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2. Guitar tech - Wikipedia

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   The guitar tech also might perform any of a variety of maintenance tasks, such as checking that the string height of the guitars is set properly, modifying ("dressing") the height and arc of the frets, adjusting the intonation of the instruments, checking that tubes (valves) on tube amplifiers are working properly, and that cables are in good condition and free from crackles and hum caused by ...

3. Guitar amplifier - Wikipedia

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   Mesa-Boogie Mark IV, a guitar combo amplifier. A guitar amplifier (or amp) is an electronic device or system that strengthens the electrical signal from a pickup on an electric guitar, bass guitar, or acoustic guitar so that it can produce sound through one or more loudspeakers, which are typically housed in a wooden cabinet.

4. Seymour W. Duncan - Wikipedia

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   In the mid '60s, Duncan began working at local music stores for guitar repair work. While working, Duncan began creating his own designs and parts to experiment with various tonal qualities. He would reach out to various sources for advice such as Les Paul, Seth Lover, and Fender Musical Instruments. Overtime, Duncan built his reputation among ...

5. Trainwreck Circuits - Wikipedia

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   This culminated in several acclaimed designs, including what would become Komet's flagship amplifier: the Komet 60. [1] In his final years, Ken Fischer would collaborate with Dr. Z Amplification on the, "Z-Wreck." The Z-Wreck is a Vox AC30-style amp that was originally made for country guitar player, Brad Paisley. Fischer's final design, the ...

6. Mesa/Boogie - Wikipedia

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   If hot-rodding Fenders was the first breakthrough, the second was developing an extra gain stage for the guitar input. Smith was building a preamplifier for Lee Michaels, who needed a pre-amp to drive his new Crown DC-300 power amplifiers. Smith added an extra tube gain stage to the preamp, with three variable gain controls at different points ...

7. Friedman Amplification - Wikipedia

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   At the age of 18, Dave Friedman moved from his native Detroit, Michigan, to Los Angeles, where he worked at a store renting high-end instruments to studio musicians. [1] [2] While there, a customer brought in a Soldano SLO 100 modified by Bruce Egnater of Egnater Amplification; an impressed Friedman contacted Egnater about creating a new preamp, which became popular with local studio musicians ...

8. Rivera Amplifiers - Wikipedia

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   Rivera Amplifiers is an American manufacturer of guitar amplifiers. It was founded by Paul Rivera as a research and development firm in August 1976 in Southern California. [1] Before moving into manufacturing amplifiers under his own name, Paul Rivera ran his own amplifier repair and modification shop, and then worked for Fender Amplifiers. [2]

9. Fryette Amplification - Wikipedia

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   Fryette Amplification of North Hollywood, California is a manufacturer of hand-built electric guitar amplifiers, speaker cabinets, power amplifiers, sound effects pedals and pedalboard accessories. The company was founded as VHT Amplification in Studio City, Los Angeles, California by Steven Fryette in January 1989 and was the first to produce ...