Allen Amplification

Welcome to Allen Amps.

ALLEN AMPLIFICATION offers ten vintage-style "boutique" all-tube hand-wired guitar combo amplifiers or heads and matching speaker cabinets. Inspired by those wonderful black panel and brown panel, and tweed American circuits from the 50s and 60s, these amps provide that proven tone and reliability in a brand new amp, with a few new modern features for today's demanding players.

June 9, 2022 - Notice From The New Owners

To Allen Amps Customers & Supporters,

We are humbled and honored to carry forward the legacy of Allen Amplification.  We are pickers, audio enthusiasts, loyal customers, and above all, passionate advocates of Allen Amps.  We recognize the unique place that Allen Amps have in the market, and more importantly, in the hearts and ears of players.  When we heard that David Allen was looking for someone to carry-on his namesake mark, we jumped at the opportunity.

Having spent the past several months working closely with David to learn this business, we, like so many of you, have come to develop a real friendship with David.  Those of you that know David, know that he is a man of unparalleled integrity and incredible kindness; that he takes immense pride in his work, and that this sense of pride is something that you see, feel, and hear when you interact with one of his amplifiers.  Getting to know David has been a real pleasure, and we look forward to learning more from our friend and guru as the business grows.  We thank David for his legacy of incredible instruments, and for this opportunity, and we wish him a long, happy, and well-deserved retirement!  Please feel free to share your experience with David and wish him well at david@allenamps.com.

Going forward, while you may see some changes in how we do business, we’re committed to upholding David Allen’s incredibly high standard of:

Top-quality components
Meticulous, made-in-US point-to-point hand-wired construction
Unique designs and player-friendly features
Familiar yet flexible, high-fidelity American-style TONES
Unparalleled service and support
Outstanding value and did we mention…incredible TONE?

To be clear, we have no immediate plans to make changes to the current range of amplifiers offered by David.  Additionally, we will be evaluating the potential to bring some former models (Old Flame, anyone?) as well as yet-unreleased David Allen creations to market.  Finally, we want to hear from you!  What would you like to see from Allen Amps in the future?  Please contact info@allenamps.com with any comments or suggestions you may have.

While we are in the process of transitioning ownership, we will be pausing production to support knowledge transfer, and to ensure that we uphold the standards of quality and consistency you’ve come to expect from Allen Amps.  We thank you for your patience and understanding during this transition period.  In the meantime, if you would like to register your interest in purchasing an Allen Amp in the future, please let us know by emailing us at sales@allenamps.com.  As we restart production, we will contact you to confirm your order details and provide you with an expected delivery date.  All orders will be fulfilled on a first-come, first serve basis.

To our existing customers, you will continue to receive the same outstanding customer support (with the help of our dear friend and guru, David Allen!) by leveraging our new support channel, customerservice@allenamps.com.  Please bear with us as response times may vary based on the nature of your inquiry.

We are thankful for you, our customers, for your loyalty and support.  We recognize that Allen Amps would not be here today without you passionate players and your word-of-mouth advocacy for these wonderful amplifiers.  Rest assured, we undertake this next phase of Allen Amplification's history with the heavy weight of expectation, and that we take this responsibility incredibly seriously.  We thank you for your continued loyalty.

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To register your interest in purchasing an Allen Amp in the future, please drop us an email at sales@allenamps.com.
For warranty or support questions, please contact us at customerservice@allenamps.com.

We look forward to hearing (from) you!

Warmest regards,

Alan, Chetan, & Tommy

June 1, 2022 - A Note From David

After 24 years passionately building amps and providing kits, parts and repairs to such a wonderful base of customers it has been a real roller coaster of emotions as I pass the torch.  I just didn't know how it would all go as I had never been through anything quite like it.  I wondered what I would feel when that truck pulled away....

Within 5 minutes of meeting these guys, both Kathy and I just knew it was meant to be.  I couldn't have picked out all of the great qualities and background they bring to the table.  Very smart, passionate about their own playing, hard working, honest people I was totally comfortable with instantly.  After 3 intense days of training and building 3 amps (which fired right up) we played them and put them through their paces.  I can tell by the look on a player's face when they connect with an amp and they all had it!  It takes real personal passion for the magic of tube amps to do well in this business and it is there!

I was asked about how I felt about the business moving away on that last morning.  "I don't feel like I'm losing my amp business.  I feel like I have gained three new Sons!"

I have been stuck in the 20th century.  The new owners will provide the things many of you wanted from me all along such as Pay Pal payment, smart phone friendly website, easier access to information, reviews, photos and on and on.  An Allen Amps phone app?  The sky is the limit now with their extensive backgrounds in business development, computers, music and other skills I never had.  They will make it easier for you to get the information you need before and after your purchase.  I see more videos and product reviews to help you make your choices.

I didn't know how much I might want to be involved in the background with new owners but I can see me helping for as long as they will put up with me.  We played with some of my prototypes and I could see the wheels turning.  You (and I) are now more likely to see these become new products.

I have no concerns at all about the future of Allen guitar amplifiers.  I look forward to the day they get a major endorsement or become a $1M/year company.  I remember Kathy and I were excited to see our Old Flame amp in the backline of Lucida Williams band playing on Letterman and Leno.  I remember a guy telling me Brad Paisley had recommend us for a good Fendery sounding amp.  I had hoped to get an amp to Greg Martin of the Kentucky Headhunters who promised to get it to his good friend Billy Gibbons.  Things like this will be happening in the future I am sure.  I think "the word" will be getting around a lot better now.

I have said this many times before.  "I hope my amps inspire you to play great music for many years".  This is a wish for a long life doing what you love!

Thank all of you for letting me live my dream.  😁

Sincerely,

David Allen