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Hello!

I am thinking of buying a software amp simulator. I am mostly interested in clean jazzy tones or mild distorted blues tones. No heavy stuff for me!

I have tried the Celmo Free Bluesman and I really liked it! I demoed the Celmo Speaker Simulator and found it nice too!

My questions are:
1) Is GAM basically a Bluesman but with added stuff like compressor, chorus, echo, 2 modes of vibrato etc? Or even when you take these out, it still sounds better than the free Bluesman? I have Vinco, Device ISON, CD100 Chorus/Delay and P100 Plate Reverb, so if it is basically the same as the Bluesman but with some added stuff, then I am happy as I am and there is no need to buy GAM. The Speaker Simulator is another story, and I cannot avoid buying it!
2) How does GAM compare to the Dynatube amp simulators? Which one do you prefer for clean jazzy/bluesy sounds?
3) What would you recommend me to buy?

Thank you for your time!

Nobody has both? Any recommendations?

GAM is really nice. it has a great sound. i've done a number of fine sounding recordings with it. it is more sonically flexible than dynatube.

i think dynatube sounds more like my real amp though. distortion is better in the dynatube, and the clean tone is very real.

Thanks for answering gary!

I demoed GAM and it is very nice indeed! Although I get the best sound by this chain:
guitar->DI->(Scope)->TC G-Major effects->Celmo Speaker Simulator->P100 Reverb
I d like to demo Dynatube and compare, but still no demo!
Celmo Speaker Simulator makes the sound very realistic to my ears though!..

Yep, Speaker simulator is really hot, just after the GAM

So my chain is guitar -> preamp -> GAM -> Tape Echo simulator -> Speaker Simulator -> monitoring

I don't own the GAM, only tried the demo version, so I've mostly tried/used the Dynatubes, and they sound great. My most important goal was to get a real Marshall sound (metal stuff), and I think it works nicely, especially after adding the Vinco DT compressor.

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I like GAM with SpeakerSim ++
So it will do for now.
What about accoustic guitar?
mostly i use PreAmp > SpringVerb (+Random fx)
..........any thoughts?