Friedman DS-40

Dirty Shirley – Your Amp for Vintage Classic Rock Tones

Natively Yours! Iconic British Tube Sound from a Boutique Legend

If you are after that iconic guitar sound of the 60’s and 70’s, rest assured that the Dirty Shirley Amp will give you one hell of a tone! Influenced by the design of the Marshall JTM-45, the Friedman DS-40 delivers a rich sound that is reminiscent of the guitar work heard on early Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top records. The new Plugin Alliance version features 105 high end recording chains, a scalable user interface and a Recording Chain On/Off parameter. Now in all major native formats, take advantage of the vibrant tones made popular by the legendary British guitar amps used by the likes of Jimmy Page, Jerry Cantrell, Billy Gibbons and Eddie Van Halen.

Why Choose the DS-40?

Quickly reamp your guitar DIs through Friedman’s authentic vintage tone

Sculpt your guitar tone with Brainworx’s top notch FX rack

Select from 100+ killer Recording Chains that were captured using some of the best mics and outboard gear and tracked through a Neve VXS desk

A Little Bit of History

Inside the realm of boutique amp design, Dave Friedman is an absolute legend. Through the years, the Friedman brand of guitar amplification has grown with a timeless tone and remains in high demand among many top guitar players, producers and studio engineers around the world. Originally Dave designed The Dirty Shirley to capture Jimmy’s incredible tones that he was getting from Modded Marshall amps. The rest of the design focuses on the modern guitarist’s needs while still retaining that vintage sound –– The Friedman DS-40 is an excellent way to get the sound of a highly customized amp right in your DAW.

As is the case with many classic British amps, Friedman’s dual 6L6-based Dirty Shirley DS-40 amp is one channel amp with separate Gain and Master Volume controls for maximum flexibility between clean and crunchy sounds. Renowned for its uber dynamic clean tones while also offering more aggressive options, the full range of sounds of the DS-40 is indeed quite impressive: from blues to rock, country and everything in between. 

More on FX

Like with many of our other amps, inside this new native version you will have access to plugin only Brainworx developed features like the FX Rack with host syncable lo-fi delay, noise gate, tight and smooth filters, a power soak control and a power amp bypass. Together with the versatility and power of the amp’s legendary tone, the Friedman DS-40 offers a full range package when it comes to getting some seriously juicy guitar sounds.

Features

• Exacting emulation of the original Friedman DS40 Tube Guitar Amp approved by David Friedman 

• Presence, Bass, Middle & Treble controls

• Extremely versatile, it is capable of producing many styles of music from blues to rock and country

• Gain Control & Master Volume Control 

• FX Rack include host-syncable lo-fi delay, noise gate, tight and smooth filters, power soak, pre and power amp bypass

• 105 High-End Recording Chains

• Scalable User Interface

• Recording Chain ON / OFF Parameter

• Recording Chain detailed Info

System Requirements

• Display resolution: 1440 × 900px or 1280 × 960px or higher
• Memory: 2 GB RAM

Supported Plugin Formats

• AAX DSP, AAX Native, AU, AAX AudioSuite, VST2, VST3

Supported Operating Systems

• macOS 13 down to macOS 10.11
• Windows 11 down to Windows 8

Mac

• Intel, or Apple Silicon

PC

• x64-compatible CPU