Question

LIST AND DESCRIBE THE AMPS MODEL

Answer 1

There are four main types of guitar amps: tube, solid state, modelling, and hybrid. Each type of amp uses a different type of technology to produce your tone. All four types of guitar amps also come in different configurations of speakers, which play a big part in shaping your tone

Tube Guitar Amps (aka Valve Amps)

If you’ve ever heard somebody talk about guitar amps, you probably heard them talk at some point about tube amps (also known as valve amps). For many guitarists, tube amps are the pinnacle of amp technology and produce the best tone. Whether that’s true or not has been and will always be a hot debate because tone is completely subjective.

Tube amps are named after the vacuum tubes they use to drive the amp:

These tubes will heat up and glow orange when they’re cranked up. The basic idea is that when you crank up the tubes, they start to break up your signal and produce a smooth overdrive so many guitarists enjoy.

Tubes were used in all amplifiers before transistors were invented, but many guitarists still prefer to use a tube guitar amp today due to the warm tones they can produce.

If you hear somebody talk about valve amps, they’re the same as tube amps. “Valve” is an English term, while “Tube” is an American term. They both refer to the vacuum tubes/valves in the amp.

Compared to the other types of guitar amps covered later, tube amps use ancient technology. This adds to the appeal for some guitarists. Some guitarists like the idea of sticking to vintage gear and consider it “the real stuff”.

Solid State Guitar Amps

After the transistor was invented, a new type of guitar amp started to appear. Solid state guitar amps replace glass vacuum tubes with transistors on a printed circuit board.

The below photo compares a typical vacuum tube against a transistor