GarageBand User Guide
- Welcome
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- Play a lesson
- Choose the input source for your guitar
- Customize the lesson window
- See how well you played a lesson
- Measure your progress over time
- Slow down a lesson
- Change the mix of a lesson
- View full-page music notation
- View glossary topics
- Practice guitar chords
- Tune your guitar in a lesson
- Open lessons in the GarageBand window
- Get additional Learn to Play lessons
- If your lesson doesn’t finish downloading
- Touch Bar shortcuts
- Glossary
- Copyright
Choose a bass amp model in GarageBand on Mac
Bass Amp Designer emulates three iconic tube bass amps and cabinets from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. A complete bass amp model includes an amp, a cabinet, a direct box, and a microphone.
Choose a Bass Amp Designer model
Choose a preconfigured model, consisting of an amplifier, a cabinet, and a microphone type.
Classic Amp: Emulates a classic six-tube bass amp with a tuned, closed-back cabinet introduced in 1960. This model is good for a range of musical styles. The cabinet contains 8x10-inch speakers.
Flip Top Amp: Emulates a 300-watt tube head introduced in 1969, and is ideal for full, fundamental tones. The cabinet contains 1x15-inch speaker.
Modern Amp: Emulates a 12-tube, 360-watt head introduced in 1989. It’s suitable for many musical styles and is the ideal choice for highly articulated performances. The cabinet contains a 3-way speaker array.
Direct Box: Emulates a direct (DI) box for routing the bass output directly to a mixing console.