Guitar rig equivalencies

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The nice Guitar Rig software comes with detailed manuals that, however, do not include explicit references to actual gear due to license issues. This is a bit ridiculous, unless you like puzzles:

  • “The AC Box models the sound that powered the British Invasion of pop music”
  • “Modeled after an amp produced by a highly respected synthesizer manufacturer”
  • “This amp, based on an American legend”…

Now if you want to emulate the sound of, say, My Bloody Valentine from the known actual rig (this is actually a tough example). Where do you get some equivalences? Well, in wikipedia surprisingly. I copy their info.

Amplifiers

Microphones [edit]

Cabinets

Control Room (Pro):

  • 2 x 12 AC Silver (Vox AC 30 Silver Alnico Speakers)
  • 4 x 12 Modern (ENGL E412VG)
  • 4 x 12 Vintage (Marshall1960 JTM50 4×12 75W cabinet)
  • 2 x 12 British (Vox AC30)
  • 2 x 12 American (Something like a Fender Super-Sonic 60 212)
  • 1 x 15 Bass Vintage (Supro Thunderbolt Jensen Speaker)
  • 4 x 10 Bass Alu (Hartke 4.5XL Aluminum 10s)
  • 8 x 10 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT 810 SVT 10s)
  • 4 x 12 Van 51 (Peavey Sheffield 51501200s)
  • 4 x 12 Ultra B (Bogner Uberkab Celestion Vintage 30s)
  • 4 x 12 Ultra A (Bogner Uberkab Celestion G12T)
  • 1 x 12 Tweed (Fender Tweed Deluxe Jensen P12R)
  • 4 x 10 Tweed (Fender Bassman Jensen P10Qs)
  • 2 x 15 Twang (Fender Dual Showman JBL D130s)
  • 2 x 12 Twang (Fender Twin Jensen C12Ns)
  • 2 x 12 Jazz (Roland JC 120 Roland 12s)
  • 4 x 12 Hot Solo+ B (Soldano 412B Eminence Legend)
  • 4 x 12 Hot Solo+ A (Soldano 412B Eminence S12Xs)
  • 4 x 12 Modern (ENGL E412VS PRO)
  • 4 x 12 UK 80s White (Marshall 1960 G12T 75s)
  • 4 x 12 UK 80s Black (Marshall 1960 JBL K120s)
  • 4 x 12 UK 70s White (Marshall Basketweave G12Ls)
  • 4 x 12 UK 70s Black (Marshall 1960 V30s)
  • 4 x 12 UK 60s Green (Marshall 1960 G12Ms)
  • 4 x 12 High White (75 Hiwatt SE4123 50w Fane Purple)
  • 4 x 12 Gratifier (Mesa Rectifier 4×12 V30s)
  • 4 x 12 Citrus (Orange PPC 412 V30s)
  • 2 x 12 AC Blue (Vox AC30 Blue Bulldog)
  • DI Box (generic)

Cabinets & Mics (Legacy):

  • 1 × 12 Tweed Alnico ‘(Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Tweed)’
  • 1 × 12 Custom (Fender Blues Junior)
  • 2 × 12 Tweed (Fender 57 Twin? (Blue/Green/Cream = No idea)
  • 2 × 12 Brit 60s (Vox AC30)
  • 2 × 12 Chief V-30 (PRS 2×12 Open Back or maybe a Bogner Custom Shop 2×12)
  • 2 × 12 Custom (No idea (Lopoline maybe?)
  • 2 × 12 Jazz (Roland JC-120 Jazz)
  • 4 × 10 Tweed Alnico (Fender 59 Bassman)
  • 4 × 12 UK 60s Tall (Marshall 1960 JTM45 4×12 60W cabinet)
  • 4 × 12 UK 60s (Marshall 1960 JTM50 4×12 75W cabinet)
  • 4 × 12 UK 80s (Marshall 1982a)
  • 4 × 12 UK 70s (Orange PPC 412-C)
  • 4 × 12 High White (Hiwatt SE-4123)
  • 4 × 12 Gratifier (Mesa/Boogie 4×12 Rectifier Standard Slant)
  • 4 × 12 Ultrasonic (Bogner 4×12 Slant)
  • 1 × 15 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT-15E or B-115E)
  • 1 × 15 Bass WR (SWR WorkingPro 1×15)
  • 4 × 10 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT-410HE or B410-HE)
  • 4 × 10 Bass WR (SWR WorkingPro 4×10)
  • 8 × 10 Bass Pro (Ampeg SVT-810E)
  • 8 × 10 Bass WR (SWR Megoliath 8×10)
  • Rotator Horns (Leslies in different cases)

Effects units [edit]

Delay & Echo
  • Delay Man (Electro-Harmonix Memory Man)
  • Psyche Delay (Eventide H3000)
  • Quad Delay
  • Tape Echo (Roland RE-201 Space Echo)
  • Twin Delay
Distortion
Dynamics
  • Fast Comp (Feedback Compressor, behaves similar to an UREI 1176)
  • Limiter
  • Noise Gate
  • Noise Reduction (Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor)
  • Stomp Compressor (Boss CS-1 Compression Sustainer)
  • Tube Compressor (Electro-Harmonix Black Finger Compressor)
  • Volume Pedal
EQ
  • Custom EQ
  • EQ Graphic
  • EQ Parametric
  • EQ Shelving
Filters
Modifier
  • Analog Sequencer
  • Envelope
  • Input Level
  • LFO
  • Step Sequencer
Modulation
Pitch
Reverb
  • IceVerb (Mooer Shim Verb)
  • Little Reflektor (stripped down version of NI Reflektor, IR-based)
  • Octaverb
  • Spring Reverb
  • Studio Reverb
  • Vintage Verb
Special FX
Tools
  • Container
  • CrossOver
  • LoopMachine
  • MasterFX
  • Split

 

16 thoughts on “Guitar rig equivalencies”

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    • No idea, man. “The Octaverb is a powerful stereo reverb, precisely emulating the early acoustic reflections
      of eight different rooms.”

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  7. Just to let you know I probably drop by this post a couple times a month… thank you so much! Just wanted to let you know GR6 Pro is out now…

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    • I see now the list of components has been deleted from the wikipedia page, due to copyright issues. So, yes, maybe there aren’t so many places where this list can be found!

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