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PERFECT CUSTOM TONE

GUITAR RIG 4 ESSENTIAL is your direct route to pure tone. Equipped with a versatile selection of 8 classic and contemporary amps, 27 effects and 19 cabinets from GUITAR RIG 4, the ESSENTIAL version brings you all the essentials of studio-quality guitar and bass tone.

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What pro guitar and bass players have to say about GUITAR RIG

Kirk Hammett of Metallica

"Guitar Rig is a guitar player's dream. Stacks of amps, loads of pedals and multiple mics at the flick of a mouse. I love it !!!!"



Tech Talk with Kirk Hammett
Metallica Website

James "Munky" Shaffer of Korn

"I have my GUITAR RIG set up on the road with me and in my studio. I can't get over how incredible my guitars sounds through it. GUITAR RIG is amazing!"


Korn Website

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails

"In the ever-crowded world of amp modeling, NI once again raises the stakes by adding an incredible amout of flexibility into the equation. Great sounding amps, cabinets, micing and effects - and definitely not just for guitar! Sonically versatile enough to apply anywhere you need to "liven" something up. An excellent tool in the sound designing arsenal."

Tech Talk with Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails Website

Russell Lissack of Bloc Party

"Guitar Rig is amazing, the possibilities are endless - it has reinvented the way I look at the guitar."




Bloc Party on MySpace

Vernon Reid of Living Colour

"The only limit with Guitar Rig is your imagination! I'm running Guitar Rig live with my MacBook Pro and am having a blast. GR is great standalone, as a plug in, or in addition to your favorites in your pedalboard."


Watch the interview video
Vernon Reid on MySpace

Noel Hogan of The Cranberries

"I have been using Guitar Rig in the studio and on tour for the past few
years, it has become a major part of my set up for writing & producing.
It's selection of mics and cabinets are impossible to beat."


Cranberries Website

Steve Jones (Air, Brian Eno)

"So you want a great guitar sound? You could sell your house and spend years tracking down all the best vintage amps, pedals, cabinets and mics... not forgetting a truck to move it all around. Oh, and a couple of techs to keep everything working, too. Or you could buy Guitar Rig and just save yourself the trouble. And the money."

Air live on stage with GUITAR RIG (video)
Steve's Website

Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Tori Amos)

"When it comes to bass amp modeling software, nothing compares with the tones I can get out of Guitar Rig 3, which I'm using on records right now. The bass sounds are fat, have plenty of "note," with a surprisingly realistic amp grind, if you want it. Plus the effects are superb and can be as freaky as you like—very, very nice."

Free Download of Justin's Signature Presets
Justin's Website

Stephen Carpenter of the Deftones

"GUITAR RIG is a little box of audio dynamite! There will be many amps, cabinets and effects out there getting jealous over this one! I love this machine!"


Stephen on GUITAR RIG (video)
Deftones Website

Paul Landers of Rammstein

"Seitdem ich Guitar Rig benutze, fühlt sich mein Haar viel voller an!"





Paul on GUITAR RIG (video)
Rammstein Website

Alex Hacke / Einstuerzende Neubauten

"Guitar Rig is a revelation in terms of sound quality and simplicity in operation - a guitar tool that surpasses everything else and provides unlimited sonic freedom. This is state of the art programming and simply a delight to use."


Einstuerzende Neubauten Website
Alexander Hacke Website
Alex on MySpace

Gustavo Guerra, YouTube sensation

"Guitar Rig is an indispensable tool for guitar and bass players who want professional tone in the studio or live. It has surpassed all my expectations and is clearly the best amp and effects modeling software available."



Free Download of Gustavo's Signature Presets
Gustavo plays GUITAR RIG at NAMM 2009
Gustavo's YouTube channel

Dweezil Zappa

"GUITAR RIG offers endless combinations of tone-shaping tools. The results are truly inspiring and fit precisely into your project."



Dweezil plays GUITAR RIG (video)
Artist Website

Barry Burns of Mogwai

"I pretty much use Guitar Rig on every single song on our new album (but as my keyboard-rhodes-receptor effects unit which it is simply the best piece of software equipment I own). Every song on the new album has a Native Instruments piece of software and we wouldn't be Mogwai without it."

Mogwai Website

Andy Barlow (Lamb)

"Guitar rig takes you sound into Palatial Halls, Dirty clubs, and Spaceship dance-floors, I think it should just be 'Rig' as I run everything through it."



