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INSPIRING GUITARISTS WORLDWIDE

At Amalgam Audio, we let the results speak for themselves.
Players around the world trust our captures for their realism, feel, versatility, and mix-ready quality. From studio sessions and live rigs to home playing setups, these reviews and testimonials reflect what matters most to us: inspiring tones, expertly dialed in and ready to play.

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GUITARISTS

Lyle Workman
United States
Film and TV composer, session ace, and endlessly versatile guitarist, Lyle Workman brings world-class musicianship shaped by work across records, soundtracks, and the studio. His ear for tone is as refined as his playing—making his endorsement especially meaningful.
Mitch Malloy
United States
Mitch Malloy is a seasoned rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer with a long track record in major-label and professional studio work. With roots in melodic hard rock and years of recording experience, he knows exactly what great guitar tone is supposed to feel like.
Ed DeGenaro
Germany
Ed DeGenaro is a distinctive fusion guitarist known for blending bebop sophistication with high-gain firepower into a voice that is entirely his own. A player with that level of individuality doesn’t gravitate toward generic tones—and that says a lot.
Julijan Erič
Slovenia
Julijan Erič is a Slovenian guitarist and singer best known for his work with Prismojeni Profesorji Bluesa (Wacky Blues Professors), where blues rock, funk, psychedelia, and vintage spirit collide. His playing carries the feel, attitude, and old-school touch that make great amp tones come alive. He is also renowned for his exceptional interpretations of Jimi Hendrix, capturing an uncanny likeness in sound, feel, and spirit in his live performances.
Leon Todd
Australia
Leon Todd is an acclaimed guitarist, songwriter, educator, and gear demonstrator whose playing and tone knowledge have earned him a global following. Whether onstage, in the studio, or deep in the weeds of guitar gear, he brings real authority to every tone conversation.
Jay Leonard J
Canada
Award-winning performer, songwriter, producer, and widely respected YouTube guitar personality, Jay Leonard J is known for combining serious chops with authentic enthusiasm and a deep love of great gear.

PRODUCERS & ENGINEERS

John Kurzweg
United States
Multi-platinum producer, engineer, mixer, and musician John Kurzweg is known for landmark work with artists including Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Godsmack, and Eagle-Eye Cherry. When someone with decades of hit-making studio experience trusts your tones, that carries weight.
Bob Guido
Canada/United States
Bob Guido Bob Guido is a guitarist, composer, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his expressive and ethereal guitar style. In his own words: "I'm always in search of the closest possible translation between feeling and form." Guido also has a deep commitment to discovering new sounds and textures with great attention to musical detail. That kind of ear tends to be picky - in the best possible way.
Anton Evans
Canada
Anton Evans is a veteran producer and engineer who has been guiding artists through the recording process since the 1985. With that kind of experience behind the desk, trust is earned the old-fashioned way: by knowing what works.
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Eddie Van Halen's 1968 Marshall Super Lead

CUSTOMER REVIEWS

Review for: TK ROY
★★★★★

as big a fan as i am of Marshalls for crunch to high gain, their upper-treble fizz is tough to deal with live when volumes are loud especially in a modeling situation. the Tone King Royalist take on the sound is beautiful, devoid of the typical problems associated with the Marshall sound. bought these in the day and used them later at night for a gig and they translated in stunning fashion.

Redwan Hamzah
Singapore
Review for: MRSH SB67 1967
★★★★★

Surprise how good this one sound! Perfect Marshall tones!

Rene Scarone
Stoneham, United States (US)
Review for: DUAL AMP KIT P&W
★★★★★

as a worship player I was trying to choose between all your packs since a few weeks, then suddenly this one appears, like a miracle :-) I tried the free capture and a few minutes later I buy the pack. Thanks a lot, it sound so good !!!! I always love the amp captures that you made, and I really think they're the best, but this one is so perfectly matched to my needs... thanks from France :-)

luc keuchkerian
les martres de veyre, France
Review for: BCAT ER30
★★★★★

Sounds great and feels very real. Among my favorites.

christian torres
Maricopa, United States (US)
Review for: MRSH JV100
★★★★★

This is my favorite Marshall amp model. The amp feels real and sounds really good. These are the best Marshall captures I have found.

christian torres
Maricopa, United States (US)
Review for: DUAL AMP KIT P&W
★★★★★

This Dual Amp kit sounds amazing. Every dual amp combination has a different character which makes each capture not feel redundant. The amp models feel great, very organic and real. More organic than the the stock Quad Cortex amps. I can honestly say that the Amalgam Captures are the best captures I have tried. I bought a few just to start. Now I must own over 10 at this point. They are all good.

christian torres
Maricopa, United States (US)
★★★★★

I spent a lot of my time looking for profiles that fit my music genre and I came across this series of amplifiers that sound so damn good for any context and with any rig you may have available

Lino
Caserta, Italy
Review for: DUAL AMP KIT P&W
★★★★★

I'm not a PW player, but I used basically this combo for years. In my case a Savage Macht (tweed 6v6 but close to the 6L6 sound here) and a Top Hat Club Deluxe (a spectacular amp that is top boostish with a bit of AC15 growl thrown in), so a very boutique, very expensive dual amp set up. This pack gets awfully, awfully close to that sound, the big thing that is great about it is that you can play way more 'distorted' but in the context of a band/song, it doesn't sound gainy at all. You can sort of sneak in gain sounds, and this pack really gets that delightfully. If I were to stick one capture in a pedal and go to sit in with a band, it would be one of these. These are also new A2 captures, so ready for modern pedals or for using in a DAW depending on how much CPU you have to burn. As someone who knows this sound very well, I had it on stage for years, this is a very, very good way to get a classic dual amp rig going. You will not be disappointed.

