Confusion about where Bogner amps/ customline are made

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Learned from a fellow musician that is much more knowledgable about gear than i am that Bogner amps are made at Boutique amp factory distribution and not at a Bogner custom shop, as i thought. Not that that matters a lot but i always thought Bogner amps where made by Bogner`s "own" amp technicians at Bogner custom shop in his own company. I thought only the Bogner pedals where made at BADF.
BADF does only list Bogner pedals not Bogner amps. Why are only the pedals listed at BADF and not the amps if these are made there too?
 
Bogner cabinets and pedals both I thought were made at BAFD, but the amps and amp repairs have always been done at Bogner by the boss himself to my knowledge.
 
Bronco said:
What did Bogner say when you asked them?
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Did not ask Bogner. Just thought you guys here know that. Maybe Boutique amp distribution factory and Bogner custom shop are the same? The fellow musician i talked to is very knowledgable so i do not doubt a second what he told me. Only thing i do not get then is why BADF only lists Bogner pedals but not the amps? Can`t find any information about where the amps are build on the Bogner homepage.
 
glpg80 said:
Bogner cabinets and pedals both I thought were made at BAFD, but the amps and amp repairs have always been done at Bogner by the boss himself to my knowledge.
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That is what i thought too. But that is according to a very knowledgable fellow musician wrong. He tells me that also the Bogner amps are built at boutique amp distribution factory.
 
It's a small shop. Only a few folks and they are VERY busy. The vibe is very laid back.

When I was at their facility a couple of years ago, they had an assembly line in the front shop for the handwired amps. They were making Helios Eclipse amps that day. It was cool seeing my order on the bench being worked. There were also amp PCB's there ready to be stuffed.
Cool place and all the folks are very nice. Lukather was in the day before testing amps. I was supposed to be there that day but they rescheduled me and I'm sure it was to give Luke privacy. But would've been cool.

The back shop is a combination of storage facility, test bed and where the cabs are stuffed with speakers, boxed and shipped. Reinhold & Jorg's offices are in that building as well.

The cabs themselves are outsourced to BAD as well as the pedal line. Pickups are made by Arcane (or they were). The PCB amps are likely built at BAD as well but I did not ask. All the Synergy stuff is BAD. Repairs are done on site at Bogner.

You'd be hard pressed to find it on a map. It isn't labelled ( prolly a smart move based on the location ).
 
memberzonly said:
It's a small shop. Only a few folks and they are VERY busy. The vibe is very laid back.

When I was at their facility a couple of years ago, they had an assembly line in the front shop for the handwired amps. They were making Helios Eclipse amps that day. It was cool seeing my order on the bench being worked. There were also amp PCB's there ready to be stuffed.
Cool place and all the folks are very nice. Lukather was in the day before testing amps. I was supposed to be there that day but they rescheduled me and I'm sure it was to give Luke privacy. But would've been cool.

The back shop is a combination of storage facility, test bed and where the cabs are stuffed with speakers, boxed and shipped. Reinhold & Jorg's offices are in that building as well.

The cabs themselves are outsourced to BAD as well as the pedal line. Pickups are made by Arcane (or they were). The PCB amps are likely built at BAD as well but I did not ask. All the Synergy stuff is BAD. Repairs are done on site at Bogner.

You'd be hard pressed to find it on a map. It isn't labelled ( prolly a smart move based on the location ).
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Thanks a lot for chiming in. Cool.
If the PCB amps are outsourced that would mean the only amps that are made outside BADF would be the Helios line since these are the only handwired amps as far as i know. Rest including 20th XTC is PCB or am i wrong?
 
BadCat said:
Thanks a lot for chiming in. Cool.
If the PCB amps are outsourced that would mean the only amps that are made outside BADF would be the Helios line since these are the only handwired amps as far as i know. Rest including 20th XTC is PCB or am i wrong?
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Yup. TBH, I would expect that flagship amps are done in house (Ecstasy).

I didnt remember seeing anything though. I’ll ask my son what he remembers.
 
Got an answer from Jorg at Bogner:
Bogner amps are made at the Bogner customshop in their facility in North Hollywood the same way they did for the past 30 years.
Cool!
 
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