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electric guitar |
a guitar that is equipped with a pickup that transmits tones to an amplifier. |
magnetic amplifier |
a tubeless amplifier that employs two sets of windings, a primary set into which input feeds and a secondary set through which flows an alternating current, whose variations are modified by those in the primary winding. |
pentode |
a vacuum tube containing five electrodes that is used as a voltage amplifier. |
power pack |
a portable device that converts the incoming power-line or battery-generated voltage to the voltages required by the various components of an electronic system, such as a radio or television amplifier. |
record player |
a machine to play records, usu. including a turntable, tone arm, amplifier, and speakers; phonograph. |
tape deck |
a tape recorder and player without its own amplifier or speaker, usu. part of a larger sound system. |
tone control |
on an amplifier, a manually controlled device that regulates the intensity of high and low frequencies. |
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