Guitar Amp Settings by Artist
Tone guides for 122 artists covering their signature sound, typical gear, and song-by-song amp settings.
Showing 122 of 122 artists
AC/DC
4 tones · 1975–1990
1970s Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W
Led Zeppelin
2 tones · 1969–1971
Vox Super Beatle head with Rickenbacker Transonic cabinets
Pink Floyd
5 tones · 1973–1979
Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 into WEM cabinets
Jimi Hendrix
3 tones · 1967–1968
Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W Plexi
Cream
1 tone · 1967
Marshall JTM45
Deep Purple
1 tone · 1972
Marshall Major 200W into Marshall 4x12 cabs
The Rolling Stones
1 tone · 1965
Fender Twin Reverb (studio)
Dire Straits
3 tones · 1978–1985
Fender Vibrolux Reverb
Free
1 tone · 1970
Marshall Plexi 50W into 4x12
Boston
1 tone · 1976
Custom Scholz 'Power Soak' with Marshall and Fender amps
Metallica
13 tones · 1983–1991
Mesa
Black Sabbath
2 tones · 1970
Laney Supergroup LA100BL into Laney 4x12
Van Halen
3 tones · 1978–1984
1968 Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W (Plexi)
Guns N' Roses
3 tones · 1987
Marshall JCM 2555 Silver Jubilee 25
Pantera
5 tones · 1990–1996
Randall Century 200
Iron Maiden
1 tone · 1983
Marshall JCM800 2203 (both guitarists)
Ozzy Osbourne
2 tones · 1980–1991
Marshall JMP 1959 Super Lead 100W
Megadeth
3 tones · 1985–1992
Marshall JCM800 2203 (modified)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
2 tones · 1983
Fender Vibroverb (x2) + Dumble Dumbleland 300 (Jackson Browne's studio amp)
B.B. King
1 tone · 1969
Fender Twin Reverb (studio)
Gary Moore
1 tone · 1990
Marshall JCM800 2210
John Mayer
3 tones · 2001–2008
Dumble Overdrive Special
Albert King
1 tone · 1967
Fender Twin Reverb
Derek and the Dominos
1 tone · 1970
Fender Champ (Clapton, cranked)
Fleetwood Mac
1 tone · 1968
Fender Twin Reverb
Nirvana
2 tones · 1991
Mesa
Soundgarden
1 tone · 1994
Mesa
Alice in Chains
3 tones · 1990–1992
Bogner Ecstasy
The Smashing Pumpkins
3 tones · 1993–1995
Marshall JCM800 2205 (modified with KT88 tubes)
Pearl Jam
1 tone · 1991
Marshall JCM800 (McCready)
Rage Against the Machine
1 tone · 1992
Marshall JCM800 2205 50W head into Peavey 4x12 cabinet
Tool
1 tone · 2001
Diezel VH4
Deftones
2 tones · 1997–2000
ADA MP-1 tube MIDI preamp into Marshall 9200 Dual MonoBlock valve power amp
Foo Fighters
2 tones · 1997–2007
Fender (Zinky) Custom Shop ToneMaster 2x12 100W
Green Day
3 tones · 1994–2004
Marshall 1959 SLP Plexi 100W Super Lead 'Pete' with Dookie Mod (Cascading Gain Mod by Martin Golub of Custom Audio Electronics
Eagles
1 tone · 1976
Don Felder: Fender Narrow-Panel Tweed Deluxe 5E3 (~1955-56, 12W)
Jeff Buckley
2 tones · 1994
Fender Vibroverb '63 Reissue (Brownface, 1x15, 40W, 6L6 tubes)
Black Label Society (Zakk Wylde)
1 tone · 2003
Marshall JCM800 2203 100W head(s)
Tool (Adam Jones)
1 tone · 1996
1976 Marshall Super Bass Model 1992 JMP 100W (primary) — converted to Super Lead specs by Dave Friedman. Channels jumpered together. JJ EL34 power tubes. Likely blended with Mesa
Arctic Monkeys
1 tone · 2013
Vintage Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 combo (primary) + Magnatone Custom 410 (blended simultaneously)
The White Stripes (Jack White)
1 tone · 2003
Sears Silvertone 1485 'Six Ten' (~120W tube, mid-1960s, by Danelectro) + Fender Twin Reverb (1970s)
Queens of the Stone Age (Josh Homme)
1 tone · 2002
3-amp blend: (1) Ampeg VT-40 tube combo (primary), (2) Peavey solid-state 'Musician' series, (3) Tube Works RT-2100 MosValve hybrid
Slipknot (Mick Thomson / Jim Root)
1 tone · 2004
Mick: VHT Pitbull Ultra Lead + Carvin 4x12. Jim: Custom one-off modified Bogner Uberschall (~70% of record) + Bogner Uberschall 'purple mod' blended with Mesa Boogie Mark IIC (~30% of record)
Korn (Munky / Head)
1 tone · 1994
Debated — most likely Marshall JCM 900 (Munky) + Hughes & Kettner Attax (Head), through Marshall and H&K 4x12 cabinets. NOT Mesa Boogie Rectifiers (those were strictly live rigs).
