The guitar amplifier became a common tool in musical creation during the second half of the 20th Century. This paper attempts to detail some of the internal mechanisms by which the tones are created and their dependent interactions. Two early amplifier designs are examined to determine the circuit relationships and design decisions that came to define the sound of the electric guitar.

Author: Martin, Bryan
Affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
AES Convention: 135 (October 2013) Paper Number: 8986
Publication Date: October 16, 2013 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Applications in Audio
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