Rock guitar tones

Researched amp settings for 409 rock songs — then adapted to your gear.

Starting point for Rock tone: gain 5 · bass 5.5 · mid 6.5 · treble 6.5 · presence 5.5 (out of 10)

Most-used amps: Vox AC30 (×17) · Marshall / Fender (×17) · Fender Twin Reverb (×14) · Bright (×13)

Amp settings for this genre

Genre-specific EQ cheat-sheets — averaged dials plus the famous tones for each amp.

AmpegBognerDiezelFender Deluxe ReverbFender Princeton ReverbFender Twin ReverbFender Vibrolux ReverbHiwattLaneyMarshall JCM800Marshall JCM900Marshall JTM45Marshall Plexi (Super Lead)Mesa/Boogie Dual RectifierMesa/Boogie Mark SeriesRoland JC-120 Jazz ChorusSilvertoneSuproVox AC30
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Sweet Child O' Mine — Guns N' RosesHotel California — EaglesAin't Talkin' 'Bout Love — Van HalenSweet Child O' Mine — Guns N' RosesEverlong — Foo FightersSmells Like Teen Spirit — NirvanaComfortably Numb — Pink FloydLayla — Derek & The DominosNovember Rain — Guns N' RosesEvery Breath You Take (Remastered 2003) — The PoliceWelcome To The Jungle — Guns N' RosesTime — Pink FloydSultans of Swing — Dire StraitsMayonaise — The Smashing PumpkinsMoney for Nothing — Dire StraitsPurple Rain — Prince & The RevolutionCreep — RadioheadBeat It — Michael JacksonBohemian Rhapsody — QueenBreathe (In the Air) — Pink FloydFree Bird — Lynyrd SkynyrdCome As You Are — NirvanaDead! — My Chemical RomanceAnimal I Have Become — Three Days GraceSupersonic — OasisMan in TheBox — Alice in ChainsEchoes — Pink FloydBound for the Floor — Local HNutshell — Alice in ChainsPush — Matchbox TwentyBreed — NirvanaStill Loving You — ScorpionsToday — The Smashing PumpkinsJane! — The Long FacesFlutter — juliePour Some Sugar On Me — Def LeppardPurple Haze — The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceTuesday's Gone — Lynyrd SkynyrdAll She Wrote (2024 Remaster) — FireHouseAnother Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 — Pink FloydKnockin' On Heaven's Door — Guns N' RosesStairway to Heaven — Led ZeppelinWish You Were Here — Pink FloydHey You — Pink FloydDirty Little Secret — The All-American RejectsSunshine of Your Love — CreamComfortably Numb — Pink FloydHeartbreaker — Led ZeppelinDecadence Dance — EXTREMEความรักทำให้คนตาบอด (ซนซน 40 ปี GMM GRAMMY) — Three Man DownChange (In the House of Flies) — DeftonesPlanet Telex — RadioheadKashmir — Led ZeppelinWomen In Love... — Van HalenNumb — LINKIN PARKShine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 — Pink FloydInside Out — XYZEverybody Talks — Ax and the HatchetmenDown — 311End of Beginning — DjoWhy You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? — PrinceSay It Ain't So (2024 Remaster) — WeezerEn la Ciudad de la Furia — Soda StereoLove, Hate, Love — Alice in ChainsLounge Act (Boombox Rehearsals) — NirvanaSay It Ain't So (2024 Remaster) — Weezer七月、影法師、藍色、ロッカー — n-bunaMeatplow — Stone Temple PilotsNever forget — kessoku bandEn la Ciudad de la Furia (Me Verás Volver Gira 2007) — Soda StereoAh — DumanSanteria — SublimeKool Thing — Sonic YouthHey Jude — The BeatlesI Hate It Too — HumStep on Me — The CardigansBeast of Burden — The Rolling StonesHey Barbara — IV OF SPADESOne More Light — LINKIN PARKTake Me Away (from Freaky Friday) — LashWhen the Curtain Falls — Greta Van FleetLithium — NirvanaDo Ya Wanna Taste It — Wig WamThe Emptiness Machine (Instrumental) — LINKIN PARKBulls On Parade (Live In Mexico City, MX, 10/28/99) — Rage Against the MachineParadise City — Guns N' RosesBleed