Thad Brown
Minneapolis, United States (US)
Review for: DWOOD DNIGHT
★★★★★

Coming a long way from Line 6 Helix, Kemper and Fractal Audio I finally entered the realm of NAM which is clearly the bext and most authentic capturing method ATM. I always wonder why people waste endless time with searching for free captures on Tone3000 or elsewhere where Amalgam Audio has all the gems! This particular pack makes no difference - I have several commercial packs with Driftwood captures but Amalgam Audio is something special. Meticulously dialed settings in a very structured file format so that it's easy to find the right capture. The Driftwood Darkest Nightmare (a stripped down Driftwood Purple Nightmare) from Germany is a real WEAPON and especially used in high gain territory. A brutally aggressive high-gain tone with a tight, punchy low end, razor-sharp mids, and a fierce, grinding top end. It’s raw, dynamic, and unapologetically nasty, with tons of bite and character while staying tight and articulate. This pack is my main source for the tone I use in the studio, in the rehearsal room and on stage. A huge shoutout to Latvia and Kārlis for making nothing but the best capture packs! I’m looking forward to more high-gain captures from you!

matze_de
Geestland, Germany
Review for: BCAT ER30
★★★★★

Another amazing capture (v2 DI). Very dynamic with lot's of low end punch. The blended tones are fantastic. This is a very versatile amp capture that can easily span many genres. I have played along with actual youtube videos of the real amp and honestly, I can't tell the difference when using the supplied IR. You would be able to get even more tones using different IR's. Another amazing job by the folks at Amalgam.

Steve S
Markham, Canada
Review for: SD DRAGON
★★★★★

I recently bought some V2 DI amp captures as part of a bundle discount. I debated getting both the Rex and the SD Dragon as I imagined they would be very similar and while they do share common characteristics, there are some very nice tones in each that are not available in the other. The Dragon is way more aggressive yet more open, articulate and clear with what seems to me to be more dynamics with input volume. I'm still getting to know both but I would think the Dragon would be much easier to stand out in any mix. I don't regret buying both as the Rex is such a perfect capture and these two will cover any possible Marshall ground I would need for years to come.

Steve S
Markham, Canada
Review for: MRSH SL68 1968
★★★★★

Oh and here is a capture of the included Fuzz into amp profile. Sounds like a Tone Bender to me, HUGE. https://youtu.be/6iRYb5bOsAk

Adrian
Review for: GBSN G20 1961
★★★★★

This amplifier sounds great. I am really impressed by the quality of its clean tones. I love how it sounds with my Strat. You sell products of exceptional quality.

JONATHAN PERNIA
BURGOS, Spain
Review for: MRSH SL68 1968
★★★★★

Listen to how dynamic the crunch capture is: https://youtu.be/-oX9bulka0Q?si=kMYKsQUOYtQwdMfh I've been playing guitar since I was 12, and I'm 38 now, so that's a lot of years. And I've been using modeling and capture tech for a long while, since the days of Guitar Rig 5 and even earlier. I've gone through Kemper, Quad Cortex, ToneX, Neural DSP, all of it. Everything sounds pretty good, and it's convenient to go digital, particularly in the studio, where you can have multiple sounds. That's quite cool. But I've never heard anything like the Amalgam captures. I've never been that unaware that I wasn't playing a loud tube amp. I bought the '68 Super Lead, the '67 Super Bass, and the JTM45 Block Logo. The '68 is the one that grabbed me the most immediately. One thing worth mentioning: these profiles are NAM A2, calibrated on the input and the output, which seems to make a big difference in touch sensitivity, in how it feels, and in how the amp reacts to your playing. Clean. The clean side is absolutely amazing, on single coils and on humbuckers, my favorite being single coils. It gives you this thin, in the most beautiful way, sound. Crispy and chimey, with controlled low end, and it almost has the texture of breaking up without really breaking up. It's very clean, it's easy to play, and the notes bloom and sustain. I have a Strat with Lollar '64 pickups and it's chime heaven. Super expressive, really beautiful, clear. I can imagine you'd play Jimi Hendrix or John Frusciante stuff amazingly well on the clean setting. Crunch. The first thing I'll say is that it cleans up with the guitar volume so beautifully. It goes from a proper crunch to beautiful cleans just by using your volume pot, the way a loud non-master amp would. The crunch setting offers plenty of sustain and overdriven texture. It's not distorted, it's overdriven, and very sweet sounding. Incredibly expressive, incredibly touch sensitive. The bright cabinet isn't too bright for single coils, and it's amazing for humbuckers. With single coils it's a bit honky, with lots of presence. With humbuckers it's mellow and mid-high forward, offers plenty of sustain even with PAFs, and gives great note definition. Super creamy, with a beautiful quick attack. The fuzz capture. The included capture with what I assume is a Tone Bender MkIII is just super mega distorted, amazing. Sustain for days. It's like thunder, kind of out of control, and a little stiff. It sustains forever. All in all, it's a rock and roll amp when it's cranked and pushed, but it's a beautiful chimey clean amp too. It's authoritative, but it doesn't overwhelm with any one frequency, particularly not too much rumble. It's just right. It's just what you'd expect from a great Plexi.

