I am looking for a good cheap VST which has a nice electric guitar sound (fuzz box, overdirve sound) .

I am willing to spend a little money but not a whole bunch...

Are there any out there ?


(ps:  I got (on the cheap) a program called MAGIX which is not very good so I rarely use it, but it had a decent sounding electric guitar VST called Vita.  This won't load up with Sonar.)

FreeAmp3 would be something to check out. Also Amplitube3 Free.
Go through the websites of amp sim manufacturers. Most of them have some free tasters.

Might want to check out Amplifikation Kreme, which is good for heavy guitar sounds or their Vermillion which is more crunch oriented. Kuassa.com

Sounds like you might be interested in Shreddage:
 
http://shreddage.com/products/shreddage-electric-rhythm-guitar/
 
Available in Kontakt and SFZ formats.  Lots of fun!
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 
 

Are you looking for amp sims or a sample based guitar vst ? For amp sims,Line 6,IK Multimedia and,Native Instruments all have good free amp sims.If you don't mind 32bit plugins,check out Le Pou,he has some awsome free amp sims.

Are you looking for amp sims or a sample based guitar vst ? For amp sims,Line 6,IK Multimedia and,Native Instruments all have good free amp sims.If you don't mind 32bit plugins,check out Le Pou,he has some awsome free amp sims.
 
    Oops sorry about the double post

Shred:

http://acmebargig.com/product/shred/

Its free. Actually right now I am working on some rhythm guitars and I have quite a few guitar plugins and this one is giving me the best tone so far.

It sounds bad but it is not all full on distortion. It is quite versatile in what it can do.

Kalle Rantaaho


FreeAmp3 would be something to check out. Also Amplitube3 Free.
Go through the websites of amp sim manufacturers. Most of them have some free tasters.

Thanks -- I saw the little youtube video on their site and it sounded good.
However, I downloaded it and tried to get Sonar to recognise it but it would not.  I think my Sonar is a little temperamental when it comes to some VSTs.  It seems to recognise about 8 out of 10,  but 2 out of ten either don't show up or it crashes Sonar.


Thanks to everyone else who suggested other ones like Shred'  I'll check them out.

For guitar, try AAS (Applied Acoustic Systems) Electric. For amps/effects, try Scuffham S-Gear.

Milt


For guitar, try AAS (Applied Acoustic Systems) Electric.

+1 for A|A|S Strum Electric (I've got the electric and acoustic bundle). They sound even better when put through something ike Guitar Rig or TH2.


Ain't cheap though. But I get fed up looking at the sample based guitar synths and having to download massive sample libraries. The A|A|S synths are based on physical modelling and therefore take up less space on the old hard drive, but admittedly take more processor power.