How does the virtual electric guitar sound different from acoustic guitar?

Our virtual electric guitar routes a sawtooth oscillator through a WaveShaper tanh distortion curve with 4× drive and a 2× gain boost — capturing the warm, sustained, slightly overdriven tone characteristic of a solid-body electric through a tube amp.

Can I switch pickup models or add effects?

Currently the default tone approximates a humbucker pickup through mild overdrive. Future updates will add bridge/neck pickup simulation, wah, reverb, and chorus pedals.

What tuning does the virtual electric guitar use?

Standard E tuning: E-A-D-G-B-E from low to high, 6 strings, plus a high-E octave-shift toggle. As on a real Stratocaster or Les Paul.

What keyboard keys play what?

Each string has its own column: low E=A row, A=Z row, D=Q row etc. — mapped to fret 0-12. Or use the standard chord pads for one-click common chord shapes.

Can I record my electric guitar playing?

Yes — Record captures audio output as a .webm file ready for download.

How does the virtual electric guitar sound different from acoustic guitar?

Our virtual electric guitar routes a sawtooth oscillator through a WaveShaper tanh distortion curve with 4× drive and a 2× gain boost — capturing the warm, sustained, slightly overdriven tone characteristic of a solid-body electric through a tube amp.

Can I switch pickup models or add effects?

Currently the default tone approximates a humbucker pickup through mild overdrive. Future updates will add bridge/neck pickup simulation, wah, reverb, and chorus pedals.

What tuning does the virtual electric guitar use?

Standard E tuning: E-A-D-G-B-E from low to high, 6 strings, plus a high-E octave-shift toggle. As on a real Stratocaster or Les Paul.

What keyboard keys play what?

Each string has its own column: low E=A row, A=Z row, D=Q row etc. — mapped to fret 0-12. Or use the standard chord pads for one-click common chord shapes.

Can I record my electric guitar playing?

Yes — Record captures audio output as a .webm file ready for download.

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How the Virtual Electric Guitar Works

The virtual electric guitar uses a sawtooth oscillator routed through a Web Audio WaveShaper with a tanh curve at 4× drive. This soft-clipping waveshaping is what tube amps do naturally — clipping the top and bottom of the sine wave to produce those sweet, harmonic-rich harmonics we recognize as electric guitar sustain and overdrive.

Standard Tuning: E A D G B e

Just like an acoustic guitar, our virtual electric uses standard tuning E-A-D-G-B-e from low to high. The low E is 82.41 Hz and the high e is 329.63 Hz — spanning 2 octaves across the strings. Common rock chord shapes are also bound to one-click pads.

Solid-Body Pickup + Tube Amp Simulation

Real electric guitars (Stratocaster, Telecaster, Les Paul, SG) have magnetic pickups that convert string vibrations into an electrical signal, then amplified by a tube amp. Our virtual approximates a humbucker bridge pickup through mild tube distortion — the iconic tone for rock, blues, and country lead lines. Adjust the volume slider for softer clean tones; future updates will add selectable pickup models and pedal effects.