The most incredible amp transformation by using a Noisy Hammer
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- The most incredible amp transformation by using a Noisy Hammer? Check it out and you might do the same with yours! 4k
Contents:
00:00 Start
00:15 Intro & Preamble
01:03 The Amplifier
02:17 A case in question
03:03 Close up of Amp
04:27 Case close up
05:44 One small issue
06:10 Why do this?
06:49 About the Amp
08:00 Special features
09:25 Why get this Amp?
10:14 Inside the Amp
10:41 Case maker
11:23 What's it cost?
13:00 Conclusions
16:00 Overall score
What you will learn:
Was it worth the money?
What is a Bogner Brixton?
Is it a tube amp?
Where can I get a custom job made?
What's this Bogner like to play?
Related links:
My website: tonymckenzie.com
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Noisy Hammer Website: www.noisyhammer.com/
So, Really? What was Tony playing at with this really brilliant tube amp? You may well ask. But if you watch the whole video then of course you will learn why I did it and to be honest I think it was a massive improvement. Modifying any amp is no simple matter and you have to have a very good reason to do it.
Now it might be the amplifier itself that you set out to modify in some way. For example in this text above I showed how I modified the voltage from 120 volts to 240 volts. Beside it being important to me, I created that video to show what could be done and how easy or hard the modification was. In reality it was simple, but no one ever showed how to do it. For me the practical aspect of 'getting rid' of the 120 volts and using power right out of the mains was a big reason.
Of course in this review there are other reasons that I made this modification. I actually have two Bogner Brixton amps, one completely original and this one that I recovered twice and it never really did work out - partially because of my inability to cut the vinyl covering properly, and partly through a very difficult case to recover.
Off I went out in to the wilderness looking for somewhere that I could replace the case from, but alas, I think for the Bogner Brixton that would be a very long wait. These amps appeared in around 2012 or thereabouts, and my guess is that they did not sell as many as they might have wished so its a particularly uncommon guitar amp. And that's a pity because this amp was really pretty revolutionary.
You see, Mr Bogner had an idea of removing the tone stack from the amp to give it huge gain from just two 12AX7 tubes. There is so much gain you will wonder how he came up with that. But my guess is he looked back in time to when there were amps without tone stacks in them and decided to create a masterpiece. Unfortunately this amp slept all the way through the selling days, and here it is today - a modern wonder harking back to the end of the 1940's IMO.
I found a company - Noisy Hammer from Norfolk in the UK that could custom make a replacement case, and I wanted it to 'pop' a little as I was going to keep the amp for a very long time. So I spoke with Ryan and agreed they should make it. This video is the result - and what a result it is.
I also discuss the Bogner Brixton a little in this review but check the in depth review I have linked earlier in the video and that includes some playing.
This video is in 4K
I have spent considerable time creating this video at MY COST and it remains without sponsor so is a real genuine overview of my findings and experience with Noisy Hammer Ltd and I did pay full price for the assembly they made.
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Good to see you back Tony!
I seem to 'come and go' depending on YT somehow. I have to say it can be frustrating when you make the videos as I have. Oh well. Thanks for watching.
@@tonymckenziecom And your Bogner looks fantastic!
I think it looks really cool. Thanks for showing it off!
Thanks - yes I like it too - thanks for watching.
Welcome back, Tony!
Yes here I am... :) Been waiting for parts etc. and will get the guitar neck Monday so all that stuff will be coming on... thanks for watching.
Really cool Tony. Awesome!
Well I think it looks good too :) Thanks for watching.
Hi Tony, looks really good. Please don't sand that small stain on the inside back because I think it's filler that absorbs the yellow stain deeper. 5 years ago I could have made one like that but I'm getting too old for trying now. Of course I'm jealous of all your gear but I love your in-depth reviews. Stay well and happy!
Hey thanks for that info... I'm no woodworker type so useful info. Thanks for watching.
Cheers Tony! Wish we could have heard it..!
You can? As I said its played on the other review if I remember here: Bogner Brixton Inside and Out review: czcams.com/video/ZCgWXGNDciw/video.html hope it helps... I'll play it some more if that's not good enough. One brilliant amp that most guys never really tried. Thanks for watching.
Looks cool 🙂
Thanks for watching - appreciated.
Bog,,,near,,,perfect!!!!
Ha a classic comment if ever there was one... Thanks for watching.
What’s the base wood , I’ve built cabinets with similar materials , figured veneer over another hardwood sometimes a ply . Looks great 👍
Solid would be ridiculously expensive I would think.
Not sure of the base wood. The figured wood seems about 3/8" thick so thicker than veneer though. Thanks for the info and for watching.
I had that amp, loved it.
I think I had two different models of that international amps by Bogner. I also had a Shiva. Does Bogner still make amps. I never hear about them these days.
They did make a number of different versions - pallermino, and some others. You're right the company is quiet... but amps still being sold: here: www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bogner/amps/electric/ and thanks for watching.
Didn't know you were a ham, Tony. Trying to figure out what the rig is... SunSDR maybe? Not an Icom or Yaesu as fas as I can determine. 73
:) I have not used the ham stuff for some years and the rig you saw was - cutting a long story short, left from when I bought an 'estate' in a nursing home from them. The originator passed away and had spent all his money on radio gear - they become fanatical sometimes. (Sadly) nothing left to bury him :( they called me as the only company they could think of for it all so I bought the gear personally as my company is not selling HAM gear and sold nearly all of it to recoup the costs to try and help them out of their quandary. He got a decent burial and I moved it all on for them. I kept the Kenwood TS890S to do that HAM stuff again (licensed since about 91) with a class 1 UK license but time currently stops me from getting it all going currently. I did however (if its in the pics) refinish a very nice morse key with a new figured maple base etc. and got the brass shiny again :). Nice to do. :) So now you know :) and thanks for watching.
Those dovetails look to be inserts and for that money I'd expect to see perfect joinery. But that's how I like to work.
Ha I'm no joiner so I can't tell! Looks OK to me but limited woodwork knowledge... Thanks for watching.
I thought it was gonna be 800 ti buy one ha
Ha - I get that of course... but I did think it was a reasonable price at £450 (which included shipping etc). Thanks for watching.
@@tonymckenziecom ya no great price
we didnt get to hear it
There is a link in the text to the full review and I think there's playing on there too. Thanks for watching.