Reinhold bogner biography examples

Guitar amplifier manufacturing company

Bogner Amplification is an American guitar amplifier manufacturing company founded by Reinhold Bogner in 1989 in Los Angeles, California.

Bogner began by custom-building boutique amplifiers based on classic Fenders and Marshalls, and now offers different models of serially produced amplifiers.

History

Reinhold Bogner began building amps as a teenager in his native Germany.

Unable to afford buying one himself, he used spare parts from his father's tube radio building hobby and began trying to recreate the sounds of his guitar idols, like Angus Young and Gary Moore.^[1] As Bogner's reputation grew, local players began bringing Bogner their amplifiers to work on at a time when many guitarists were trying to achieve the heavily-distorted tones of Eddie Van Halen's modified Marshall amps.

On the advice of Kansas guitarist Rich Williams, Bogner moved to Los Angeles in 1989 with a modded Marshall as a demo and