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Kurt Bloch & Ben Verellen – Guitarist’s Tech Workshop
18 Video lessons in HD
5h 29m of class content
LESSONS
1. Basic Components Of The Electric Guitar
2. Problem Areas Of Maintenance
3. Proper Stringing Techniques
4. Proper Standard Rock Setup
5. Action And Tuning Adjustments
6. Proper Drop Tuning Setup
7. Electronic Maintenance
8. Electricity Basics
9. Reading A Schematic
10. Using A Multimeter
11. Power Matching Speakers And Amps
12. Adjusting And Understanding Tube Bias
13. Building Blocks Of An Amplifier
14. Preamplifier Circuit Design
15. Power Amplifier Circuit Design
16. The Phase Inverter
17. The Power Supply
18. Final Q&A
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Let Two Masters Show How To Take Care Of Your Gear.
Performing a proper setup for your guitar can seem like a dark art requiring a copper chalice filled with incense. Reading a schematic of a tube amplifier can seem like you’re staring at ancient Sanskrit. Guitar and tube amp masters Kurt Bloch and Ben Verellen are here to help.
In this two-part workshop, Kurt and Ben will show you exactly how to get the best sound out of your gear.
In part-one Kurt will teach the basics of setting up your guitar – you’ll learn about:
Truss rod adjustment
Bridge and nut adjustment
String gauge and playing style
Guitar maintenance and upkeep
Guitar electronics and pickups
Part-two is your primer on tube amplifiers. Kurt and Ben will explain how they work and show you how to keep them sounding great. You’ll learn:
Tube biasing
Block diagrams and understanding schematics
Basic amplifier maintenance
Capacitor, resistor, and transformer replacement
Speaker repair and power-matching
Kurt Bloch is not only Gibson Guitar’s in-house guitar guru, he’s a legend in the Seattle music scene. He plays in The Fastbacks and Young Fresh Fellows and has a producer credits for his work with The Presidents of the United States of America and Tokyo Dragons. Ben Verellen started Verellen Amplifiers in 2000 and now has a full-time staff churning out hand made custom tube amplifiers for some of the most respected artists in rock and metal. He also fronts Helms Alee, a rock band based in Seattle.
Don’t get caught with crappy tone and blown out speaker – let these two masters show how to take care of your gear and get the best possible sound.
KURT BLOCH
As the founder and leader of the Fastbacks, Kurt Bloch’s place among the great garage rock pantheon is secure, but his credits as a producer have taken him to the next level in the underground (though he’s not quite to above ground level yet). After his first band, the Cheaters, recorded a one off 45 in the late 70s Bloch found himself more and more interested in the console end of the process. After years spent dabbling with Conrad Uno at Seattle’s Egg studios, Bloch had enough confidence to produce more than just his own band, the Fastbacks, and took over production duties for post-punk groups such as Gas Huffer, Mudhoney, Tad and French punk rockers Les Thugs. His sound is charactized by a “live in the studio†feel and the groups he has worked with have generally been contained to the pacific northwest.
BEN VERELLEN
Ben Verellen is the founder and chief amp-designer of Verellen Amplifiers in Seattle, WA as well as the guitarist for Tacoma, WA based rock band Helms Alee. After starting in the post-hardcore/noise rock scene with the band Harkonen in 1995, he went on to play bass occasionally with These Arms Are Snakes and even toured briefly as a drummer. After studying electrical engineering in college, Ben started Verellen Amplifiers, making high-end, hand-made amplifiers for guitarists all over the country.