Adrian
Review for: SD CNADO
★★★★★

This is LITERALLY Led Zeppelin 1 & 2. Absolutely amazing tone. Its super dynamic. If you are a Jimmy Page fan - THIS CAPTURE IS A MUST!!!

savearpit@gmail.com
Review for: MRSH JT45RS 1964
★★★★★

Outstanding!! What I always wanted in a Marshall. Got 3 Channels on my tonex for live: edge crunch and drive, but only really need one since it cleans up so well with the volume knob. you guys have outdone yourselves with this one. It's getting late and I can't put my guitar down. My go-to for the foreseeable future.

donnyjames6960
west vancouver, Canada
Review for: MRSH SB67 1967
★★★★★

Please make a Cab V2 for Quad Cortex !!! I have the V1 cab capture pack and comparing it to the free V2 cab capture its night and day.

John Sincavage
Review for: MRSH Amp KIT ToneX V2
★★★★★

Becoming addicted to Amalgam's captures...

Anatoly Stukanov
Brentwood, Latvia
Review for: TRCK SSS
★★★★★

Going back and forth between SSS and CRS, love them both. Thank you guys!

Anatoly Stukanov
Brentwood, Latvia
Review for: TRCK TCL
★★★★★

Great addition to my collection! Love it!

Anatoly Stukanov
Brentwood, Latvia
Review for: TRCK CRS
★★★★★

Absolutely love it!

Anatoly Stukanov
Brentwood, Latvia
Review for: MRSH JT45RS 1964
★★★★★

I Purchase "Rex" and was blown away with the whole pack I always wanted a as near as perfect capture of a JTM45 being I'M a huge Gary Moore fan and wanted a close representation of the SGTB Album tone I added M arshall Guv'nor sim and Hey Presto Gary vibes were in the room (unfortunately not the playing) but this capture is way more than that the cleans are to die for and the Fuzz combination can take you to a whole different vibe. Absolute Magic!!

john horgan
Didcot, United Kingdom (UK)
Review for: MRSH SB67 1967
★★★★★

Absolutely incredible capture of this insanely perfect amp!! There is NOBODY doing better captures than Amalgam!!! This is close to my old JMP without the ear fatigue!!!

Vince Perri
Review for: MRSH SB67 1967
★★★★★

This is it. Finally my Gibson found out the home. I can only repeat what is in the description, it seems that my Marshall journey to find out the right one is over...

MIŁOSZ SUDOŁ
Żory, Poland
Review for: FNDR HPTWN 1958
★★★★★

Holy cow is this good! I've said it before, but Amalgam is doing the best captures out there. The first chord I played on this set blew me away. There's something special about the high powered tweed twin and this is absolutely captured with this pack.

Adam
Review for: BASS MRSH SB100
★★★★☆

This is my main bass tone. Miles ahead of most of the free bass captures in Tonex. I really like the thickness and the colour of this capture. It suits everything from clean funk to metal. The tone itself, I find, is quite thick and "hairy", but in a pleasant way. Some could say that it lacks a little bit of clarity, but on the other hand Marshalls are not really known for clean, pristine tones. I really hope that Amalgam remember us bassists too! Please make similar things to this, I will instantly buy.

M.P
Review for: TK ROY
★★★★★

By far my favorite capture. Absolutely mint.

PJ LaVenia
Review for: BOG UU
★★★★★

Another high gain highlight from Amalgam Audio! I was a fan of Amalgam before...highest captures quality in various and very structured file organization now with the BEAST of a high gain, the Bogner Uber Ultra. Can't praise it enough and a huge thank you to Amalgam Audio for making such exceptional packs. Cheers from Germany!

Matthias Buesing
Review for: MRSH JV100
★★★★★

I’ve tried so many high gain captures that have always left me wanting more. These JVM captures are what I’ve been searching for. Perfection.

Richard Workman
Charlotte Court House, United States (US)
Review for: TK ROY
★★★★★

The best captures I've ever tried. The chosen settings are compatible with all my guitars. They sound massive.

JONATHAN PERNIA
BURGOS, Spain

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