AfterShock Digital Delay is the first plug-in in the "Kevin Briggs Signature Series". AfterShock can hold a delay for up to 6 seconds and features 3 independent delays: one left, one right and one center. Each of these delays has separate controls for feedback level, volume level and delay type. You can select from tap delay, host tempo delay and standard delay. Additionally, dry/wet mix knobs are included, giving you a transparent, flexible, and powerful delay effect. Features: Three independent delays. Each delay is individually adjustable. Delay times of up to 6 seconds. Delay ... [more]

BIG, short for Bass Integrated Gain, is a highly tweakable bass amp and effects suite. BIG comes with a built in Noise Gate, AcmeBarGig's Granite Compressor, and a preset manager with web interaction for sharing presets. BIG also comes with AcmeBarGig's proprietary cabinet shaper technology, which is capable of emulating virtually any Cabinet. Just like DIG, BIG also contains "Gut" technology. Gut technology allows you to go into the inner workings of the amp itself and change its primary functionality. Crossovers and filters can be adjusted to dramatically change the way the amp fu... [more]

Brain 2 is Preampus Brain's bigger, better brother. Inspired by some of the greatest amps ever, Brain 2 is capable of some vintage sounds, smooth blues, classic British crunch and things will get a little hairy with the gain cranked, apparently. AcmeBarGig suggests that if you're in the mood for some Classic Rock tone, or want that vintage crunch, then Brain 2 is your go to guy. Brain 2 is not as evil and crushing as some of the other amps but it still packs a huge punch and all the while you can be confident in it's ability to clean up and give you some great glassy clean sounds with the gain... [more]

AcmeBarGig describes C-15 as "insanity controlled". "One turn of a knob lets you know this amp is one step away from being out of control, but the knob itself possesses all the harness required to make sure that C-15 does not lose its head. Forcing a C-15 to hold back is not the best way to treat it, in the real world that can manifest itself in many ways, in the ABG C-15 head it manifests itself in limited tone qualities, Crank it up and let it cut loose, you will be rewarded with a high gain that delivers crisp over tones and rich soundscape. This is a METAL Head, nothing else... [more]

Cab Enhancer can be used to either emulate a cabinet without the use of IR, enhance an existing IR cabinet, or enhance a mic'd cabinet. IR cabs can lose some of the "live" feel no matter what equipment or how you place a mic, it will always be like that it is a simple matter of physics. So, what Cab Enhancer does is place back some of that live 'feel', so to speak. To illustrate how the CabShaper will help out, consider the example of a snare drum. When you hit a snare drum hard or soft the sound of that snare drum changes with the velocity of the strike. These tonal changes occur w... [more]

The Canadian Metal Pack consists of six plug-ins - three from AcmeBarGig and three from LePou plug-ins - plus three Cabinet Impulse Responses from Catharsis Studios, designed specifically for LePou plug-ins' SoloC. AcmeBarGig RedShift Overdrive. AcmeBarGig Preampus Distortus. AcmeBarGig Scar Unlimited. LePou plug-ins SoloC Full Stack. LePou plug-ins SoloC Head. LePou plug-ins SoloC Preamp. AcmeBarGig's Red Shift Overdrive allows you to replace the tone of your guitar's pickup with a huge list of alternatives and provides you the versatility you need without having to spend money on sev... [more]

Preampus Dick Head is the first release in AcmeBarGig's Classic Hybrid series. Dick Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling. AcmeBarGig says that Dick Head is at its best in the higher gain territory where it's "a powerhouse of ballsy high-gain tone". This amp is versatile: "it'll take you on a tonal journey through crazy high gain territories and Texas Bluesville before you arrive at your Jazz City destination".... [more]

DIG, short for Dual Integrated Gain, is a highly tweakable guitar amp and effects suite. Based on of a pair of high gain 12AX7 tubes, DIG is capable of everything from shimmering cleans to the highest gain heavy metal shred tones. Internally customizable parameters allow you to completely change the character of the amp and model real amplifiers. Features: All features are bypass-able. Twin 12AX7 preamp tubes, individually bypass-able. for a range of crunch and searing lead tones. Tweakable tonestack EQ for precision sculpting your tone. 2 Tweakable Crossovers and 2 filters for emulating your... [more]

Gimme Head is described as "flashy, obscene and holds NOTHING back". Here's what Ken has to say about Gimme Head: "The Gimme Head is balls to the wall, 'who gives a flying @#$% about anything' amp. It is inspired by the classic tones of the 1970's Punk movement and as such has all the attitudes already built in. Although you can get some nice Clean Tones from it, The Gimme head will just call you a capitalist pig and puke on your floor for doing that to it. The Gimme head is even dressed in a Leopard Skin Thong and Fishnets... The most controversial of all the ABG plugins, if yo... [more]

Knuckle Head is "a bad boy bruiser with a sweet and soft side that it's not afraid to show". It is capable of tones that range from sweet, glistening cleans to SRV and Yardbirds style smokin' hot crunch right through to punishing high gain destruction, according to AcmeBarGig. Here's what Ken has to say about Knuckle Head: "Knuckle head is the brute force amp of the collection. His poweramp is the main tone maker, it gives you a raunchy heavy distortion or a nice crunchy yardbirds type tone. Although it is capable of all the sounds in between. I have only ever been able to get t... [more]

LSHS Corrective EQ is a tool that is designed to correct frequency balance issues in the most important frequencies, the low and high end. The LSHSEQ is designed to restore the musicality that may have been lost during recording, or post effects processing. With the LSHSEQ, your mixes will sound bright, punchy and clear, according to AcmeBarGig.... [more]

