5 Great Guitar Amp Sim Pedals for Christmas 2025: All NAM Compatible!
Xmas gifts for guitarists: the best NAM compatible pedals for the musician in your life.
The holidays are the perfect time to show some love to the guitarist in your life—or to treat yourself to something cool in case Santa put you on the naughty list. These five amp sim pedals all make perfect gifts, because they offer guitarists more than just a couple of stock amp models and pedal sounds. Instead, they all support Neural Amp Modeler (NAM), which means you instantly unlock access to thousands of free tones and amp sims available on TONE3000. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Valeton GP-200LT
The Valeton GP-200LT continues to stand out as one of the strongest affordable NAM-ready pedals available today. It runs Nano NAM captures out of the box, handles high-quality impulse responses, and offers impressively flexible routing tools typically reserved for pricier processors. At under $280 (and often less during sales), it’s one of the most full-featured budget NAM machines you can buy—almost like getting a flagship-tier unit at an entry-level price.
Darkglass Anagram
For the bass player on your Christmas list, the #1 gift this year should be the Darkglass Anagram. Designed specifically for bassists, it runs NAM natively on a powerful multi-core processor and feels more like a studio workstation than a pedal. A touchscreen, up to 24 effects blocks, and essentials like a tuner and looper make it a true all-in-one rig for bass players who want a professional NAM setup they can take anywhere. For serious low-end tone shaping, the Anagram sets a new benchmark.
Valeton GP-50
Just in time for Christmas 2025, Valeton just released their long awaited update to their fan-favorite GP-5, the GP-50. This updated model expands its power and usability with a larger design, better controls, and upgraded connectivity. A rechargeable 1450 mAh battery, full-color display, redesigned interface, extra knobs, and additional footswitches all come together to give players far more control than before. Even with all these improvements, it still has a tiny footprint so it takes up minimal space on your pedalboard but is also powerful enough to serve as your main NAM rig for live performance.
Hotone Ampero One
The Hotone Ampero One remains a popular choice for players who want a streamlined all-in-one processor with a touch-screen experience. It includes a large selection of effects, strong IR support, and an intuitive three-switch layout. While it doesn’t run NAM files natively, Hotone offers a workaround: their Sound Clone software can convert NAM captures into the .clo format the Ampero uses.
Dimehead NAM Player
The Dimehead NAM Player has quickly earned respect as a no-nonsense NAM compatible guitar pedal built for maximum stability and ultra-low latency—making it ideal for guitarists who already have their pedalboard set and just need a dedicated amp model platform. With roughly 0.5 ms of total latency, it’s one of the most responsive NAM devices available. It loads NAM models and IRs directly over USB, includes a handful of essential effects, and updates through a simple flash-drive workflow. Many players refer to it as the “pure tone” NAM box, and it’s easy to see why.
Whether you're gifting one of these NAM-compatible guitar pedals to someone you love, or you’re treating yourself to a new creative toy, any of them would make Christmas 2025 the best holiday ever for any guitarist who finds one under the tree.