It Out — LINKIN PARKJessica — The Allman Brothers BandLet It Be — The BeatlesComfortably Numb (Live at Pompeii 2016) — David GilmourMisery Business — ParamoreLayla — Eric ClaptonCan't Stop — Red Hot Chili PeppersKnock Me Down — Red Hot Chili PeppersСпокойная ночь — KinoSanta Monica — EverclearWaterloo Sunset — The KinksCircus Envy (Remastered) — R.E.M.Summer Of '69 — Bryan AdamsEnd of Beginning — DjoFlick of the Switch — AC/DCFreak Scene (Live, Brixton Academy, London, 8 October 1994) — Dinosaur Jr.Hells Bells — AC/DCAll Along the Watchtower — The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceСпокойная ночь — KinoDeck Wine — MariettaCambaz — mor ve ötesiTeenage Dirtbag — WheatusSanta Monica — EverclearSafari Song — Greta Van FleetI Stay Away — Alice in ChainsTeenage Dirtbag — WheatusAll Too Well — Taylor SwiftDrain You (Live At Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA., December 28, 1991) — NirvanaCome As You Are — NirvanaCold — CrossfadeSave Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back — My Chemical RomanceDecode — ParamoreTill It Shines — Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet BandHead in the Ceiling Fan — Title FightRape Me — NirvanaHighway Tune — Greta Van Fleet505 — Arctic MonkeysHunger Strike — Temple of the DogThe Way You'd Love Her — Mac DeMarcoSobredosis de T.V. — Soda StereoKnockin' On Heaven's Door — Bob DylanKryzysowa narzeczona — Lady PankHigh Hopes — Pink FloydDon't Look Back in Anger (Remastered) — OasisRooster — Alice in ChainsSupersonic (Live at Wembley Stadium, July 2000) — OasisSacred The Thread — Greta Van FleetHeavy Metal (Takin' a Ride) — Don FelderPlanet Caravan — Black SabbathСпокойная ночь — KinoFamous Last Words — My Chemical RomanceToday — The Smashing PumpkinsShine — Collective SoulNutshell — Alice in ChainsDangerous Woman — Ariana GrandeMonkey Wrench — Foo FightersBed of Roses — Bon JoviIncinerate — Sonic YouthCall Me — BlondieStand By Me — OasisDo the Evolution — Pearl JamRunaway — Bon JoviDrown (Edit) — The Smashing PumpkinsIs This It — The StrokesLet Me In (Remastered) — R.E.M.Yellow Ledbetter — Pearl JamLet It Happen — Tame ImpalaI Stay Away — Alice in ChainsSemi-Charmed Life — Third Eye BlindCosmik Debris — Frank ZappaBlvd. Nights — Team SleepGrace — Jeff BuckleyWho Was in My Room Last Night? — Butthole SurfersWelcome To The Jungle — Guns N' RosesLithium (Live In Amsterdam At Paradiso, November 25, 1991) — NirvanaSpeaking With a Ghost — Citizen¿Quién Podrá? (Live) — Averly MorilloIs This Love (2017 Remaster) — WhitesnakeIf I could be a constellation — kessoku bandNude — RadioheadTalk Dirty to Me — PoisonWith or Without You — U2Smoke on the Water (2024 Remaster) — Deep PurpleAbout a Girl — NirvanaIsland In the Sun — WeezerOne Way (Live) — Hillsong WorshipCome Together — The BeatlesSome Might Say — OasisShe Loves You (Mono Version) — The BeatlesCárcel, Hospital & Cementerio — Los TresAtom Heart Mother — Pink FloydIn Bloom — NirvanaThe Emptiness Machine (Instrumental) — LINKIN PARKCelebrity Skin — HoleThe Weight of Dreams — Greta Van FleetComfortably Numb — Pink FloydProjection — Yoshimasa Terui(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mono) — The Rolling StonesDogs — Pink FloydTimes Like These — Foo FightersDay Tripper — The BeatlesEruption — Van HalenCrazy On You — HeartHeavy — Collective SoulSo Far Away — Sultans Of Swing (dire Straits Sound-a-like)Purnota — WarfazeBody Paint — Arctic MonkeysDracula — Tame ImpalaYou Really Got Me — Van