The Invention of the Electric Guitar Amplifier Tube Delay (2018)
This article examines the development of the electric guitar amplifier tube delay, a revolutionary invention that has changed the way guitarists create music. It looks at the history of the invention, from its earliest days in the 1950s to its current state of the art technology. It also explores the impact the
Tube sound is the characteristic sound associated with a vacuum tube amplifier. The concept of tube sound did not exist prior to the invention of transistors, as all electronic amplification of audio signals used vacuum tubes. After the introduction of solid-state amplifiers, tube sound became the logical complement of transistor sound, which had some negative connotations due to crossover distortion in early transistor amplifiers. Modern solid state amplifiers are made with a neutral sound compared to tube amplifiers, thus tube sound typically refers to euphonic distortion now associated with tube amplification. The audible significance of tube amplification on audio signals is a subject of continuing debate among audio enthusiasts.