The Tone Lab

BEHIND THE SCENES, TIPS, GEAR DEEP DIVES & MORE

Our blog is dedicated to the gear behind the captures, the processes and equipment involved and our approach to sound engineering. It will also give you a closer look behind the scenes and highlight the vintage and modern gear from our collection. We’d also like to use this chance to answer some of the most recurring questions from our users here. Dive in with us into the world of guitar amps.

Blog posts

What’s the secret behind your amp tones?

Spoiler alert: there is no ONE secret. The simple answer is that we do our best to go the extra mile on every step of the way and learn and improve as we go all the time, constantly.

AMALGAM AUDIO’S AMP COLLECTION

The collection consists of about 80 amp heads and 60 combos, while mpost of the usual suspect boutique, modern and high gain stuff can be found here, we specialize mostly in vintage amps and it is where our heart is the most of the time.

Where do you get all these amps from?

The answer is – everywhere. US, UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, South Afrika, New Zealand and many, many more places.

HOW WE DO CAPTURES

A lot of testing and A/B comparisons have been conducted in order to arrive at our current best practices for creating captures. Read below to find out more