", and bowed motioning for me to play again. Really, that is what happened, and really, that little amp blew my mind. When you get that kind of tone in the feedback loop between your ears, fingers, and the amp, it really does feel like you can play better. It is more something you feel and not just what you hear. And even with only 18w it cut threw the mix at a jam that would get "stupid loud" at times. I did a deep dive into Dr. Z amps, and concluded I just couldn't afford the $$, so I started a quest to build my own amps. I did enjoy learning and building, but the main lesson I learned was, that in the long run, if I had just bought the Dr. Z "I couldn't afford", it would have cost me less $$. Personal amp building is a deep rabbit hole, time, struggle, pain and $$ consuming process.

@darkonation 4 месяца назад

This is really cool. Love videos like this! 👍 You got #700! Watching him build that amp was awesome. Any video on how this stuff gets built and the care that goes into it, is always fantastic. Awesome to see him log all the builds with paper and a pen. No computers or spreadsheets…. Just thought that was cool. Thanks Robert! 🤘

@stanesposito2664 4 месяца назад

Great video! I have Dr. Z Route 66 and I love it. Mike told me to never get rid of it and I won't. Their amps are built like tanks.

@joemed6222 4 месяца назад

Mike was so cool to do this video for you and mentioning you as well. Great video! I love knowing how things are made especially amps, pedals and guitars. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

@Matthewtaylorn 4 месяца назад

Hell yes! My Route 66 and ‘90s Carmen Ghia are so freaking wonderful. I had played plenty of amps before, but the first strum through my Route 66 about a year and a half ago made me feel like I was on the London scene in ‘66. Lots of players might hate this word, but there’s definitely a certain “mojo” that I haven’t felt in other amps. It’s like they care about and love my guitars. They let the pure voice of my instruments shine, but impart just a bit of their own inherent characteristics without being the “whole” sound. I know there are more models in my future.

@bldallas 4 месяца назад

Amazing. Great idea for a video. The “electronic” side of guitars, pedals and amps has always intimidated the hell out of me. The assembly of something like this amp, is really impressive, but then to think of these guys having the knowledge needed to actually design it, first, is mind blowing. Cool stuff, thanks for sharing.

@HearGear 4 месяца назад

This is not rocket science .. but, it takes quite a lot to build an amp like that, I have all the knowledge to build pedals and amps I have built amps and currently building pedals, but it´s not enough to have the knowledge, it takes perfection and extreme determination to be able to build such a great amps as Dr Z or any other amp that is built by human hand, when it all comes around its not really expensive to buy a hand built amp for 2-3k. When I build my pedals I spend about a day on each pedal because I start with an empty PCB, also the pedal is tested for about an hour before its packed up and shipped out to the customer. Thank you Robert for sharing this process from such a good and great company as Dr Z, those amps sounds absolutely fantastic.

@LewisShieldsUS 4 месяца назад

I know me some rocket scientists. Dudes ain't touching my amps. Or my guitars.

@BryanClark-gk6ie 3 месяца назад

Spending all day building a pedal sounds like a lot of time' how much does a pedal sale for?

@HearGear 3 месяца назад

@@BryanClark-gk6ie 300 Euros at the minimum.

@EddieLeeFunn 3 месяца назад

Excellent video, Robert! That hand-written log, though... priceless!

@Barbarapape 4 месяца назад

Having worked in electronics all my life and started with valves (Tubes) I still think they are the best for a warm smooth sound that very few solid state amps can emulate. As for building them by hand, i was doing that from my early teens including making the chassis and cabinet. It is geat to see that some are still doing this, but the prices make your guitar weep!

@RiffsAndBeards 4 месяца назад

Dr Z amps are 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

@soapboxearth2 4 месяца назад

Love the concept for this video. Id love to see a Germino or Friedman done

@GuitarGears4544 4 месяца назад

Thanks for that video, Robert. It was different, but very cool. There's something very satisfying about watching a master craftsman go about their work.

@real_anxst 4 месяца назад

Having built a hand wired 5e3 kit myself, it's definitely a process.

@clamus68 4 месяца назад

Damn Dr Z is way too cool for words. Not to mention the sound Dr Z came up with is staggeringly great. Long live Dr Z! Great collab Robert!

@DreidMusicalX 4 месяца назад

The only thing I wish I would have seen was the smoke being pulled away with that fan that should have a tube leading outside pulling the smoke out of the building. I use a dryer vent exhaust hose with a 8" fan that goes to the bottom part of my shed and pushes it outside so none of that is in the area of my lungs. I don't build amps, but I do jewelry and I also solder guitars and basic stuff. Always protect your lungs. But as for this mans amp building skills is awesome!

@paulsullivan3501 4 месяца назад

It was nice to hear the jargon from when I worked at Raytheon from '62 to '66.

@kensolo6793 4 месяца назад

Very cool video. Very much enjoyed watching the assembly of the amp and how they burn them in and the QA. Really Cool! Thank you Robert.

