Vacuum tube amplifiers (or valve amplifiers) are a type of electronic amplifier that uses vacuum tubes to increase the amplitude or power of a signal. Before the solid-state semiconductors appeared, vacuum tubes were fairly common. At that time, the latter conquered the active electronic components in most instrument amplifier applications. Solid-state semiconductors, also known as transistor amps, took over since they are more affordable,…
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Solid-state guitar amplifiers are based on a semiconductor or on a transistor. They are lighter, tougher, cheaper, and more reliable than the tube-based versions. In addition, they have many versions that vary in output power, size, price, and sound quality. This type of amps also vary in terms of functionality. Solid-State Guitar Amplifiers: Main Features…
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Combo guitar amplifiers are merge all of the components of an amplification chain. These amps are a type of stack amplifier, which means their design is portable. There are many sizes, configurations, and output levels to choose from. Plus, everyone can use them, no matter if it’s the begging of their career or there are…
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Hybrid amplifiers are formed by a combination of tube and solid-state amplification. Most likely they will contain a tube power amplifier that is fed by a solid-state preamplifier circuit. In other cases, the tube preamplifier will be fed by a solid-state output stage. On the one hand, most original MusicMan amplifiers are categorized under the…
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Each amplifier serves a specific purpose—and modeling amplifiers for guitar are not the exception. Modeling amplifiers mimic the sound of modern and vintage amplification gear, although physically they might look like conventional guitar amplifiers. As you might expect, the settings are different for each one. The modeling amplifier for guitar, in particular, offers diverse sounds…
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Acoustic guitar amplifiers are similar to keyboard amplifiers because they tend to have a flat frequency and minimum correlation. The latter serve many purposes and diverse music genres; the most common being blues, folk, and bluegrass. This kind of amplifiers produce a clean sound that prevents unnecessary distortion. In order to obtain this clean sound,…
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An amplifier stack is a setup. There are half stacks, full-stacks, double-stalks, and plain old stalks. The term we use depends entirely on the music style we are aiming towards. So it’s not the same for retro heavy metal guitarists than for jazz guitarists. Specifically in regard to instrument amplifiers, there are two types. First,…
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Pharlight, by Native Instruments, is a glorious library of unique human voice textures, leads, pads, and effects. Designed and recorded for the Pharlight engine, these elements, together, harness intensity. Their evolution, controlled with sweet effects and modulations, gives you infinite ways to enhance your music production journey. Native Instruments’s Pharlight is a one of a…
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