Meat Head is in-keeping with the philosophy of AcmeBarGig's Classic Hybrid amps - inspired by the amplifier power-houses that defined the tones of Classic Rock and Heavy Metal from the '60s to now. Meat Head is a Head ONLY so you will need to use some external cabinet modeling. AcmeBarGig describes Meat Head: "Meat Head harbours some awe-inspiring power, from that first crunchy Powerchord to searing leads drenched in sweet sustain. However, never does it lose the dynamic response and sweetness that seems to drip off every note. Roll the gain back for some fantastic overdriven British-styl... [more]

Mr. Tater Head is the last amp in AcmeBarGig's "Preampus Classic Hybrid" line. Mr. Tater Head has three different gain controls - Bass Gain, Mid Gain and Treble Gain - as well as the standard Bass, Mid and Treble controls on its tone stack. These extra gain controls mean you can really get in to shaping the sound of the saturation. It takes some tweaking but AcmeBarGig says that you can get some really unique tones through altering the overall gain control and the three extra gain knobs.... [more]

Pecker Head is a vintage crunch machine inspired by the likes of Ritchie Blackmore - perfect for thick, saturated riffs and crunching power chords. Engage the Treble Master and you're deep into Classic Rock territory, crank the gain and you're pushing out huge tone, roll the gain and your guitar's volume back a little and you can get a great warm lead tone. While all the Classic Hybrid amps are designed to take you back to the Classic Rock era, where pentatonic riffs and over the top extended solos were king, AcmeBarGig says that Pecker Head might just be the truest to this Classic Rock sound.... [more]

A slight departure from many of AcmeBarGig's previous amplifier models, Preampus Brain was designed to produce a vintage British tone. Rather than cloning one specific amplifier model, AcmeBarGig decided to take their favorite features from several different amps and combine them into one model. Preampus Brain yields tones ranging from classic '60s crunch to the roar of a modded '70s stack. Controls: Preamp: Gain. Level. Tonestack: Bass. Mid. Treble. Presence. Master Volume. ... [more]

Razor Head is the first amp from AcmeBarGig's "Preampus Metal Line" of heads. As the name suggests, these amps are for the Metal Heads amongst us. About Razor Head, AcmeBarGig's says: "Our favorite feature of Razor is it's built-in Drive Amp, which we SERIOUSLY recommend you spend some time tweaking and playing around with, especially the Drive Color functions, this can help you achieve tones from a more subtle, lower-gain tone to all-out 'kick you in the nuts 'til you cry' metal thunder". ... [more]

RedShift allows you to replace the tone of your guitar's pickup with a huge list of alternatives and provides you the versatility you need without having to spend money on several guitars. From active rail pickups to lipstick-style single coils, from warm 50's humbuckers to high output modern varieties, RedShift covers every style of playing. Additionally, Red Shift allows you to change the material that makes up the body of your guitar. In addition to providing a variety of woods, AcmeBarGig decided to provide you with some more interesting options. Guitars made of pyrex, granite, and even h... [more]

Series 60 is the second amp from AcmeBarGig's "Preampus Metal Line" of heads. As the name suggests, these amps are for the Metal Heads amongst us. About Series 60, AcmeBarGig's says: "Series 60 is Power defined. Inspired by the power plants that drive America today, it is the most powerful amp we've ever produced here at AcmeBarGig, and we actually set out to make it equivalent to an 8,000 watt amplifier, so believe us when we say there's enough power in this amp to make your skull crumble and your toes go numb. Add in the fact series 60 comes with a built-in Drive Amp and you ... [more]

Tamla Head is inspired by Motown Records' The Funk Brothers (who, if you don't know the name, you would have undoubtedly heard play on a record as they are arguably one of the most important bands, session or otherwise, in music history). AcmeBarGig could not find any reference to the amps these guys used - it turns out they didn't tend to record with an amp, they went direct into the board. Tamla Head is a model of what those guitars would sound like into sound boards of that period (the Sixties). AcmeBarGig added an extra gain section just to make sure that Tamla was good for other uses as ... [more]

TranceGate is best described as a tremolo on steroids. The collection of vertical bars at the top of the screenshot represent volume levels. The signal can be described as traveling from the far left of the bars to the far right of the bars, and as it hits each bar, the volume level of that bar is applied to it. If the bar is all the way at the top, the volume level is full, likewise all the way down it is off. The speed of the effect is controllable via the host tempo and the note duration control. There is also an adjustable sweeping filter, featuring 5 different wave form shapes and 6 diffe... [more]

Tribe is a clean amp, and is designed to give you pure, crystal clear clean tones, providing you with the perfect blank canvas to further sculpt your tone. Using technologies borrowed from AcmeBarGig's Whisper and RedShift and with the ability to load the impulse response file of your choice, Tribe is designed to give out a smooth stream of constant clean tone. Tribe came to be as a means of acoustic modeling. AcmeBarGig says that "The original idea was to place an IR in front of a clean amp and see what we could get. Well, that didn't work perfectly, so we decided to take it in a slight... [more]

Based on Whisper, AcmeBarGig's clean amp model, Whisper Tube features a 12AU7 tube to warm up the sound. By driving the tube using the "Tube Gain" knob (located above the master volume control), gives Whisper Tube tones ranging from a perfectly pure clean to a smooth, creamy overdrive, designed for lower-gain tones, in particular blues leads and crisp chords. By turning down the "Tube Gain" knob, you can still get the piezo-like tones from the original Whisper. Features: Modeled 12AU7 tube for added warmth and overdrive. Powerful 3-band parametric EQ tonestack featuring pr... [more]