Vir2 are developing a reputation for the quality of their virtual instruments and the latest of these is the ambitious virtual guitar library Electri6ity, which has been three years in development. Containing over 24,000 24-bit samples taken from eight of the best known electric guitars, this library uses Kontakt 4 as its playback engine and, beyond the raw sample data, it utilises a wealth of scripting information to attempt to provide a complete solution for studio based non-guitarists or indeed for guitarists who don’t happen to have several thousand pounds’ worth of high quality axes lying around. So far, so good but does this impressive theory equate to a similar level of playability?