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Man, if Line 6 and Guitar Rig Pro 4 don't do it for you, I'm not quite certain of anything that will.

There are a couple of other lesser known heavy metal amp sims out there.

Here's one I've heard good things about.

I used Guitar Rig 4 and Pod farm and hated them !!!!!
You can get Focus Rights Guitar Fx for abou £20 at the moment and I prefer it to Pod Farm and GR4 !

I just bought Waves GT3.5 last week and WOW It totaly blew away GR4 and Pod farm I wont be using them again !

Try the Demo of Waves GT3.5 and I am sure you will buy it :)

Norrie

As ProjectM says, you're unlikely to find anything better in software than what you already have. I reckon Guitar Rig 4 is about the best of the software/digital bunch.

Only trouble is, maybe because I'm old enough both to know what a valve amp sounds like when turned up loud and to have owned a few over the last 35 years, plus loads of effects, I can't get on with any of the digital "emulators".

My personal answer to the "good tone without an amp" problem is the Sansamp Character series pedals - entirely analogue, so no digital artifacts or latency and remarkably realistic once tweaked a little. I've a Blonde (Fender) and British (Marshall) used as a "two amp" recording (and once in a while straight-to-PA gigging) setup.

I've owned a 1969ish 50 watt plexi since 1978 (the original owner sold it to me for next to nothing  because he wanted one of the new fashionable transistor amps...), and I've owned more modern EL34 Marshalls as well. The Sansamp British can make a very similar sound indeed and even feels very similar to play through. So long as I reduce the gain a bit, it's far more like my Marshalls than the "plexi" or "JCM800" in Guitar Rig or Pods.
 
I've also had a couple of Fender amps, and again, the Sansamp can do a very passable version so long as I watch the amount of gain.

I then add in from a bunch of fx pedals as required.

Then again, my idea of a good tone may be your idea of truly 'orrible....

If you want an idea of the Sansamps in use, burgerman666 has some good, lengthy and decently recorded demos of the Sansamps on Youtube. Just ignore any reviews or Youtube demos that have the pedals plugged into a guitar amp - that's not what they're designed for or good at.

I see GR4 as a amp sim, not a guitar sim.

Musiclab.com have good Guitar sims. Real Strat for Electric Guitar and Real Guitar for an Acoustic Guitar. And they have a newer guitar sim Les Paul or something like that.

I recomend RealStrat and RealGuitar, as I have those two.

Like my ol pal Rain says...GTR is very good.  I particularly like the new Amplitube 3.  And, if you're cost concious, check out the new Scuffham Amps emulator.  Very sweet.

I like your guitar sounds on your recording. I really like your music too. Which did you use on Come on Home? Was it guitar rig 4 or POD? 

I like GTR4. I like Trash for some stuff too. I have never used POD. I don't like VST's that make you use a dongle. I do have one Synth VST  that does but I hate it. Also, I like Amplitube for certain sounds.  

doriginal

I don't like VST's that make you use a dongle.



That's the exact reason why I bought GTR Solo instead of the full GTR - it doesn't require iLock. :)

All these recommendations are for Amp sims ...the guy asked for Guitar sims - not Amp sims.

OTS Electric Guitar Strawberry in Kontakt4 is the best GUITAR sim out there.

just call me Mr Pedantic from now on, Jonesy.

I have GR4 pand Line 6 POD 2.5 and also Amplitub 3.5 which is also 64 bit now and has some nice new amps available through their new shop front facility.

Amp 3 rocks. but then I've got a glut of guitar stuff, I can always find something.

Yeah, I still use a Pod XT live for most of the guitar recording I do. I'd like to get one of the newer ones for the live dual amp thing, but in terms of the core sounds and versatility, it's great.

Anyone used an Axe FX? Does it justify the massively higher price than the rest of the hardware amp sims in the market?

Amplitube 3 is the best IMO, there's even a free cut down version where you can buy addons when you need it.  http://www.ikmultimedia.com/amplitubefree/features/
 

I have GR4, AmpTube Live, Gearbox, & PodFarm. But since I was lead to the free amp sims out there, I rarely use the big guys anymore.

AcmeBarGig offers some great amps. Some are free. The rest a very low cost but very high in quality. Headcase gets a better feedback/harmonics sound than any of the ones I have. It's the best. Very easy to get  a heavy sound. It also has one of the best chorus that comes with it.

You can also visit GuitarAmpModeling. Look at the "Free Amp Sims" forum. There you will find some really terrific free stuff.  I highly recommend the TSE808 "foot pedal sim" This thing is really nice!! That along with the Ignite amp sim can get you some really good classic sound!!!

Sidroe


The air in that sound makes all the difference.

You are correct here. But I don't have a great room. I have great amps, I have great mics. But all I have is my house. And none of the rooms work! Just my luck!!

But AcmeBarGig has three programs (two are free) that simulate what you are talking about. And they do a very respectable job at it. One program is called Mimc. Another is Filter Cabs. And the last one is iFace. These offer some of the best solutions for getting that mic'd amp sound. Try them. All three prgrams have something called "Tonal Correction". This is one feature of these programs you don't want to leave alone!! Try it and you will be amazed.

The work that the ABG team is doing is really something to watch.