HalenMr. Brownstone (Live) — Guns N' RosesPretty When You Cry — Lana Del ReyUnder the Bridge — Red Hot Chili PeppersSoulshine — Gov't MuleT.N.T. — AC/DCSo Goes the Story — Eddie HazelHeavy Fuel (Live Album Version) — Dire StraitsDaughter (Remastered) — Pearl JamBlandest (Demo) — NirvanaSmells Like Teen Spirit — NirvanaTyler — ToadiesThis Is the One (Remastered 2009) — The Stone RosesHey You — Pink FloydNovember Rain — Guns N' RosesSteppin' Razor — SublimeSultans of Swing (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, 1983) — Dire StraitsSo Por Uma Noite — Charlie Brown Jr.Flick of the Wrist (Live at the Rainbow, London / November 1974) — QueenPens And Needles — Hawthorne HeightsDesert Rose — Eric JohnsonAchilles Last Stand (Remaster) — Led ZeppelinWhy You Wanna Fight? — Bruno MarsShe Sells Sanctuary — The CultFly By Night — RushOut Like a Light — The Honeysticks, Ricky Montgomery & Caleb HurstSix Minutes — StoopiSteady, As She Goes — The RaconteursDilerim Ki — Dolu Kadehi Ters TutHome Sweet Home (Demo) — Mötley CrüeTom Sawyer (Live) — RushIchizu — King GnuBlackest Eyes (Live) — Porcupine TreeWatch Your Mouth — The Backseat LoversHeaven Knows I’m Miserable Now — The SmithsRing of Fire — Social DistortionVisita — EnjambrePretty Girls Make Graves — The SmithsIchizu — King GnuSola skinner — Jokke & ValentinerneGet Out Alive — Three Days GraceMr. Jones — Counting CrowsEnhjørning (Remastered 2015) — Dumdum BoysToo Much Time On My Hands — StyxShe's a Beauty — The TubesPlump — HoleZITTI E BUONI (Eurovision Version) — MåneskinThe Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows — Brand NewDrown (Edit) — The Smashing PumpkinsThe Pretender — Foo FightersRock 'N' Roll Damnation — AC/DCLast Surprise — LynCrawl — Kings of LeonCliffs of Dover (Live) — Eric JohnsonFortunate Son — Creedence Clearwater RevivalBad Moon Rising — Creedence Clearwater RevivalHave You Ever Seen the Rain — Creedence Clearwater RevivalDo I Wanna Know? — Arctic MonkeysBuddy Holly — WeezerVerbatim — Mother MotherHeroes — David BowieZiggy Stardust — David BowieSuffragette City — David BowieMisirlou — Dick DaleEye of the Tiger — SurvivorWild Thing — The TroggsJohnny B. Goode — Chuck BerryMore Than a Feeling — BostonMy Sharona — The KnackWhere Is My Mind? — PixiesMessage in a Bottle — The PoliceAmerican Girl — Tom PettyThe Less I Know the Better — Tame ImpalaAfrica — TotoVoodoo Child (Slight Return) — The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceCalifornication — Red Hot Chili PeppersWhite Room — CreamZombie — The CranberriesMr. Brightside — The KillersTake Me Out — Franz FerdinandPaint It Black — The Rolling StonesGimme Shelter — The Rolling StonesLosing My Religion — R.E.M.Alive — Pearl JamWhere the Streets Have No Name — U2While My Guitar Gently Weeps — The BeatlesIris — Goo Goo DollsReptilia — The StrokesGo Your Own Way — Fleetwood MacDon't Stop Believin' — JourneyCarry On Wayward Son — KansasRamblin' Man — The Allman Brothers BandBrutal — Olivia RodrigoHayloft — Mother MotherLe Freak — ChicKiss — PrinceLife in the Fast Lane — EaglesRocky Mountain Way — Joe WalshOnly Shallow — My Bloody ValentineNever Meant — American FootballGuitar to Kodoku to Aoi Hoshi — Kessoku BandRewrite — Asian Kung-Fu GenerationSeishun Complex — Kessoku BandThe Beginning — ONE OK ROCKZenzenzense — RADWIMPSDistortion — Kessoku BandKaikai Kitan — EveOceans (Where Feet May Fail) — Hillsong UNITEDReckless Love — Cory AsburyDe Música Ligera — Soda StereoG.O.A.T. — PolyphiaSPECIALZ — King GnuKaiju