A common customer question is:
Which Amp1 should I buy? Which Amp1 is right for me?
To answer this question, we have created a table of well-known guitarists and their sounds.
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| AMP1 Mercury Edition | AMP1 Iridium Edition | ||
| Channel | Single Coil | Humbucker | Humbucker |
| Clean | Nile Rogers, Cory Wong, John Mayer, Mark Knopfler, SRV, Keith Richards | Larry Carlton, George Benson, BB King, Santana (early), Malcom Young | Metallica (Clean tone) |
| Vintage | Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), SRV, Thomas Blug, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Danny Gatton, Jimi Hendrix, David Dilmour, Walter Trout, Eric Clapton | Angus Young, Dickey Betts, Waren Haynes, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Page, Iron Maiden, ZZ-Top (early days) | Motörhead, Blue Oyster Cult, Children Of Bodom, Rammstein |
| Classic | Jeff Beck, Yngwie Malmsteen, Gary Moore | Slash, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore (Still got the blues), Ian Crichton, ZZ-Top | Iron Maiden, Manowar, Vivian Campbell, Slayer, Metallica, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Linkin Park, System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Amon Amarth, Ghost, Within Temptation, Rammstein, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert |
| Modern | Thomas Blug, Jeff Beck, Comfortably Numb (Solo) | Santana, Slipknot, Killswitch Engaged, Paul Gilbert, Gary Moore | Pantera, Korn, Death, In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, Fear Factory, Machine Head, Gojira, Slipknot, Periphery, Bleed From Within, Architects, Electric Callboy, |
No guitarists with single coil guitars for the AMP1 Iridium Edition?
There are certainly some guitarists who play the Iridium with a single coil guitar, but the number is too small to mention them here. The Iridium was primarily developed for heavier music in conjunction with humbucker guitars.