July 13, 1937: Gibson Plugs In the Electric Guitar

[klipschfan]

July 13, 1937: Gibson Plugs In the Electric Guitar

July 13, 1937: Gibson Plugs In the Electric Guitar | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

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Originally Posted by klipschfan

July 13, 1937: Gibson Plugs In the Electric Guitar

July 13, 1937: Gibson Plugs In the Electric Guitar | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

Interesting article

[schaefer11]

Maybe it's just me, but it strikes me that an awful lot of the technology for sound reproduction that was invented from about 1935 to 1955 is still with us. And much of it is still in a form that those early inventors would still recognize. Even the science for stereo sound from those days still holds up.

[MC352]

Cool article, thanks.

Can you imagine, songs like Won't Get Fooled Again, Communication Break Down, or Purple Haze only in acoustic versions - boooring........ dude, turn it up!

[US Blues]

Originally Posted by schaefer11

Maybe it's just me, but it strikes me that an awful lot of the technology for sound reproduction that was invented from about 1935 to 1955 is still with us. And much of it is still in a form that those early inventors would still recognize. Even the science for stereo sound from those days still holds up.

What you say is quite true, circuit designs and parts have evolved, construction materials for speakers, etc., but much of that is evolution and improvement. Things like digital recording, Class D amps (switching amps) and such are new technologies. Thank god for the brilliant researchers from the early days of radio, TV, telephone and the like who laid the foundation.