Since the author is presumably a young person (current PhD student), I'm surprised he didn't continue the story into the era of software modeling.
Kids and pro recording artists are plugging guitars into USB adapters and the software on the laptop has digital models of Marshall, Fender, Roland, etc.
Some digital models are embedded into FPGA chips in dedicated rack boxes such as Fractal Axe-Fx.[1]
I saw a gadget that let you plug your electric into your iPhone and play with amp simulators written in iOS.[2] Distortion, chorus, fx, etc all in the palm of your hand.
It's amazing the encyclopedia of guitar sounds that's easily available to this generation. It's all made possible by computers, software, and DSP mathematics research.
[1]http://www.fractalaudio.com/p-axe-fx-ii-preamp-fx-processor....
[2]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ampkit-guitar-amps-effects/i...
Kids and pro recording artists are plugging guitars into USB adapters and the software on the laptop has digital models of Marshall, Fender, Roland, etc.
Some digital models are embedded into FPGA chips in dedicated rack boxes such as Fractal Axe-Fx.[1]
I saw a gadget that let you plug your electric into your iPhone and play with amp simulators written in iOS.[2] Distortion, chorus, fx, etc all in the palm of your hand.
It's amazing the encyclopedia of guitar sounds that's easily available to this generation. It's all made possible by computers, software, and DSP mathematics research.
[1]http://www.fractalaudio.com/p-axe-fx-ii-preamp-fx-processor....
[2]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ampkit-guitar-amps-effects/i...