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Ever since the guitar became an electronic instrument and ceased, for all practical purposes, to be a guitar in the classic sense, there has been an unending stream of little black boxes which can be connected between the guitar and the amplification system.

June 1, 1973
Guitar Arnie

PLAY IT LOUD

by Guitar Arnie

Getting A Grip On Guitar Gadgets

Ever since the guitar became an electronic instrument and ceased, for all practical purposes, to be a guitar in the classic sense, there has been an unending stream of little black boxes which can be connected between the guitar and the amplification system. In the midsixties, when musicians were still thinking of their guitars as their instruments and their amplifiers as sound expansion units, the fuzz tone and wah-wah were introduced. Connected between the signal generated by the guitar/musician and the head-end of the amp, these two units marked the beginning of the totally electric guitar capable of producing sound configurations that Segovia couldn’t make if he wanted to.

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