Spot on!!

I own several hardware and software modelers at this point, and I have to say this one is so real it's scary! When I check a new one, I always go to the Vox AC30 emulation first. I own an original 1964 AC30/6 with the factory Top Boost mod, and it is the most unique amp I ever played through. No modeler, by anyone, ever got the real chime and glassy-ness of the original..... until now. The Hi-Gain and vintage amps are spot on. I've played through almost all of the amps they have modeled, and the tone (and more critically) the response is outstanding! I am giving this product the highest recommendation I have ever given to any software.

a true convert

as a bassist with almost 40 years experience, i'm not the kind that you can convince easily about so- called advances in guitar technology due to the fact that 99.9% of is not geared to bass players. especially modeling, for the most part was a real turn- off. but..... after i tried my friend's copy of this soft ware,i went and bought almost every kind they had. ( this was before i found out about the stealth pedal) my bass sounded better than i ever could remember, and i recently bought the pedal, the difference was night and day!!! the guys in the band went crazy after they heard the sounds my bass was getting !!!! the TE, GK, and the ampeg and fender also the acoustic and jazz chorus are simply remarkable. you can't tell the difference from the real ones. and the stomp boxes are truly incredible. most of them are true re-creations of the ones i used over 30 years ago. the best part of all is.....(drum roll, please) total portability, and NO repair bills!!!! you cant go wrong with this package, try it yourselves, and see ans HEAR the difference!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely Great

I own Line-6 Pod Farm and that sounds really good but not great. This sim sounds absolutely great!! I have been playing for decades and played a lot of different equipment and no amp sim compares to this sound and especially the feel. The Line6 gear doesn't really have a feel but Amplitube feels just like an amp that's easily set to kill. Absolutely sweet.

Best tone out there

If you want amp simulation that sounds like the real amp, you’d be crazy not to buy this. I own amp simulators from Boss and Line 6. While they sound good, they sound like an imitation of what you hear on a recording. Amp 3 literally sounds like I’m sitting right in front of the actual amps! SO much bigger, fuller, and more present. With 51 stomp-boxes and 17 racks Amp 3 has got all the effects. You can use them in any combination, in any order, and move them back and forth with ease - Unlike my other simulators.

The only slight “ding” is the software uses a lot of CPU power. The good news is: going from the “Hi” mode to the power saving “Eco” mode cuts the power usage by about 2/3. And listening with a pair of $160 headphones, I can’t hear the difference! So, I tweak my amp settings in Eco mode, then switch to Hi and freeze the track. A small inconvenience for such great tone.

Bottom line: Amplitube 3 and Amplitube Fender should be at the top of every guitarist’s list for plug-in amp simulators. (Yes, it’s worth owning both). I’m going to spread the word. I really wish I knew about Amplitube before I bought those other amp simulations.

Super Duper!

I am quite impressed with the program. However, if I might offer a suggestion for an upgrade: one of the finest combo amps ever produced is the Magnatone 212. I have owned mine for 45 years. It gives the Lonnie Mack sound and its tremolo is like no other amp. Old school it is. I used to run it with my old Fender Pro.
Keep up the good work.
Dan

Oh yes it is worth it....

I'm playing around with just the free version at the moment and it is awesome!!! I didn't realize how far this app had come since version one. Simply sweet and amazing how in depth and customizable it has become. The modeling sounds so much better and the custom shop, where you can add more vintage amps, cabs, mics, pedals, racks, etc, is just mind blowing! It's stand alone too so you could use it in a live gig. It sounds incredible for an amp simulator. I've heard nothing else that comes close to it. Thumbs up all the way!

I'm not really a fan of it

Other than the Ampex SVX for bass -- which rules -- I'm not a fan of AmpliTube 3. I much prefer NI's Guitar Rig 5, and I say that as someone who is pretty angry with NI from a customer service standpoint. I just find AmpliTube's amps to be noisier and "thinner" than the Guitar Rig versions. It's hard to explain, they just feel "slapped on top of" my guitar sound, like a thin veneer, rather than the way Guitar Rig's sims feel like part of the real sound.

I'm also put off by AmpliTube's "Custom Shop" interface for adding new amps, boxes, etc. It seems like a cool concept, you go into a little virtual music store from right there within your AmpliTube interface to shop for new gear. But I find it less user friendly than just going to a website, and AmpliTube's pricing system (which uses "tokens" to buy gear rather than money) is confusing to me, and strikes me as one of those suspicious ways that companies seek to make more money off you than you actually meant to spend. I.e., I have to go buy a batch of "tokens", the price of which can fluctuate, I suppose, and then I go to spend those tokens on gear. If I have some left over, of course I'm likely to go buy more so the extras won't go to waste, again and again until I end up spending exactly what I had. Meh. I don't like that. Just price the darn gear in dollars, let me buy it via my web browser instead of having a separate login via the interface, and quit making things complicated and confusing. Even when I get emails about amps, collections or whole brands going on sale, I log into the custom shop and can't understand what is and isn't on sale or a bargain, because everything is priced in "tokens." Is ten tokens a good deal for a Fender amp? I don't know... how much is one token? Finding that answer isn't as easy as you would think. You get the point.

Your mileage may vary, and I see that other reviewers here love AmpliTube, but that's one of the reasons I wanted to make sure potential buyers also heard a different opinion. For me, Guitar Rig is far superior (especially with the Rammfire add pack for harder edge sounds). I haven't tried Waves GTR, but since you can demo that for free, I'd give that a shot, too. (And you can download a free version of AmpliTube 3 that will let you mess with some basic amps, too, so do that before you decide to buy!)

not worth it

cool at frist but it still doesnt capture a true amp sound.i was very dissapointed. not worth 300 dollars better of getting a real guitar amp