Ample Guitar SJ is a sampled virtual acoustic guitar plugin from Ample Sound, based on a Gibson SJ-200 Vintage Custom Shop jumbo guitar. It offers multiple mic positions, articulations, a strummer and the Riffer MIDI editor for plucked-string parts.
Ample Guitar SJ is built around a sampled Gibson SJ-200 Vintage Custom Shop, a jumbo acoustic guitar. The library includes thumb-pick and strum articulations, captured from several mic positions. Producers can shape the tone by blending body, neck and AB stereo mics. The instrument covers both single-line playing and full rhythm parts, with performance controls for legato, slides, palm mutes and harmonics. Ample Sound positions it as an acoustic guitar option for production use.
The core of Ample Guitar SJ is its sampled Gibson SJ-200 Vintage Custom Shop. The library provides thumb-pick and strum sample sets, so the same guitar can be played in more than one style.
The body, neck and AB stereo microphone positions let you adjust the sound from warmer and rounder to brighter and more open. Nine articulations cover legato, slides, palm mute and harmonics, which helps single-note lines sound less mechanical.
Riffer is the MIDI tool for writing guitar parts. It offers eight editable note attributes and a Dice generator for creating ideas. The Strummer adds 28 play styles per chord, legato strumming and humanization, so chord parts can be varied without manual editing of every note.
The plugin also includes built-in effects: an 8-band EQ, dual compressor, 6-tap echo and 3D IR reverb. These let you finish a sound inside the instrument before it reaches your mixer.
The Tab Player reads Guitar Pro 4 to 8 files and supports DAW export, which is useful when working from existing tabs.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Ample Sound |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Virtual Instruments |
| Formats | VST3, VST2, AU, AAX, Standalone |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Ample Guitar SJ is available in VST3, VST2, AU, AAX and Standalone formats.
It runs on Windows and macOS. The listed requirements are macOS 10.15 or later, and Windows 7 to Windows 11 (64-bit).
The listed requirement is over 20 GB of disk space, and an SSD is recommended. The listed CPU requirement is an Intel i5 or higher.
Yes. The Tab Player supports Guitar Pro 4 to 8 formats and can export to your DAW.
