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| | ~ Fargen Amplification ~ Fargen Amplification was founded in 1998 as a creative outlet for an inspired, young guitarist, Ben Fargen. As his collection of gig-worn, vintage guitar amplifiers began to need servicing, he found no local tech, with the touch or the talent he demanded to service them. Armed with the internet, an ROP course in electronics, and as many books on tube amps as he could find, Ben learned the trade; hands on, from the ground up. After a year of mastering the basics, he built a few prototypes, and began gigging with them all over California. Once word got out, custom work followed, and as demand increased, stock models evolved.
Fargen Amplification has progressed from a small one man operation, into a thriving boutique company that ships, custom-built guitar amplifiers to discerning players on three continents. And nowadays, in addition to personally tuning each amp that leaves the shop, Ben also provides world tour, amp support to many of the world's most celebrated guitarists. Fargen delivers all hand wired vacuum tube amplification that exceeds the needs of today's demanding guitarist with a spare no expense attitude towards design and materials. Fargen designs offer a fresh new twist on previous classic configurations and set a new standard that will keep you plugging in and discovering new hidden tones that evolve with your style. DAG REPRESENTS CUSTOM COMMISSIONS FOR THIS BUILDER! DAG represents custom commissions for Ben Fargen. We can only handle a limited amount per year and they are on a first come-first served basis with typical wait times ranging from 6 to 10 months. If interested please call for a preliminary discussion in regard to the amplifier you'd like to have Ben build for you. If scheduling permits and it's an amp that Ben is interested in building, we will proceed to the next step and have you consulting directly with Ben to work out all the fine details, as well as pricing and deposits, before the build commences. |
 | "I started Fargen Amplification several years ago with the following goals in mind...building great sounding hand wired tube amplifiers for players that are searching for pure tones, vintage vibe & USA quality. Through the years I have developed a line of amplifiers that continue a tradition of timeless design while moving forward and never loosing focus on continuing to improve all aspects of what Fargen delivers. To accommodate the endless amount of design variations we could never possibly offer in our production models....I have decided to launch the Fargen Custom Shop." - Ben Fargen The Custom Shop represents the highest level of quality. We work with artists to take a sound from within their head and design the hardware to bring that sound to their fingertips. | | |
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Fargen John Lennon Signature JL-15 - $2700
The John Lennon JL-15 amplifier is a truly unique design out of the Fargen Custom Shop. Leave it to Ben Fargen and his amplifier mastery to capture Lennon’s tone in a one-of-a-kind technical marvel of a design...
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Fargen John Lennon Artist Series - $4999
The John Lennon Artist Series amplifier’s cabinet provides an astounding and unique canvas for John’s original drawings, and you can span Lennon’s '60s Liverpool and '70s Plastic Ono Band tones through the use of the two-way Decade Switch and enjoy the warmth and depth of best-in-class, boutique amp engineering...
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Fargen Mini Plex MKII - $2150
The Fargen Mini Plex MKII features the ultimate English classic rock and high gain crunch tones. It pumps out quality tone on par with a 50 or 100 watt Marshall, and maintains this tone at apartment/bedroom levels...
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Fargen Mini Plex MKII Combo - $2550
London Power power scaling control (12 watts down to less than 1/2 watt), Custom Mercury Magnetics transformers, SoZo vintage style mustard capacitors, Dual power tube sockets for use with and octal tube...
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Fargen Retro Classic - $2250/$2650
Designed without compromise, The Fargen Retro Classic is the result of complete creative and engineering freedom, created with the desire to capture 3 different classic sounds in one single channel 25 watt amp....and that's what it does in spades...
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Fargen Olde 800 MKII - $2250/$2650
The Olde 800 MKII has that classic high gain British rock sound similar to a JCM 800 but with added sustain and super thick harmonic crunch tones. The Olde 800 MKII also achieves smooth, fat, clean tones reminiscent of classic non-master volume British amps....
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Fargen Blackbird VS2 - $2250/$2650
The Fargen Blackbird VS2 is the ultimate blackface amplifier design – the culmination of over ten years of upgrading and refining our clients’ vintage 60’s amplifiers...
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Fargen AC Duo-Tone - $1799/$2350
From Liverpool to Maximum R&B, Tres Hombres to Heartbreaker – the Fargen AC-Duo Tone can take you there! This new Fargen design features two channels of English vibe that will cover any and all of your EL84 Brit-tone needs...
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Fargen Micro Plex - $999
Think of the Micro Plex as the baby brother to Fargen's Mini Plex MKII. It offers the same simple, classic rock tones using the same tubes, but in a slightly smaller footprint...
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