Avenged Sevenfold (Synyster Gates / Zacky Vengeance)
1 tone · 2005
Bogner Uberschall 120W tube head (primary) — early revision made by Reinhold Bogner himself. Mesa
Blink-182 (Tom DeLonge)
1 tone · 1997
Marshall JCM900 4100 (100W, 2-channel) + Mesa
Joy Division
1 tone · 1980
Vox AC30-style amp approximating JMI Vox UL730 character
Joe Satriani
1 tone · 1987
Marshall Model 1959 Super Lead 100W head into 4x12 with Celestion G12T‑75 speakers
ZZ Top
1 tone · 1973
1968 Marshall Super Lead 100W (often approximated with JTM45
My Chemical Romance
2 tones · 2004–2006
Marshall JCM800 2203
Paramore
1 tone · 2007
Mesa
Muse
1 tone · 2001
Diezel VH4
Thin Lizzy
1 tone · 1976
Marshall Plexi 2203
Rush
1 tone · 1980
Hiwatt Custom 100
Dream Theater
1 tone · 1992
Mesa
Scorpions
1 tone · 1984
Marshall JCM800
Motörhead
1 tone · 1980
Marshall JCM800
Pixies
1 tone · 1988
Peavey Special (solid-state combo)
My Bloody Valentine
1 tone · 1991
Marshall JCM800 (primary, per Alan Moulder) + 1960s Burman amp and Fender Showman facing each other with tremolos at different rates
Dinosaur Jr.
1 tone · 1994
Fender Tweed Deluxe (preferred studio amp)
Eric Johnson
1 tone · 1990
100W Marshall half‑stack for lead tones, approximated here with Fender Twin Reverb-style settings
System of a Down
1 tone · 2001
Marshall 1959 Plexi
The Strokes
1 tone · 2003
Fender Hot Rod
Oasis
2 tones · 1994–1995
Marshall half‑stack (JCM‑type) blended with other amps
Lamb of God
1 tone · 2004
Peavey 6505+ (5150-style) high-gain head
Steve Vai
2 tones · 1990–1995
Carvin Legacy (Steve Vai signature) or Carvin Legacy 3
Slayer
1 tone · 1986
Marshall JCM800 2203
Weezer
1 tone · 1994
Mesa
Radiohead
1 tone · 1993
Vox AC30
Judas Priest
2 tones · 1980–1990
Marshall JCM800
The Cure
3 tones · 1979–1987
Roland JC-120
Avenged Sevenfold
5 tones · 2003–2016
Bogner Uberschall
Mick Gordon
2 tones · 2016
Fractal Audio Axe-FX II (amp modeler)
Entombed
2 tones · 1990–1993
Peavey Studio Pro 40 (small combo amp)
Masayoshi Takanaka
2 tones · 1979
Clean tube combo (likely Fender Twin Reverb or Roland JC-120 — exact amp not documented for 1979 recording)
Alice In Chains
1 tone · 1994
1960s Fender Twin Reverb
Prince & The Revolution
1 tone · 1984
Mesa
Opeth
1 tone · 2008
Marshall JVM 410H
Queen
1 tone · 1975
Vox AC30 (vintage 1960s, 2×12 Celestions)
Crowbar
1 tone · 2001
Randall RG100ES (120W solid-state)
Duman
1 tone · 1999
Fender Twin Reverb (Blackface
Elliott Smith
1 tone · 1997
Fender Vibrolux Reverb (silverface)
Caligula's Horse
1 tone · 2017
Fractal Axe-FX Ultra (digital modeler)
Jet
1 tone · 2003
1970s Marshall 50W Master Volume head (Muncey)
While She Sleeps
1 tone · 2024
Peavey 6505 or Peavey 6534+ (most likely for heavy sections)
Silverchair
1 tone · 1995
Marshall JCM900 Dual Reverb 100W
Lynyrd Skynyrd
1 tone · 1973
Marshall 1959T Super Tremolo 100W
blink-182
2 tones · 2001–2003
Mesa
Heart Attack Man
1 tone · 2025
Not documented
Tame Impala
2 tones · 2012–2015
No amp — recorded DI through Seymour Duncan KTG-1 King Tone Generator tube preamp
The Black Keys
1 tone · 2011
Ampeg Gemini II
Mac DeMarco
1 tone · 2014
Fender Vibro Champ (~1960s, 5W)
Khruangbin
1 tone · 2018
Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb reissue (blackface, ~1996) — 22W, 1x12, 6V6
Gary Clark Jr.
