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Electric Guitarists and the Digital Age: A study on guitar player’s thoughts and attitudes towards tube amplifiers and high tech amp simulators
Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Sound and Music Production.
2020 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Tube amplifiers were used extensively in rock music since the 1960’s and through those years, digital alternatives to the tube amplifier were also being developed. Today, a plethora of high quality digital amplifiers that are smaller and lighter than tube amps exist in the market and this has led to a debate often seen on the internet between tube amplifier users and digital amplifier users. Five guitar players are interviewed in order to obtain a modern perspective guitar players have regarding the debate and what they think the future of tube and digital amplifiers will be. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The data shows that the sounds of tube amplifiers are unanimously praised, but the size and weight were also unanimously criticized. Digital amplifiers’ convenience, small size and weight were praised while their sounds were also regarded as good although not to the same level of unanimous praise as tube amplifiers. All respondents believe that digital amplifiers will be much more widespread in the future.

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2020.
Keywords [en]
Modelling Technology, Tube Amplifier, Digital Amplifier, Authenticity
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Musicology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-32072OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-32072DiVA, id: diva2:1397043
Available from: 2020-02-27 Created: 2020-02-27

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