The Most Famous Guitar Tones of All Time

The 41 most iconic guitar tones ever recorded, each with the researched amp settings behind it. Tap any to see the full rig — then dial it in on your guitar and amp, free.

🎛️ Adapt any of these to YOUR rig — free →1Master of PuppetsMetallica
9GAIN6BASS3MID7.5TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →2Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
7GAIN4.5BASS6.5MID6.5TREBLE3PRESENCE
Full settings →3Comfortably NumbPink Floyd
5GAIN6.5BASS7.5MID7TREBLE6PRESENCE
Full settings →4Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses
8GAIN5.5BASS7.5MID7TREBLE7PRESENCE
Full settings →5Enter SandmanMetallica
8GAIN5.5BASS4.5MID7TREBLE4.5PRESENCE
Full settings →6Back in BlackAC/DC
5GAIN5BASS6MID5.5TREBLE3.5PRESENCE
Full settings →7ParanoidBlack Sabbath
7.5GAIN3BASS8.5MID8TREBLE7.5PRESENCE
Full settings →8Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
5GAIN5BASS6MID7TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →9ThunderstruckAC/DC
4.5GAIN5BASS6.5MID7TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →10Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne
7GAIN3.5BASS6MID6.5TREBLE5PRESENCE
Full settings →11WalkPantera
8.5GAIN6BASS3.5MID7.5TREBLE7PRESENCE
Full settings →12DualitySlipknot
9GAIN6BASS4.5MID7TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →13Nothing Else MattersMetallica
6.5GAIN5.5BASS5.5MID7.5TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →14EverlongFoo Fighters
7GAIN6BASS6MID7.5TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →15My Own Summer (Shove It)Deftones
8GAIN6.5BASS3.5MID6TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →16Creeping DeathMetallica
8GAIN5.5BASS3MID7TREBLE6PRESENCE
Full settings →17Basket CaseGreen Day
7.5GAIN5.5BASS7.5MID8.5TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →18Cowboys from HellPantera
8.5GAIN6BASS4MID7.5TREBLE7PRESENCE
Full settings →19War PigsBlack Sabbath
5.5GAIN5BASS6MID6.5TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →20Whole Lotta LoveLed Zeppelin
6GAIN6.5BASS5.5MID7TREBLE7PRESENCE
Full settings →21Purple HazeThe Jimi Hendrix Experience
6GAIN6BASS7MID7TREBLE6PRESENCE
Full settings →22Sunshine of Your LoveCream
7.5GAIN7BASS7.5MID6.5TREBLE7.5PRESENCE
Full settings →23LaylaDerek & The Dominos
6GAIN6BASS6.5MID7.5TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →24Hotel CaliforniaEagles
5GAIN5.5BASS7MID6.5TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →25Stairway to HeavenLed Zeppelin
6GAIN6.5BASS5MID7TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →26Wish You Were HerePink Floyd
0GAIN6BASS8MID7TREBLE6PRESENCE
Full settings →27Black Hole SunSoundgarden
4GAIN6BASS5.5MID6TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →28Come As You AreNirvana
4.5GAIN5.5BASS5.5MID6.5TREBLE5PRESENCE
Full settings →29PlushStone Temple Pilots
5.5GAIN5.5BASS6.5MID6TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →30Beat ItMichael Jackson
8GAIN6BASS5.5MID7.5TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →31DecodeParamore
7.5GAIN6BASS6MID7TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →32The Emptiness Machine (Instrumental)Linkin Park
7GAIN6BASS6MID7TREBLE6PRESENCE
Full settings →33Flying WhalesGojira
9GAIN6BASS4.5MID6.5TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →34Chop Suey!System of a Down
8.5GAIN6.5BASS4MID6.5TREBLE7PRESENCE
Full settings →35ToxicitySystem of a Down
8.5GAIN6.5BASS4.5MID6.5TREBLE7PRESENCE
Full settings →36Bulls On Parade (Live In Mexico City, MX, 10/28/99)Rage Against the Machine
8GAIN6BASS7MID7TREBLE6.5PRESENCE
Full settings →37Killing in the NameRage Against the Machine
8GAIN7BASS7MID7TREBLE7PRESENCE
Full settings →38Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
3GAIN6BASS6.5MID7.5TREBLE5PRESENCE
Full settings →39Island In the SunWeezer
6GAIN6.5BASS7MID6.5TREBLE5.5PRESENCE
Full settings →40ReptiliaThe Strokes
4.5GAIN4BASS6.5MID7TREBLE6PRESENCE
Full settings →41Do I Wanna Know?Arctic Monkeys
6GAIN6BASS6MID5TREBLE5PRESENCE
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