Andy Barlow's new project

Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica)

"I really like the Guitar Rig software a lot. It's a good step forward for developing your guitar sound and ideas. Its versatility is particularly useful in all pre-production situations to easily figure out different solutions: You can re-amp stuff you've already recorded to play it with different combinations of amps and effects."

Flemming Rasmussen has earned his reputation producing Metallica's classic albums "Ride the Lightning", "Master of Puppets" and "And Justice for All...".

Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath

"I find Guitar Rig 3 an essential part of writing, home recording and studio recording. I can access almost limitless amplifiers, speaker systems, mic settings and effects, all on my computer in a concise, easy to use format."


Black Sabbath Website

Paul Crook (Meat Loaf, Anthrax)

"Guitar Rig 3 is by far the best sounding, most powerful amp modeling system available. I honestly can't remember the last time I had this much fun playing my guitar. Thank you Native Instruments!!!"

Paul's Website

Guy Sigsworth and Andy Page

"It just sounds soooo good! When we were recording the guitars, our initial plan was to record through a well known hardware guitar box, and to record a DI signal as well, with the intention of re-amping later on. But once we heard Guitar Rig there just was no looking back! Pretty much all the guitars were recorded with it."

Guy (one half of "Frou Frou" and producer of Seal, Björk and Lamb) and Andy are the producers of Alanis Morissette's "Flavors of Entanglement".
Tech Talk with Guy and Andy
Andy Page on MySpace
Guy Sigsworth on MySpace

Benny Rietveld

"GUITAR RIG is amazing... these guys really did their homework. And so simple that even me, a bass player, can use it! This makes it a LOT easier for me to work and demo up things while touring, I don't have to cringe now when I hear a live guitar or bass that I record in my hotel room or on the bus."

Benny and Sheila E opened for Prince on the "Purple Rain" tour in 1984, he joined the Miles Davis band in 1988 and has been recording and touring with Santana since 1990. Benny has won 8 Grammy Awards™; played, recorded or produced with John Lee Hooker, Booker T and Sol Y Luna to name but a few…
Artist Website

Takeshi Nishimoto

"I can always find the sound to go further ahead musically. It is just flexible and yet very musical."

Takeshi's Website

Anthony Drennan (The Corrs)

„At last getting any sound, anywhere, anytime has become a reality - and not just for guitarists."

The Corrs Website

Joe Gore

"The program boasts some of the most tactile amp simulations and well observed stompbox clones I've encountered - not to mention the juiciest faux-spring reverb I've heard. Plus it comes wrapped in lucid yet powerful and open-ended user interface that borrows some of the best features found in NI's other programs."

Joe Gore is music writer and musician with Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, John Cale, DJ Shadow, Courtney Love, Aimee Mann, Meat Beat Manifesto, Tracy Chapman and the Eels, to name but a few…
Joe's Website

Kevin Walker

"Guitar Rig has revolutionized the bass guitarist's options to create, innovate, and duplicate any bass sound imaginable. I have been using Guitar Rig in the studio and live. I now can get the sound I always wanted at a click. This one of best controller units I have ever owned - once you get one you're hooked..."

Bass player and producer Kevin Walker performs with Justin Timberlake, Prince, Timbaland, Will.I.AM, Kanye West, 36 Mafia, Aliyah, Patti Labelle.
Live at Namm 2008
Kevin Walker on MySpace

Uwe Bossert of Reamonn

"When I arrive back to the hotel after a great show, Guitar Rig allows me to recreate that feeling I just had on stage. It gives me the possibility to record and write with the big sound I love, without getting kicked out of the hotel. Guitar Rig rocks!"

Reamonn Website

Billy Morrison of The Cult

"The potential is endless. I find myself dreaming up more and more combinations of amps, mics, heads and FX and they ALL sound killer! Guitar Rig is a fantastic addition to my studio and incredibly easy to use as well. All I can say is: Go get Guitar Rig... NOW!"

The Cult Website

Skip Dorsey (Justin Timberlake Band)

"Guitar Rig has allowed me to take my recordings to the next level. This program is so deep, so comprehensive that I think for the first time I'll be able to really capture what I'm hearing in my mind. Thanks Native Instruments!"

Justin Timberlake Website

Brett Garsed (John Farnham, Nelson)

"Guitar Rig is like having a full rack of effects and an almost unobtainable selection of classic amps in a laptop computer. It's become an invaluable recording and song writing tool for me and will feature heavily in all my future projects."

Brett's Website

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