@frankgeeraerts6243 22 дня назад

Woaw , besides the superb build and sound of this amp you're also a gifted guitar player ..........two thumbs up !

@johnnytruck2009 4 месяца назад

That was awesome! Much love and respect for Dr. Z and his crew! Every time i went to buy one something financially came up and wasn't able. Happy for you Robert! Very cool!

@justinTime077 Месяц назад

I finally understand soldering after watching this-unexpected bonus! I have always had unreliable results prior to

@druwk 4 месяца назад

Z amps have so much definition they force you to play clearer. All notes jump out, right and wrong. Tone wise they are AMAZING 🤩 Used to use them at a high end rehearsal studio. I have an original Z28. Would love to own another one, one day. Z Plus, Nova, Z Wreck, Maz 18jr MKII

@markkinney5030 4 месяца назад

Cool amp build! So cool insideof her and the pride! The tone is great you piaying blues on it sounded so good!

@cowhidemusic8904 4 месяца назад

Falling further down the rabbit hole! I love building tube amps. Robert you got to do this on your own!

@alexandermikrievskij5332 2 месяца назад

Beautiful, honest work 😊 I'd love to have one. Thank you for the great video, I enjoyed every minute of it 🤘

@arustydodge2111 4 месяца назад

Thank you for letting us ride along on your Z Wreck journey, ROBERT! Fantastic! Congratulations Brother!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@IOSAShorts 4 месяца назад

Robert Baker, This made me so happy! I liked and subscribed!

@danlampton 4 месяца назад

What a great idea! Here's to you and Dr. Z.

@chadjones4236 3 месяца назад

I would love to apprentice for these guys👍

@theguitaramptech 4 месяца назад

How cool to see the Master at work! Thank you Robert for making this happen. Sadly, I have only worked on one Dr Z amp ... because they are made so well.

@klontart 4 месяца назад

Great idea. And the build is looking good!

@billwittman0504 4 месяца назад

So cool to see it wired point to point by hand, totally AWESOME! Got to get one now... 👍

@GoldtopDude 4 месяца назад

Great video! Doc is the best……my idea of tone and feel , and what I hear in my head, seems to be precisely what Doc hears, however Doc makes it a reality with his creations! Lucky me, and lucky us……thanks much …..

@r1ckgr1m3s8 4 месяца назад

That is awesome! I have a 1972 50 W Marshall and a gentleman I work with resurrected it from the dead almost 20 years ago. Anyway a few months ago I had him put new caps and output tubes in it for me and it's funny the same day you put this video up I lost output from the amp. So I opened it up saw there was a wire disconnected I sent a picture to him ( I call him Dr. Bob) where does this wire go? Unbelievably he was able to tell me where it went just from the picture, so I got my soldering iron out and went to town by the way I forgot to discharge the capacitors so I had arcs and Sparks going on it was fun but scared the crap out of me long story short it's screaming now. But my point is these gentlemen that work on these old tube amps are a Dying Breed. I keep telling Bob that when he retires which will be soon he needs to show me how to work on these old tube amps. I hope he takes me up on the offer, because I'm no spring chicken myself I'm 52 years old. Again great video buddy!

@7171jay 4 месяца назад

@r1ckg Better the amp is screaming than you. Gotta be careful working with high voltages, dangerous stuff !!!

@r1ckgr1m3s8 4 месяца назад

@@7171jay I hear you!

@soapboxearth2 4 месяца назад

Im building a trainwreck express right now and the pacific pt has multiple ht taps. 250v and 285 i think. So tempting to add the speed and comfort switch after seeing this.

@danmercer214 4 месяца назад

Great video Robert. I appreciate you. Keep on rockin brother.

@AmericanGwyn 4 месяца назад

Great video, Robert! This is like guitar ASMR.

@donaldnelson8764 4 месяца назад

I have three Dr Z amps, the Z Wreck was my first, a DB4 was my second and a Maz 18, with reverb, was third. Once I had the Z Wreck there was no stopping. I have been playing guitar for 64 years and I have owned or played a huge number of amplifiers and Dr Z, Carr and Tone King are at the top of the heap.😎

@brandon_945 4 месяца назад

I very much enjoyed this video, that was really cool when he was scoping the amp signal at 20:25

@PaulCooksStuff 4 месяца назад

Fascinating to watch. Great video idea. 👍

@macsarcule 4 месяца назад

Really cool, Robert, thanks for an awesome video! ✌️😌🎸

@ww8wv1 4 месяца назад

What incredible hand craftsmanship and attention to detail, makes the price more that worth it. Also… man those P90’s.

