TONEMINERSponsors, builders and shops
Your gear, next to the record.
A demo tells people your amp sounds good. A tone mine proves it: your gear rebuilding a tone people have argued about for thirty years, A/B'd against the actual record, in front of the fans who care most. Then they download the preset with your name on it.
Why it lands
Nobody skips the verdict
Fans, not gear tourists
Every episode is built around a band. The people watching came for Type O Negative or Danzig, and they stay to find out what actually made the sound. Your gear meets them at the moment they care.
Titled to be found
Artist name plus gear noun, every time. Episodes keep getting searched long after the feed moves on, and your name rides along in the title, the description and the preset.
Proof you can hand to customers
A/B against the record, settings on screen, sources dated. When it works, you get a clip that says more than any spec sheet, and the right to post it everywhere.
Four ways in
Pick the one that fits
Sponsor an episode
- You send
- A sponsorship fee. Per episode, a special, or the full season.
- We make
- A named read inside the episode, your logo on the title card and end screen, your link first in the description.
- You get
- The read on YouTube, the Reels and the newsletter, cutdowns sized for your own channels, and your logo on the thumbnail of a video people search for.
Eval gear
- You send
- The amp, pedal or modeler. It stays with us, so it keeps showing up in future rebuilds.
- We make
- An episode where your gear is the rebuild: the myth, the sources, your unit A/B'd against the record.
- You get
- A whole episode about your gear doing the hardest job in guitar: sounding like the record. Plus the stills, the clip, and the preset with your name on it.
Capture pack
- You send
- The gear, plus the settings you're proud of.
- We make
- A named capture and preset drop, your gear in the title, settings on screen.
- You get
- A free download that puts your name on players' units, and the files to give away on your own site as a reason to sign up.
Shop episode
- You send
- An afternoon on your floor and whatever's on the wall.
- We make
- A tone built from your inventory, shot in your shop, gear list linked.
- You get
- An Instagram collab post on launch day so it lands on both audiences at once, a ready-to-post kit, and a reason for players to come touch the gear.
What a feature looks like
Whole albums, not demos
When the band shares it, the fans trust it.
We lead with the song and the feel, not the spec sheet. Gear earns its place by sounding right next to the record, which is exactly why a nod from the band, or from us, means something to a buyer. Episodes have been reshared by the players who made the records.
How we work
Straight terms
We say what we hearIf your gear nails the tone, that's the episode. If it gets close, we say close, and we show the gap. That honesty is why anyone trusts the verdict.
Receipts on screenEvery claim about the original rig comes with a dated source. Your gear gets the same treatment: settings on screen, nothing hidden.
Found, not modeledNo AI images, no AI tone. Real frame grabs, real amps, real captures.
Eval gear stays in the rigWhat you send keeps getting used. Gear that lives here ends up in rebuilds nobody planned for.
You can use everythingThe cutdown, the stills, the preset. Post it, link it, hand it to customers.
Sponsors buy the slot, not the verdictThe read is yours. The A/B is honest. That's the only reason the read is worth anything.
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