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UAD Guitar Amp Bundle
Play and record through the greatest tube amps ever made, right in your DAW.
- Play and record through the classic American tweed amp, beloved by top guitarists and studio producers
- Get the shimmery sparkle of a mid-'60s American tube amp with vintage spring reverb and vibrato effects
- Experience the authentic sound of a vintage Top Boost amp including Normal, Brilliant, and Vibrato channels
- Rock out with three legendary plexi setups including Super Lead, Super Bass, and "Brown" for decades of inspiring rock tones
Included Plug-Ins
UAD Ruby '63 Top Boost Amplifier
$99UAD Lion '68 Super Lead Amp
$99UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier
$99UAD Woodrow '55 Instrument Amplifier
$99Play and Record Through Classic Tube Amps in Your DAW
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Reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 195 Total 4 star reviews: 32 Total 3 star reviews: 13 Total 2 star reviews: 8 Total 1 star reviews: 6
89%would recommend these products
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- DDougReviewingUAD Guitar Amp BundleI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars2 weeks ago5 Stars
Great product. UA quality sounds and interface.
- DPDavid P.Verified BuyerReviewingUAD Guitar Amp BundleI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars4 weeks ago4 great amps
4 great classic amps. You can’t go wrong with this one.
- DPDerek P.Verified BuyerReviewingUAD Guitar Amp BundleI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars1 month agoInitial thoughts
Used at first gig and it sounded good. Just need to tweak it a bit
- SBsabra b.Verified BuyerReviewingUAD Guitar Amp BundleI recommend this productRated 4 out of 5 stars1 month agoWhy does this exist
The sound of all these plug-ins is spot on and incredible but, what can you do with it? You can't load these into the UAD Apollo Unison processor so they are difficult to record with with no latency. I own all the amp pedals, I wish the pedals had the same layout and interface. The sound is 10 out of 10 but is it just a toy? There is zero chance I will ever record with these.
- ZIZachary I. M.Verified BuyerReviewingUAD Guitar Amp BundleI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars1 month agoI'm finally convinced.
Nothing like being able to get lost in the music without the neighbors complaining. The "room" knob is what every other amp modeler is missing. I really like the interface as well, easy to tweak if you're familiar with the amps they're based on. Takes pedals great too!
Frequently Asked Questions
The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle is worth it if you want four distinct amp characters — American tweed, mid-'60s reverb amp, British Top Boost, and three plexi setups — without miking a single cabinet. Each plug-in captures the feel and breakup behavior of the original amp, not just its frequency signature, so the tones respond to your pick dynamics the way real tubes would. At the bundle price, it’s a more cost-effective path than buying each amp individually.
The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle is built on more than two decades of analog circuit modeling — the same engineering approach behind UA's studio hardware. Each plug-in models the circuit topology of the original amp — including how the power section and speaker cabinet interact — rather than capturing only an impulse response of the finished sound. The practical result is that the amps respond under your hands the way real tubes do, from the attack of a clean note to how the circuit compresses when you push harder.
The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle includes four amp plug-ins: the UAD Woodrow '55 Instrument Amplifier (classic American tweed), the UAD Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier (mid-'60s American combo with vintage spring reverb and vibrato), the UAD Ruby '63 Top Boost Amplifier (vintage British valve amp with Normal, Brilliant, and Vibrato channels), and the UAD Lion '68 Super Lead Amp (three plexi setups: Super Lead, Super Bass, and "Brown"). Each plug-in includes multiple miked cabinet configurations and built-in boost effects.
The UAD Woodrow '55 covers tweed crunch and raw American grit — good for blues, country, and roots rock. The UAD Dream '65 delivers glassy cleans, subtle tube breakup, and lush spring reverb, working especially well with single-coil pickups. The UAD Ruby '63 handles British chime and jangle across three channels, from clean shimmer to pushed overdrive. The UAD Lion '68 covers tight plexi rhythm tones through the harmonically rich "Brown Sound" for classic and hard rock. The four cover enough different sonic ground that they rarely overlap.
