Agile Partners released a major new version of its amp and effects modeling software for iPhone and iPad on Wednesday. As a long time owner of the app, I downloaded AmpKit 1.2 and checked it out.

Clearly, being able to plug-in on-the-go provides guitarists with a huge advantage in writing songs, practicing or learning new material. However, without a decent tone, it sucks to play and not be able to get the sounds you want.

You won’t have that problem with AmpKit.

AmpKit gives you everything you’ll need to create a massive tone. It can do everything from a nice clean tone to a ballsy metal beast that will make you want to play even more.

I took a couple of the built-in presets and did a quick one-off recording. Obviously, you can make whatever changes you need to the amps and effects, but I left everything alone, plugged in and played.

I used my Taylor SolidBody for the Rhythm and Lead parts.