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Each card takes one song (or one section of it) and maps the tone to GarageBand. Pick one and play along.

BJA
Billie Joe Armstrong
Tone inspired by "Brain Stew"
GarageBand Ready
Guitar Style
Strat-style body, bridge humbucker
Pickup
Seymour Duncan JB (bridge)
Tuning
E♭ Standard (½ step down)
Amp Settings
Gain
70
Bass
50
Mid
65
Treble
55
Presence
60
Master
55
GarageBand Settings
Amp Model Vintage British Stack
Real-World Equivalent Marshall Plexi 1959SLP (modded)
EQ Type Vintage
Cabinet 4×12 (matched)
Mic Dynamic 57 (on-axis, close)
Pedals None — amp gain only
Sources
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Slash
Tone inspired by "Paradise City" — Intro
GarageBand Ready
Guitar Style
Single-cutaway solidbody, dual humbuckers
Pickup
Neck Humbucker
Tuning
E♭ Standard (½ step down)
Amp Settings
Gain
30
Bass
45
Mid
60
Treble
65
Presence
55
Master
40
GarageBand Settings
Amp Model Vintage British Stack
Real-World Equivalent Marshall Plexi (Super Lead)
EQ Type British Bright
Cabinet 4×12 (matched)
Mic Condenser 87 (slightly off-axis)
Pedals None — guitar straight into amp
Reverb Built-in amp reverb — 15-20% (studio ambience only)
Note Likely double-tracked; any space is mix-stage reverb
Sources
AY
Angus Young
Tone inspired by "Back in Black" — Main Riff
GarageBand Ready
Guitar Style
SG-style solidbody, dual humbuckers
Pickup
Bridge Humbucker (stock Gibson T-Top)
Tuning
Standard E
Amp Settings
Gain
50
Bass
50
Mid
50
Treble
50
Presence
5
Master
85
GarageBand Settings
Amp Model Vintage British Stack
Real-World Equivalent Marshall 1959 Super Lead (stock, non-master-volume)
EQ Type Vintage
Cabinet 4×12 (Celestion G12-65)
Mic Condenser 87 + Condenser 414 (dual mic setup)
Pedals None — guitar straight into amp (rhythm)
Note Solos used Schaffer-Vega wireless (adds compression + mid boost)
Sources
AT
Alex Turner
Tone inspired by "Do I Wanna Know?" — Main Riff
GarageBand Ready
Guitar Style
Teardrop 12-string, single-coils (Vox Starstream XII)
Pickup
Bridge single-coil — pick close to the bridge
Tuning
Standard E (riff in G minor, low strings)
Amp Settings
Gain
40
Bass
60
Mid
60
Treble
45
Presence
40
Master
60
GarageBand Settings
Amp Model British Combo
Real-World Equivalent Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 (1960s British 2×12 combo)
EQ Type Vintage
Cabinet 2×12 (matched)
Mic Ribbon 121 (slightly off-axis — keeps it dark and smooth)
Pedals Tube Burner — Drive ~50, Tone dark (valve distortion, à la Coopersonic ValveSlapper)
Amp Tremolo On — Depth ~25%, slow-medium speed (the subtle throb under the riff)
Note The record's riff was cut on a 12-string — double-track it an octave up, low in the mix, to fake that shimmer
Sources

More songs on the way. Each one gets researched properly before it goes up — that's the whole point.