no Hanauta — VaundyAbnormalize — Ling Tosite SigureLast Surprise — Persona 5La Celula Que Explota — CaifanesOye Mi Amor — ManaLamento Boliviano — Enanitos VerdesIngrata — Cafe TacvbaDo It Again — Elevation WorshipWhat A Beautiful Name — Hillsong WorshipNo Longer Slaves — Bethel MusicLiving Hope — Phil WickhamDatabase — MAN WITH A MISSIONTempo Perdido — Legiao UrbanaMeu Erro — Os Paralamas do SucessoSo os Loucos Sabem — Charlie Brown JrGarota Nacional — SkankSonifera Ilha — TitasMulher de Fases — RaimundosEl Diablo — LitfibaVita Spericolata — Vasco RossiCerte Notti — LigabueMeraviglioso — NegramaroTage wie diese — Die Toten HosenSchrei nach Liebe — Die ArzteHier kommt Alex — Die Toten HosenManner sind Schweine — Die ArzteGO — FLOWSamurai Heart — SPYAIRCendrillon — TelephoneLe Vent Nous Portera — Noir DesirLAventurier — IndochineUn autre monde — TelephoneJai demande a la lune — IndochineSenden Daha Guzel — DumanCambaz — Mor ve OtesiMatador — Los Fabulosos CadillacsPeace of Mind — BostonFeel Like Makin Love — Bad CompanyYou Really Got Me — The KinksMary Janes Last Dance — Tom PettyGurenge — LiSATime of Our Life — DAY6Rooftop — N.FlyingYou Were Beautiful — DAY6Sorry — The RoseCongratulations — DAY6Hot Potato — N.FlyingGruppa Krovi — KinoZvezda po imeni Solntse — KinoKrylya — Nautilus PompiliusChto Takoe Osen — DDTSugar Song and Bitter Step — UNISON SQUARE GARDENMary on a Cross — GhostTake Me to Church — HozierToo Sweet — HozierBlackout — TurnstileChaise Longue — Wet LegStarburster — Fontaines D.C.Distance — Mammoth WVHNothing Matters — The Last Dinner PartyDanny Nedelko — IDLESLinger — The CranberriesBad Medicine — Bon JoviHave a Nice Day — Bon JoviSunday Bloody Sunday — U2Brothers in Arms — Dire StraitsReelin in the Years — Steely DanAll Along the Watchtower — Jimi HendrixLittle Wing — Jimi HendrixVoodoo Child (Slight Return) — Jimi HendrixMoney for Nothing — Dire StraitsMore Than a Feeling — BostonDream On — AerosmithPurple Haze — Jimi HendrixParamparça — TeomanYağmurun Elleri — KurbanEntre Dos Tierras — Héroes del SilencioBu Akşam — DumanKöprüaltı — DumanBeş — GripinMachine Gun — Jimi HendrixPupus — Dewa 19Kangen — Dewa 19Terlalu Manis — Slank11 Januari — GigiSobat — PadiBeraksi — KotakRoman Picisan — Dewa 19Semua Tak Sama — PadiNoypi — BambooNarda — KamikazeePasensya Ka Na — Silent SanctuaryMy Generation — The WhoCome Together — The BeatlesAnother One Bites the Dust — QueenPatience — Guns N RosesMore Than Words — ExtremeFree Fallin — Tom PettyGuiles Theme — Street Fighter IIStart Me Up — The Rolling StonesBrown Sugar — The Rolling StonesSomething — The BeatlesRunnin Down a Dream — Tom Petty

Rock amp settings — FAQ

What are the best amp settings for rock?

Averaged across 409 researched rock tones: gain 5, bass 5.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 5.5 (out of 10). Start there, then fine-tune by ear and adapt to the amp you actually own.

What amp is best for rock?

The amps most used across these rock tones are Vox AC30, Marshall / Fender, Fender Twin Reverb, Bright. You don’t need the exact amp — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials any rock tone for the amp and guitar you already own, free in the browser.

How do I get a rock guitar tone with the gear I have?

Start with gain 5, bass 5.5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 5.5 (out of 10), then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for your specific amp, guitar and pedals so it sits like the record — free, no new gear.