Gear made by people who use it.

Renovo Amp Works builds boutique recording gear for or anyone who records with (or just has a ton of) pedals or amps, at home or in a pro studio. We started with a "blank slate", designing and building guitar amps that were unique and sounded how we wanted an amp to sound. Then we needed the EL&R.

Your pedalboard is full of character. Your amps are pure analog flavor.

Here's how it usually works.

You buy the best guitar you can afford and then an amp with whatever is left. Then you get your second, better guitar. Oh, maybe it's the amp you say and so the next buy is a better amp. After a few cycles, we get into pedals. And THAT never ends.

We have all the tone we need at our fingertips, but our recordings are still... meh. They have that digital sterility. The lack of randomness that analog brings to the table.

The EL&R 500 started as a one-off. Something we built for ourselves so we could run pedals as rack effects, reamp dry tracks through an amp, and get transformer warmth into the signal path without a pile of adapters and ground loops. We built it, used it on every session, and never went back.

As is the case with most guitar gear and pedals, a few friends asked if we could build one for them. Then a few more. And before we knew it... we had a new product that we think you'll love as much as we do.

MADE IN THE USA

Every unit ships from Minneapolis. Every unit is tested before it ships.

Each EL&R is assembled by hand and goes through a full test before it leaves the shop. That means we know every unit works exactly the way it should before it gets to you.

We use Cinemag transformers because they sound amazing. We run regulated DC outputs to give you the cleanest signal possible. We added impedance matching to account for the HUGE range of amps and pedals you may connect to.

We build the gear we want to use (and actually do). We think you'll dig it too.

What we believe.

Your pedalboard can do far more than sit on a floor.

Effect pedals aren't just for live guitar playing. You have some of the best tone-shaping tools in the world sitting on your pedal board.

We like our DAW. We also like real knobs that control real circuits.

Your DAW is a great tool. So is a transformer or a tube. So is DSP. We're not anti-digital (in fact, we build digital gear in our day jobs) but we're definitely pro analog where it counts.

The best gear enhances your experience.

The EL&R has front-panel controls and is easy to use. Plug it into a rack, connect and power your pedals and play. New tone is at your fingertips. A whole rack of outboard gear sits on your pedalboard.