FRENZEL Tube Amps

Thanks for stopping by to look at our amps! I started Frenzel Tube Amps as a retirement business in 2001, but I have been building amps a long time. I built my first tube amp in 1952 and I was hooked. After that I had a five decade engineering career that included designing tube and solid state equipment for the US Army Signal Corps, US Air Force, US Navy, CIA, FAA, and many large companies such as Collins Radio, Rockwell, Raytheon and Texas Instruments.

Our amps are different from anything else you will find in the boutique amp market. They were inspired by classic 50's & 60's tube amp designs that create the 'TONES YOU KNOW' plus they have many added features and custom options not found in vintage amps which allows you the player to create your own individual tones!

Quality is our most important product, so we hand-build and hand-wire everything in-house at the "Best Little Tube Amp Factory" in Texas! Everyone at Frenzel is a master craftsman, loves their work and loves music. My three son's, who got me started building guitar amps for them when they were teenagers back in the 70's, are now all design engineers as well as musicians...and excuse me if I brag a bit.....fantastic guitar players! With their help and a lot of input from all of our "tone freak" friends, we have designed and built thousands of custom tube amps for musicians all over the world.

We have a large backlog of orders, so it may take a few weeks to get your amp built for you. But keep in mind that your amp will be hand-built and hand-wired specifically to your requirements by a dedicated and skilled craftsman who loves and takes pride in his work. If you would like us to build an amp for you, or have any questions, please send me an email.

Best regards,

Jim Frenzel

jim@frenzeltubeamps.com

About Our Amps

We manufacture a large variety of amps. They have a lot of of upgrade options and we can configure them to suit your individual requirements. Many of our amps come standard as open chassis amps. This gives you the option to build your own custom cabs and save money. We also offer a variety of enclosures as upgrade options.

All of our amps are point-to-point hand wired with no printed circuits, or terminal boards. It takes longer to build an amp that way, but the end result is worth it. We think of our amps as works of art. Great care is taken in the routing of the wiring and placement of parts. (See the Wiring Pictures Page for examples of our wiring.)

Only the best of parts....low noise polypropylene capacitors, metal film resistors, Switchcraft jacks, ceramic sockets, non-magnetic aluminum chassis, premium long-life transformers and high grade hook-up wire are used in our amps.

All tubes are prescreened for noise, hum and tested for optimum performance before insertion in the amp. Before shipping, each amp is tested extensively for 24 hours on the bench and on speakers. This attention to detail produces an amp that will last for generations!

Affordable Prices

All of our amps have their prices listed on the description page. We are oftened asked why our amps are so inexpensive compared to other name-brand boutique type amps. The answer is ...we are a small company and have very low overhead...plus we sell direct to the customer....there is no middle man or dealer mark up....and finally, we do not stock any amps and thus have large amounts of money tied up in inventory. All of our amps are custom built to order. This allows the customer to choose only the options he wants and thereby control the price. All of these reasons allow us to build affordable high-quality tube amplifiers that will outperform and outlast any of the "re-issue" namebrand type amps now being mass produced in China.

High Quality

When we ship an amp, our goal is to deliver more than the customer expected. We put our name on our products and our name and reputation is more important than anything. Read our customer reviews and you will see the truth in this statement. Our amps are designed to last for generations and we guarantee our amps unconditionally including component parts and labor for one year. If you have any problem, just send it back and we will repair it at no charge. This does not include tubes. Our tube warranty is 90 days which is the same warranty that we receive from our supplier.

Easy To Order

The prices and options are listed on the description page for each amp. If you would like us to build an amp for you, just fill out the Order Form on the Order An Amp page and we will send you an invoice. If you have any questions or need assistance, please send us an email at info@frenzeltubeamps.com