The Invention of the Electric Guitar Amplifier Tube Reverb (2012)
This paper examines the invention of the electric guitar amplifier tube reverb, a device that has revolutionized the sound of the electric guitar. It covers the history of the invention, from its beginnings in the 1920s to its current status as a staple of the modern electric guitar sound. It also
A valve amplifier or tube amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that uses vacuum tubes to increase the amplitude or power of a signal. Low to medium power valve amplifiers for frequencies below the microwaves were largely replaced by solid state amplifiers in the 1960s and 1970s. Valve amplifiers can be used for applications such as guitar amplifiers, satellite transponders such as DirecTV and GPS, high quality stereo amplifiers, military applications and very high power radio and UHF television transmitters.