JammingRock

Name: JammingRock
Price: 21.56 USD
Author: HoRNet

by HoRNet · Amp Sim · Solid-state jazz amp and effects rig

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JammingRock is a guitar rig built around an emulation of a classic Japanese solid-state jazz amp, the clean amp often heard in reggae.

It chains a green overdrive pedal, the transistor amp with its spring reverb, a tube mixer preamp, and digital delay and reverb, for about $21.56.

Best for: Guitars, Keys & Synths. Genres: Rock & Indie, Jazz, Acoustic & Classical.

Keywords: electric guitar, clean, solid-state, spring, transistor, hardware emulation, tube, classic, keys, vintage, CPU-light, mixing, oversampling, resizable UI, tempo-synced, warm.

What it does

JammingRock is a compact guitar rig built around a clean vintage transistor amp. HoRNet modelled it on a "famous Japanese jazz amplifier" heard on classic reggae records, and developed it with reggae guitarist Valter Vincenti, who plays with Alborosie.

Overdrive pedal: a guitar overdrive pedal emulation that sits before the amp in the chain.
Transistor amp: a clean vintage solid-state jazz amp emulation, with its own distortion and built-in spring reverb.
Tube mixer stage: a tube mixer preamp stage for extra warmth and colour on top of the amp.
Digital delay: a delay module that can sync to host tempo or be set by hand.
Digital reverb: a second reverb, taken from HoRNet's Spaces plugin, for room and ambience after the amp.
Quality and interface: intelligent oversampling with internal processing at 192 kHz, a CPU-light design and a freely resizable vector interface.

Version 1.0.2 fixed preset loading and improved the overdrive. The demo is fully functional but drops to silence now and then, cannot save its settings with a session and ignores host automation.

Source: HoRNet product page

When to use it

JammingRock is the pick when you want one specific sound: the bright, clean transistor jazz amp of roots reggae, with the pedal, delay and reverbs already in place. Compared with AmpliTube 5 MAX or Guitar Rig 7 Pro, it has a tiny fraction of the gear, but it is far simpler to dial in and costs a small part of the price. Archetype: Cory Wong X also targets clean tones, but it is built around Cory Wong's funk tones and costs much more, while JammingRock stays focused on that solid-state chime. Unlike Neural Amp Modeler, it needs no captures or IR files; the whole rig loads as one plugin.

Best for: reggae skank and clean rhythm guitar, jazz and funk cleans, and clean amp colour with spring reverb on keys.
Genres: reggae, dub, jazz, funk and indie.
Look elsewhere if: you need high-gain amps, many amp and cabinet choices, or IR loading; AmpliTube 5 MAX, Guitar Rig 7 Pro or Neural Amp Modeler cover those.

Where to buy

HoRNet: $21.56 (Listed at €18.99; converted at €1 = $1.1355 (ECB rate, 29 Sep 2026))

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