James Burgess

Thank you for your post, Brad! You did a superlative job in laying out the background and of a man many of us admire from afar and would like to get to know better.

I first heard of James Burgess about a year ago through a friend of mine, Rob Trankley, that I met (virtually) here on Audiogon. Despite his ALWAYS upbeat, humorous, and generous nature, he eventually let me know he was being utterly ravaged by cancer. This hobby was one of his very few places of refuge in the storm. Sadly, he has passed from us. But, I will always remember him telling me about his James Burgess amplifier, and how it constantly brought pride and joy into the life of both he and his wife. It's a rare (your description suits that to a "T") man indeed whose amplifiers can provide to a person what James' do.

THAT IS A GREAT RESPONDS MY BRAD EARLES ;;;I HAVE TWO AMPS BYE JAMES AND WILL NOT SELL THEM ;;;;;THEY ARE KEEPERS.GREAT PERSON HAVE TALK TO HIM ON SEVERAL OCCASION WHAT A GREAT PERSON AND VERY HELPFUL.. TALENTED IN BUILDING ALL AUDIO-GEAR TOO ,,,

I HAVE A BURGESS AMP PUSH PULL 6B4 SOUNDS AWSOME WOULD LIKE A SCHEMATIC PLEASE FOWARD MY NAME TO HIM

I would also sell it for about 1200.00

Bigboystoys,

Tell me more about your Burgess amp. You can email me at bobheinatz@yahoo.com. Any pictures, watts ect. would be great.

Hmm. I have a pair of amplifiers that I was told were made by James Burgess. They started life as Wurlitzer organ amps, but got modified to use 45s as SETs. The mod was done a long time ago- all of the wiring inside is done with cloth covered wire.

They came from an estate a good five years ago. The owner used them with a pair of Coral Betas which I also picked up.