@RobertBakerGuitar 4 месяца назад

I agree I'd say most companies that do what they do charge way more. If Fender did this they would ask 5 - 6k easy

@jimcatanzaro7808 Месяц назад

I like scratch building tube amps from old transformers for the power supply matched with some good new output transformers Honestly my favorite part is making the power supply and making a very perfect ripple using chokes and oil capacitors and using my scopes for testing

@greevar 4 месяца назад

The benefit to a hand wired amplifier, as opposed to a PCB, is that it is vastly easier to repair. A hand wired solid state amp would be just as good as this one, but much more affordable. But people don't want to believe that they wasted their money on snake oil. So, they fool themselves into thinking the tubes are superior, despite the fact that nobody has ever been able to detect the difference in a blind test. It's all marketing to sell something at a premium price.

@RobertNolan 3 месяца назад

Depending on the PCB, they may not even have so much if any advantage in repair.

@dalenicholas1984 4 месяца назад

Such a great video, great work Robert.

@wesleymorris1 4 месяца назад

I like nichicon caps, i use them, film caps for coupling and electros for powersupply and also for cathode bypass caps. Never had 1 failure out 1000s of caps.

@Terry3Gs 4 месяца назад

Nice video Robert & congrats !!

@thommyc77 4 месяца назад

Love videos like this. Thanks for sharing.

@timchalmers1700 4 месяца назад

Fascinating!! And that makes not want to build an amp. Thanks to Dr. Z for the video !!! Incredible !!!

@maxwellblakely7952 4 месяца назад

Tinning is winning baby!

@jackmundo4043 4 месяца назад

This was a great idea. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.

@TheAtariCreep 4 месяца назад

That was pretty rad to watch.

@richardclark. 4 месяца назад

great idea leaving on the hand written knob ID's. stuff like that sells product.

@dewey7330 4 месяца назад

I would love to do this kind of work.

@Crinkle65 4 месяца назад

Very cool to see. Thanks.

@artytoney2057 4 месяца назад

I'm a ENGL guy but these bad boys are freaking amazing ,so rich and full

@iamsandman7 4 месяца назад

Love this! Hope you can make more vids like this

@bottomkitchen250 4 месяца назад

I know you said in your recent video that you were going to play through a tube amp more often and this is sure a nice choice!

@chrisgmurray3622 3 месяца назад

Nice playing Robert.

@wesleymorris1 4 месяца назад

Love building amps i got 2 rooms of my house filled with tubes and amps i built, over 5 years ive built and sold some over 200 amps. Im a purest tube amp builder, tube rectifier, cathode bias. Nothing like natural tube sag in overdrive.

@stephanwolff8601 3 месяца назад

I enjoyed the video very much. Thank you very much for explaining solderingblike a pro. I am soldering once in 2 years, mostly with poor results. Hope I will remember next time.

@CentaurusRelax314 4 месяца назад

Tremendous idea for a video. I hope you make more requests for similar construction/build videos, for other amps, and also pedals and guitars.

@RobertBakerGuitar 4 месяца назад

I actually ordered a Novo guitar that I went over the past few months a recorded it being built. It'll be up i na few weeks

@Positivedistractions 4 месяца назад

The z wreck and your glaser bender tele is by far my dream set up

@539sharp 4 месяца назад

I've been using Z amps for about 10 yrs. In my opinion they are the best bang for your buck. I have as my man amp an original Prescription.. the amp is 20 yrs old, I've probably played close to 600 shows with in , NEVER FAILED.. they are built like tanks.

@eddieholmes3236 4 месяца назад

Building a guitar is one thing, but amps 🤯 Great video!

@jimbeaux4988 4 месяца назад

That's really cool.

@sirtogii5216 4 месяца назад

Incredibly cool. What an insight, thanks

@mikewolfe9458 4 месяца назад

This is very cool. Love me some Z amps. I’m planning on picking up the junior version of the z wreck next month. Thanks for putting this together, Robert!

@MurrayWilliams 4 месяца назад

Outstanding video! Love this!

@JasonHobbsGuitarist 4 месяца назад

Z Wreck is a great amp! Great video! The Doc Rocks! ✌️

@user-dn5ok5fz1t 13 дней назад

Talking about Brad Paisley.I'm not a huge fan of his style of music.But that boy can Fing play man.... He is really really good at what he does. No wonder he has so many fans.And is such a popular icon in the country music genre.

@Barefeet200 4 месяца назад

Loved this. I did manage to convert a Hammond into Carmen Ghia successfully along with a number of Fender clones. I really enjoy building them but watching a master at work is a real treat and mine do not have that finesse that The Doctor builds into his.

@SteveHatzman 4 месяца назад

Dr Z seems like such a cool guy. Nice and chill.

@CarlHackman 4 месяца назад

Great video.

@damirkaleb8092 3 месяца назад

BEAUTYFUL❤

@scottybrowndotca 4 месяца назад

Hey Robert .. I really enjoyed this video on how to build your own tube amp .. The only thing is, I more or less followed the instructions in the video, even though I had to substitute a few components, and the amp I built literally sounds not in any way similar .. Do you know if I maybe missed some steps or if maybe the humidify near my workbench might be causing some issues ..?