Yes. The UAD Woodrow '55 and UAD Lion '68 in particular work well on bass, with the tweed and plexi-style circuits adding warmth and harmonic character without losing low-end definition. Keys and synths can also benefit from running through any of the four amps for a pushed, cabinet-colored sound. Universal Audio designed the bundle for guitar, bass, keys, and mixing workflows — not strictly a single-instrument plug-in set.
No. The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle runs natively on macOS or Windows — no Apollo interface, UAD-2 device, or any other UA hardware required. These are UAD native plug-ins that use your computer's CPU. An iLok account is required for license management, and each license includes activation on up to three computers or an iLok USB key.
The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle runs on macOS and Windows. Plug-in formats include AU, VST3, and AAX on macOS; VST3 and AAX on Windows. For specific OS version, CPU, and RAM requirements, UA's system requirements page in the UA Connect support hub has the current details. An iLok account is required; a physical iLok USB key is optional.
Yes. The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle runs natively on Apple Silicon M-series Macs, in addition to Intel-based Macs and Windows systems. You can verify the current compatibility specifics in UA's system requirements documentation.
Because the UAD Guitar Amp Bundle runs natively on your CPU, latency during tracking depends on your audio interface's buffer settings and your DAW. Setting your buffer to 64 or 128 samples on a capable interface keeps latency low enough to track comfortably. If you use an Apollo interface and want near-zero-latency amp monitoring while tracking, that workflow uses UAD DSP-based amp plug-ins running through Unison processing — a different path than these native versions, which are designed for DAW-based production and mixing.
Yes. UA offers 14-day free trials on eligible UAD native plug-ins through UA Connect. You can start a demo on any of the individual plug-ins in the bundle before purchasing, which lets you test them through real sessions across different guitars and genres before committing.
Yes. UA offers an Upgrade license for the UAD Guitar Amp Bundle, intended for customers who already own one or more of the individual plug-ins. The upgrade pricing reflects that you're adding the titles you don't yet own. Your existing plug-in licenses remain in your account; the upgrade doesn't replace them.
Yes, and for most studio workflows the native versions are the practical choice. UAD native plug-ins run on your computer's CPU without any Apollo or UAD-2 hardware required, which means they're available in any DAW session. For mixing and production work, where you're not monitoring through the amp in realtime, native processing is the standard approach. DSP-based Unison processing through Apollo has a specific advantage during tracking, letting you monitor and record through the amp sound at near-zero latency. Both approaches have a clear use case; they aren't competing with each other.
UAD guitar amp plug-ins appear regularly in professional sessions and on commercially released records, used as a deliberate production choice rather than a workaround. The depth of UA's circuit modeling — particularly the way individual components respond to playing dynamics — has made software amps credible in contexts where real-amp recordings were previously the default. For home and project studios, the practical benefit is access to amp sounds that would otherwise require owning, housing, and recording equipment at live volume levels.
The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle is a DAW plug-in and isn't designed for standalone live use. For live and streaming contexts, UA's UAFX hardware pedal line offers the same UA amp modeling in hardware pedal form — the Dream '65, Woodrow '55, Ruby '63, and Lion '68 are all available as UAFX hardware pedals. These pedals run without a computer in the signal path. For streaming and recording simultaneously, running the bundle in your DAW while routing audio through your interface works as part of a standard home studio streaming setup.
The UAD Guitar Amp Bundle is part of Universal Audio's catalog of UAD native plug-ins, which spans studio processors, instruments, and amp simulations. The bundle works alongside other UAD native titles like compressors, EQs, reverbs, and more in any session. If you want to expand beyond the four amp titles, individual UAD native plug-ins and larger bundles are available separately. UAD Spark, UA's subscription service, also provides access to a growing selection of UAD plug-ins across the full catalog for a monthly or annual fee.