1 tone · 2011
Fender Vibro-King (60W, 3x10" Jensen)
Polyphia
2 tones · 2018–2022
Fractal Axe-FX II 'Boutique 1' preset (Matchless Chieftain model) + Positive Grid BIAS FX 1
Hozier
1 tone · 2013
Vox AC15 (hand-wired reissue)
Incubus
1 tone · 1999
Mesa Boogie Tremoverb (Dual Rectifier variant with tremolo)
Interpol
1 tone · 2004
Fender Princeton Reverb (Daniel Kessler)
The Cranberries
1 tone · 1994
Marshall amplifier(s) + Vox AC30
Sublime
1 tone · 1996
Mesa
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4 tones · 1991–2006
Fender Blackface Showman
The Police
2 tones · 1979–1983
Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus (commonly reported for very clean headroom on this track; treated as best-available inference)
U2
1 tone · 1987
1950s Fender tweed Deluxe combo (recorded as a pair of selected amps; studio approach described by engineer Mark Howard)
Santana
2 tones · 1970–1999
Mesa Boogie (Santana’s long-used Boogie amp) + Dumble Overdrive Special + Dumble Steel String Singer (recorded simultaneously, per Santana)
The Beatles
1 tone · 1968
Fender Deluxe (Clapton lead)
Eric Clapton
1 tone · 1977
Clean Fender-style tube combo (inferred; exact studio amp not documented in sources consulted)
Kings of Leon
1 tone · 2008
Selmer TruVoice Treble-N-Bass Fifty (reported used on the album, specifically cited for "Sex on Fire" via producer interview references)
The Killers
1 tone · 2004
Fender Hot Rod DeVille (Dave Keuning statement for Hot Fuss-era recording)
Ichika Nito
1 tone · 2019
Direct input to audio interface (no amp model) (inferred
Plini
2 tones · 2016
Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II (probable, based on multiple contemporaneous discussions referencing Plini’s workflow; not a primary session document)
Guthrie Govan
2 tones · 2006
Cornford RK100 (reported
Intervals
1 tone · 2017
Suhr PT100 + Mesa
Covet
1 tone · 2018
Vox AC-series clean platform (AC15
Tim Henson
1 tone · 0
In-the-box amp sim
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
1 tone · 2017
Unknown studio amp (likely conventional vintage
Rory Gallagher
1 tone · 1976
Vox AC30 and
Stevie Wonder
1 tone · 1972
Electric Lady Studios routing; clavinet processed with guitar effects boxes (wah, Mu-Tron phaser, distortion)
Chic
1 tone · 1978
Direct to console (no guitar amp) — classic Nile Rodgers DI approach described in Guitar World breakdown
Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers)
1 tone · 2013
Studio tracking at Conway Recording (LA) and Electric Lady (NYC) in the Random Access Memories process; exact guitar amp
CHON
1 tone · 2017
Clean studio chain (likely DI
Mark Knopfler
1 tone · 1983
Unknown studio amp(s) for Local Hero sessions
Blur
1 tone · 1994
Marshall Super Lead head into 4x12 cabinet
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