Music Factory

If you’ve ever attended a rock concert, it’s very likely that you’ve spent the rest of that night or even the following day nursing your ringing ears. The level of noise that concert goers experience at these events is created with the help of a series of industrial guitar amps. These electronic amplifiers enhance the level of noise produced by both electric and acoustic guitars, and their use first became widely popular in the 1940s.

During this time, Hawaiian music was extremely trendy, and people simply couldn’t get enough of the laid back tunes. Indicative of that sound, the lap steel Hawaiian guitar was frequently amplified for this particular brand of music. Since that time, artists have increasingly played with the musical possibilities offered by amplifier distortion. By overdriving the guitar amps, The Kinks developed a distinctive sound, which would later be carried over to heavy metal, hardcore punk, and blues rock.