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Lazylefteye · Post by **Lazylefteye** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:17 pm

Bombadil wrote:Another vote for Scuffham S-Gear.

S-Gear is great for clean sounds. I have found TH3 pretty good for clean sounds too.

Kinh · Post by **Kinh** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:07 am

fese wrote: I also experimented a bit on the front end, putting pedals in front of the DI (e.g. Soul Food or the cheap-o Joyo American with almost no distortion, or a comp pedal), which can help. I also had some good results using the DI in my old ART Pro Channel, which is a solid state/tube preamp, driving the input a bit and using the opto comp and EQ.

Shit, i was gonna do this with eleven rack into di box but didnt think it id make a differene.

simon.a.billington · Post by **simon.a.billington** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:27 pm

I like the bx_bassdude for clean sounds. There is also one or two amps in bx_rockrack that will work for this role too.

Then there is GTR that I still find good value in, mostly the Fenders for a clean sound.

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:14 am

Kinh wrote:
fese wrote: I also experimented a bit on the front end, putting pedals in front of the DI (e.g. Soul Food or the cheap-o Joyo American with almost no distortion, or a comp pedal), which can help. I also had some good results using the DI in my old ART Pro Channel, which is a solid state/tube preamp, driving the input a bit and using the opto comp and EQ.
Shit, i was gonna do this with eleven rack into di box but didnt think it id make a differene.

Yeah, pedals can do the trick sometimes. Some pretty famous "clean" sounds have used drive or fuzz boxes with the gain pulled right back on the pedal and/or the volume rolled back on the guitar. Hendrix did this with a Fuzz Face for example

jazzist · Post by **jazzist** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:02 am

Hi, I have been looking for clean amp sim as well, for Rhodes tones though. Have tried all major amp sims.
Best I found for me was bx_megasingle, clean channel and especially the clean tele presets. When going into a light distortion the overtones sound rounder, less harsh, more ringing, than with other sims. Vermillion I like as well and interstingly enough the free kuassa amplifikation lite, clean channel, I found to be decent.

Scrubbing Monkeys · Post by **Scrubbing Monkeys** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:48 am

I tried Airwindows Guitar Conditioner straight into a speaker impulse (a fender champ). I gave me one of the best clean sound I have ever had ITB.

timwest · Post by **timwest** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:04 pm

I've demoed and purchased a whole range of guitar amps including bias FX and guitar rig. Personally, Amplitube's fender collection 2 has the best clean tones I've heard--particularly the '57 custom deluxe and super reverb.

I find on these forums a lot of guitarists play metal/ shred music so plugins like bias FX sound good for them. imo, the clean sound for bias fx is fairly average, certainly not worth all the hype. I'd be interested to try out some of the other suggestions on here.

ShawnMH · Post by **ShawnMH** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:02 pm

Bias Amp 2 can do a great clean sound, - my current favorite is using the stock HiWatt clean with minor personal tweaks. Other Bias products are able to do nice cleans as well.

Bassdude is very capable of great cleans, ENGL 765, Amplitube (especially Fender collection), ReValver (ENGL, Fender, Classic models), Softube Vintage Amp, ReAxis, S-Gear, TH3, even GTR (this gets bashed all of the time, and I don't agree)...

Any of these can floor me with clean sounds, once adjusted to taste.

jens · Post by **jens** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:29 pm

simon.a.billington wrote:
Then there is GTR that I still find good value in, mostly the Fenders for a clean sound.

The "Fenders"? In GTR? I assume you must mean another product then than the one by Waves with the same name?

edit: I just RTFM and now I know what you mean

heavymetalmixer · Post by **heavymetalmixer** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:41 pm

Black Rooster Audio Cypress TT-15.

electro · Post by **electro** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:21 am

Amplitube 4 Fender 2 collectiion. The JC-120 is from Amplitube 3.

Tappistry · Post by **Tappistry** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:02 am

This thread is making me realize how damn many guitar amp sim products are around.

Tappistry · Post by **Tappistry** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:03 am

jens wrote:I second Bassdude and Destructor and want to add Waves GTR

Absolutely LOVE Destructor.

(And basically everything else by Blue Cat).

imrae · Post by **imrae** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:56 am

My go-to options for clean at the moment:

Softamp PXA is good for a tweakable "direct" sound
Thermionik Bassmensch + Recabinet for warmth
Kuassa Vermillion for more constricted combo sound
GTR if unsure where to start. Could be replaced by one of the others later...

The Thermionik Mesa amps also have interesting clean channels. Most of the hate for GTR (and Guitar Rig) relates to them being a bit "static"; they don't breathe like an amp and can get a bit harsh. For simple cleans that can be perfectly fine! Whatever amp sim is used some kind of post-eq is going to be useful for mids shaping and/or removing harshness.

Sparky77 · Post by **Sparky77** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:59 am

I use SPL’s TwinTube to keep it clean but add just some nice harmonics to the guitar.

Looking for decent amp simulation for clean guitar.