Amps & drive at a glance

Amp heads, a practice combo, a preamp and a tape saturator. Click a plug-in for its panel; each one has its manual PDF and a download.

Plug-in	In the spirit of	Main features	Best for
Guitar HeadPanel Manual PDFDownload	Classic 50-watt valve heads	Clean and cascaded drive channels Spring reverb 2x12 or 4x12 cabinet	Guitar from sparkle to crunch
Bass HeadPanel Manual PDFDownload	Classic 300-watt all-valve bass heads	Valve preamp growl ULTRA LO / ULTRA HI tone shaping 8x10 cabinet	Big, round bass tone
Desert TenPanel Manual PDFDownload	Little 10-watt solid-state practice combos	Op-amp preamp to rail clip SATURATION diode clipper 8-inch open-back speaker	Raspy, fuzzy desert-rock guitar
PreampPanel Manual PDFDownload	Colour preamps	Four voicings: clean, vibe, diode, transistor EQ boost Gentle sag	Adding colour and drive to anything
Preamp QPanel Manual PDFDownload	Colour preamps with a console channel EQ	Preamp plus four-band channel EQ EQ before or after the drive Drift and master fold out	Colour and tone shaping in one
HeadPanel Manual PDFDownload	One-knob tape saturators	DRIVE up to +22 dB into the tape curve Level-matched Three voices	Tape warmth on tracks and buses
GruntPanel Manual PDFDownload	Warm drive pedals	Sub band bypasses the drive Cubic grunt shaping Dynamic 330 Hz dip	Weight on bass and guitar
Model 15Panel Manual PDFDownload	Early-80s portable cassette four-tracks	Early-clipping low-voltage preamp Tape saturation and roll-off Breathing hiss	Boxy lo-fi stems
Model 44Panel Manual PDFDownload	Early-90s rack portable studios	Clean high-headroom preamp Semi-parametric EQ Normal / double speed tape	Warm tape colour
PenguinDrivePanel Manual PDFDownload	A 70s live guitar rig	Resonant envelope filter Phaser and valve drive Optical compressor	Funky lead guitar
TS-7Panel Manual PDFDownload	Classic tape and transformer boxes	Oversampled iron HF tape tamer Compressor with mix	Tape warmth on buses