Tweed — 1950s American
Warm, dynamic Fender circuits from the dawn of rock 'n' roll. They clean up beautifully with your volume knob and break into smooth crunch when pushed.
Small Tweed Combo
Based on: Fender Tweed Deluxe (5E3)
The classic 1×12 studio secret weapon. Smooth transition from clean to crunch — roll your guitar volume to move between them. Blues, roots rock, and raw garage tones live here.
Large Tweed Combo
Based on: Fender Bassman (5F6-A)
The 4×10 that launched a thousand amps — Marshall literally copied this circuit. Big, open, and transparent with more headroom than its little brother. Great for full-band rhythm work.
Mini Tweed Combo
Based on: Fender Tweed Champ
Tiny 1×10 practice amp that recorded some giant guitar tracks — crank it and the whole amp saturates. Lo-fi charm with surprisingly usable clean and crunch tones.
Classic American — 1960s Fender
Scooped mids, shimmering cleans, and tight lows — the blackface and silverface sounds behind surf, soul, and country.
Large Blackface Combo
Based on: Fender Super Reverb / Twin Reverb
The quintessential mid-60s American clean machine. Well-balanced with sparkling highs and tight bass — the sound of surf, soul, and countless studio sessions.
Silverface Combo
Based on: Fender Silverface Twin Reverb
Ultra-clean with massive headroom — it stays pristine at volumes that make other amps cry. The pedal-platform king; percussive and crisp.
Mini Blackface Combo
Based on: Fender Princeton / Deluxe Reverb
The recording engineer's favorite — small enough to crank, bright and open with that unmistakable blackface chime. Breaks up sweetly around 7.
Small Brownface Combo
Based on: Fender Brownface Deluxe / Vibrolux
The transitional early-60s circuit between tweed warmth and blackface sparkle. Smooth and rich with a slightly hairy edge when pushed.
Blues Blaster Combo
Based on: Fender Brown Pro / Vibrosonic
A 1×15 with clear top end and a big, tight low end — the larger speaker gives leads extra body without getting flabby.
British Stacks — Marshall
The sound of rock. From plexi warmth to JCM800 aggression, these are the stacks behind AC/DC, Van Halen, Green Day, and Guns N' Roses.
Vintage British Stack
Based on: Marshall Plexi (1959 Super Lead 100)
The late-60s plexi — powerful, smooth distortion that responds to your picking hand. This is the amp on our Brain Stew, Paradise City, and Back in Black tone cards. Crank the master for power-amp grind.
Modern British Stack
Based on: Marshall JCM800
The 1980s evolution of the plexi — tighter gain structure, more aggressive midrange, and enough headroom to stay articulate at high volume. Punk and classic metal's home base.
Brown Stack
Based on: Marshall Plexi (Variac-modded)
The 'brown sound' — a plexi run at reduced voltage the way Eddie Van Halen did it. Looser, warmer, more saturated than a stock plexi, with singing sustain.
British Blues Combo
Based on: Marshall Bluesbreaker (Model 1962)
The 2×12 combo Clapton used on the Beano album. Loud and aggressive but cleaner than the stacks — aggressive blues crunch with singing sustain.
British Combos — Vox & Boutique
Chiming top end and jangly mids — the AC30 family that defined the British Invasion, plus its modern boutique descendant.
British Combo
Based on: Vox AC30
The chime machine — the Beatles, Queen, U2, and Radiohead all leaned on this 2×12. Jangly cleans that break into a musical, harmonically rich growl when cranked.
Small British Combo
Based on: Vox AC15
The AC30's little brother — half the power, darker voice, earlier breakup. Perfect for recording that Vox chime without leveling the studio.
Boutique British Combo
Based on: Matchless DC-30
A hand-wired modern take on the 60s British sound — richer, more refined, with glassy cleans and a smooth overdrive that stays articulate.
British Alternatives — Orange & Hiwatt
The other British stacks: Orange's thick midrange grind and Hiwatt's crisp, arena-filling clean power.
Sunshine Stack
Based on: Orange AD30
Loud with full, thick mids — the Orange sound behind stoner rock and garage revival. Grinds early and stays chewy.
Small Sunshine Combo
Based on: Orange Tiny Terror
The lunchbox legend — big Orange grind from a tiny head. Simple controls, huge character, instant garage-rock attitude.
Stadium Stack
Based on: Hiwatt DR-103
Pete Townshend's weapon — crisp, clean power that fills arenas. Stays articulate at absurd volume; the sound of 70s stadium rock.
Stadium Combo
Based on: Hiwatt Custom 200
The stack's 2×12 sibling — smoother and rounder, with that same glassy Hiwatt clean at more manageable volume.
High-Gain — Metal & Modern
Cascading gain stages and scooped mids — the modern high-gain machines for metal, hardcore, and djent.
Modern American Stack
Based on: Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
The ultra-high-gain icon of the 90s and 2000s — huge scooped lows and searing highs. Nu-metal, metalcore, and drop-tuned everything.
High Octane Stack
Based on: Diezel VH4 / Soldano SLO-100
Boutique high gain — smooth, liquid distortion that transitions seamlessly from crunch to lead. Tighter and more refined than the Rectifier.
Turbo Stack
Based on: Bogner Uberschall
Aggressive German high gain with spiky highs and brutal attack. Built for detuned riffing that needs to cut through everything.
Studio & Specialty
Versatile workhorses and lo-fi character pieces — plus the transparent option when you don't want an amp at all.
Studio Combo
Based on: Mesa/Boogie Mark IV
The Swiss Army amp — pristine cleans, singing leads, and tight rhythm crunch from one 1×12. Santana to Metallica on a single channel strip.
Boutique Retro Combo
Based on: Silvertone Twin Twelve (1484)
The Sears catalog amp that became a garage-rock cult classic. Vintage character with a raw, slightly unstable edge — Jack White territory.
Pawnshop Combo
Based on: Supro S6616
A tiny 1×8 with maximum attitude — allegedly the secret behind early Zeppelin studio tones. Instant lo-fi grit and compression.
Transparent Preamp
Based on: None — clean DI
No amp modeling at all — a transparent preamp for when you want your interface signal untouched, or you're stacking your own effects chain.
Every model shares the same control set — Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence, Master, and Output — plus five selectable EQ voicings (British Bright, Vintage, U.S. Classic, Modern, Boutique), six cabinet sizes, and seven virtual mics you can reposition against the speaker cone. Amp names in GarageBand are Apple's; the real-world amps listed are the widely documented inspirations, noted here for identification only.