Electronic valves, or tubes, in an amplifier.


These electronic valves, or tubes, were used in electrical appliances such as television sets and radios until the development of the transistor in the nineteen sixties. They were, and are still, also used in amplifiers for electric guitars and are considered crucial in producing certain sounds favoured by guitarists.


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