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JJP Guitars Black Friday pricing takes 69% off this Waves multi-effect plugin, so it costs $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
It is a guitar processor designed by Grammy winner Jack Joseph Puig, whose credits include John Mayer and U2. The maker pitches it as an alternative to amp sims.
Amp sims are built for big, iconic amp tones. JJP Guitars is aimed at music that favors cleaner guitar sounds, such as country, R&B, reggae, folk, acoustic, funk, Afropop and Americana.
The maker says 7 parallel processors give a guitar a range of different personalities. The effects are described as nuanced, so they don't bury the natural sound of the instrument.
You pick one of four dedicated modes:
The controls cover tone, attack, placement and space:
The suggested workflow is to start with compression and EQ, then layer effects on top.
The maker says the effects never smear the articulations of your playing. Picked notes and chord attacks stay defined as you add processing.
On Mac, JJP Guitars runs on macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or later and comes as VST and AAX. There is no AU on Windows.
Yes. The JJP Guitars Black Friday deal from Waves takes 69% off, which brings the plugin to $29.99. The offer runs until Nov 26, 2026.
JJP Guitars has four dedicated modes: Clean, Rock, R&B and Chug. Under them sit 7 parallel processors, which the maker says give guitars diverse, charismatic personalities without overpowering the natural sound of the instrument.
It comes in all three on Mac: VST, AU and AAX. On Windows 10 or later you get VST and AAX. Mac support covers macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15.
The maker positions it as an alternative to amp sims. It is a multi-effect processor aimed at cleaner guitar sounds in genres like country, R&B, reggae, folk, funk, Afropop and Americana, rather than big amp tones.
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