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GarageBand Guitar Sampler

// March 23rd, 2009 // Guitar

Welcome to my GarageBand electric guitar amp/effect sampler. With the release of the Apple iLife ‘09 suite, came a big update to the GarageBand program. There were a lot of enhancements to the product, such as lessons, interface tweaks, and some new songwriting features, but none of those come anywhere near as important (to me) than the new guitar amp and effect models now built-in to GarageBand. The following is a sampling of the default amp/effect models included with the software. They are infinitely customizable and they very well may contribute to the retirement of my Line 6 POD 2.

The stock amp/effect combos are all based on different settings using the following amp models:

• “Vintage Stack” – Based on a vintage 60’s Marshall Plexi
• “Small Tweed Combo” – Based on the classic ‘57 Fender Twin-Amp Tweed Combo
• “Modern Stack” – Based on a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
• “English Combo” – Based on the classic Vox AC15/30
• Blackface Combo” – Based on the vintage 60’s Fender Blackface Combo

And the following ten pedal models:

• “Auto-Funk” – Filter
• “Blue Echo” – Delay
• “Fuzz Machine” – Fuzz
• “Grinder” – Distortion
• “Phase Tripper” – Phaser
• “Retro Chorus” – Chorus
• “Robo Flanger” – Flanger
• “Squash Compressor” – Sustain
• “The Vibe” – Vibrato
• “Vintage Drive” – Overdrive

Without further ado, here are the samples as performed by an almost guitarist on an almost strat.

Bell Bottom Rock

• Vintage Stack
• Fuzz Pedal

bell-bottom-rock

Big Hair Metal

• Modern Stack
• Sustain Pedal (Off)
• Overdrive Pedal (Off)
• Delay Pedal (Off)

big-hair-metal

Bluesbreaker

• Vintage Stack
• Fuzz Pedal

bluesbreaker

Brit Pop

• English Combo
• Sustain Pedal (Off)

brit-pop

Chunky Chorus

• Vintage Stack
• Sustain Pedal
• Chorus Pedal

chunky-chorus

Classic Crunch

• Vintage Stack
• Overdrive Pedal (Off)
• Delay Pedal (Off)

classic-crunch

Clean Combo

• English Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Delay Pedal (Off)

clean-combo

Country Twang

• Blackface Combo
• Sustain Pedal

country-twang

Crystal Arpeggio

• Vintage Stack
• Flanger Pedal
• Delay Pedal

crystal-arpeggio

Dark Vibrato

• Modern Stack
• Overdrive Pedal
• Vibrato Pedal

dark-vibrato

Dream Pop

• English Combo
• Flanger Pedal
• Chorus Pedal
• Delay Pedal

dream-pop

Dreamy Texture

• Blackface Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Vibrato Pedal
• Delay Pedal
• Phaser Pedal

dreamy-texture

Dublin Delay

• English Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Overdrive Pedal
• Delay Pedal

dublin-delay

Eighties Alternative

• English Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Flanger Pedal
• Chorus Pedal
• Delay Pedal

eighties-alternative

Fat Stack

• Vintage Stack
• Overdrive Pedal (Off)

fat-stack

Glam Rock

• Vintage Stack
• Phaser Pedal

glam-rock

Heavy Riffing

• Modern Stack
• Distortion Pedal

heavy-riffing

Honky Tonk

• Small Tweed Combo
• Overdrive Pedal

honky-tonk

Indie Fuzz

• Small Tweed Combo
• Distortion Pedal

indie-fuzz

Jazz Club

• Blackface Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Vibrato Pedal (Off)

jazz-club

Liverpool Bright

• English Combo
• Sustain Pedal

liverpool-bright

Lowdown Blues

• Small Tweed Combo
• Overdrive Pedal (Off)

lowdown-blues

Memphis Clean

• Blackface Combo
• Sustain Pedal

memphis-clean

Old School Funk

• Blackface Combo
• Fuzz Pedal (Off)
• Filter Pedal

old-school-funk

Power Punk

• Modern Stack
• Fuzz Pedal (Off)

power-punk

Punk Rock

• Modern Stack
• Fuzz Pedal

punk-rock

Rockabilly

• Small Tweed Combo
• Delay Pedal

rockabilly

Seattle Sound

• Blackface Combo
• Fuzz Pedal
• Phaser Pedal (Off)

seattle-sound

Seventies Metal

• Vintage Stack
• Fuzz Pedal

seventies-metal

Smooth Soul

• Blackface Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Vibrato Pedal

smooth-soul

Sparkling Clean

• Blackface Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Vibrato Pedal

sparkling-clean

Spy Movie

• Small Tweed Combo
• Sustain Pedal
• Delay Pedal

spy-movie

Stadium Solo

• Modern Stack
• Overdrive Pedal
• Delay Pedal

stadium-solo

Super Flange

• Vintage Stack
• Overdrive Pedal
• Flanger Pedal

super-flange

Surf

• Blackface Combo
• Sustain Pedal

surf

Vibrato Blues

• Blackface Combo
• Overdrive Pedal
• Vibrato Pedal

vibrato-blues

Woodstock Fuzz

• Vintage Stack
• Fuzz Pedal

woodstock-fuzz

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