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90s Alternative Guitar Tone

90s Alternative guitar tone on Roomtone Amp Sim. These 14 presets capture the gritty, dynamic, alt-rock character of 90s alternative guitar, each with its amp voicing, EQ, and effects already dialed in.

Load any one below as a starting point, then shape the drive, EQ, and effects chain to fit your track.

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14 90s Alternative presets

Title Fight Shed Crunch

Shed era 2011 - aggressive melodic hardcore JCM800 territory, gain 8, V-shape EQ, NO pedals. Amp does all the dirt. Les Paul Custom + Orange cabs

Drive 5.5 Bass 6.5 Mid 3.5 Treble 5.5 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiEQ

Title Fight Floral Green

2012 Will Yip Studio 4 era - JCM800 gain pulled back, always-on CE-2 chorus enters the chain, Aqua Puss analog delay, Holy Grail hall. Single-coil Strat appearances

Drive 4.5 Bass 6 Mid 4.5 Treble 5.5 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiEQ

Alive

90s grunge humbucker into cranked vintage british

Drive 6.5 Bass 5.5 Mid 6.5 Treble 6 Presence 6
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiSoftClipperEQ

Wall of Fuzz

Shoegaze/90s sustained fuzz wall - Big Muff into JCM800 with CE-2 chorus glue, parallel comp, wide stereo, big room wash

Drive 2.2 Bass 5 Mid 6 Treble 6 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiSoftClipperEQ

Clean Chorus Grunge

Clean chorus tone

Drive 3.5 Bass 5.5 Mid 5 Treble 5.5 Presence 5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiEQ

Jangly Britpop

jangly britpop

Drive 2.5 Bass 5 Mid 6 Treble 7 Presence 6
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiEQ

Fuzz Dynamics

Big Muff into a clean-ish JCM800 - dynamics live in your pick attack, dig in for sustain, back off to clean up

Drive 3.5 Bass 4.5 Mid 6 Treble 6 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiSoftClipperEQ

Massive Fuzz Lead

Big Muff into a Plexi - sustaining vocal lead with cocked-wah mid push, the muff is the gain and the Plexi is the speaker push

Drive 3.5 Bass 4 Mid 6.5 Treble 6.5 Presence 6.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiOctaveSoftClipperEQ

90s Power Ballad Crunch

british crunch + mid-hump overdrive - classic lead lead territory with plate verb

Drive 4.5 Bass 5 Mid 6.5 Treble 5.5 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiEQ

Wah Crunch Heavy

classic lead-style wah crunch - mid-hump overdrive into british crunch

Drive 7.2 Bass 5.5 Mid 7 Treble 6 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiSoftClipperEQ

Grunge Clean Crunch

grunge clean-to-crunch - classic distortion into british

Drive 6 Bass 5.5 Mid 6 Treble 6 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiEQ

Fuzz Rock Anthem

Garage rock sustained fuzz - raw vintage British Big Muff anthem

Drive 3.2 Bass 5.5 Mid 6 Treble 6 Presence 6
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiOctaveEQ

Fuzzy Grunge Crunch

Grunge high-gain fuzzy crunch - JCM800 + RAT distortion, tight modern feel

Drive 4.5 Bass 5.5 Mid 6 Treble 6 Presence 6
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiSoftClipperEQ

Britpop Ballad

Britpop ballad tone with chimey crunch

Drive 4.5 Bass 5 Mid 6.5 Treble 6.5 Presence 5.5
CompressorPhaserChorusFlangerTremoloDelayReverbLo-FiEQ

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FAQ

What settings make a good 90s alternative guitar tone?

90s Alternative guitar tone on Roomtone Amp Sim. These 14 presets capture the gritty, dynamic, alt-rock character of 90s alternative guitar, each with its amp voicing, EQ, and effects already dialed in. Every preset above lists its exact amp settings and effects.

Which Roomtone presets are best for 90s alternative?

Roomtone ships 14 90s Alternative presets, all listed above with their settings.

Does Roomtone run on Mac and Windows?

Yes, as a VST3 / AU plugin and a standalone app on macOS and Windows.