Wired Sound: The Evoulution of Electric Guitar Tone

by Steve Scott

In his book "Wired Sound" Steve Scott tracks the history of electric guitar tone and amplification. From the early tube amplifiers to solid-state and digital modelling technology, his book explores the inventors and players that helped to shape the development of guitar and amplifier tone. From the 1930's right up to today, Wired Sound gives the reader a concise narrative that explores the technology players and producers use to "Chase the tone" in their quest to sound unique. Steve takes the reader on a tour into the present day of tone technology, exploring digital processors and software, limitless soundscapes, hyper-realistic vintage tones and entirely synthetic audio textures. He delves into the future advancement of tone, incuding AI-driven tone modeling, immersive 3D audio, and integration with virtual and augmented reality, in an effort to shine a light on how guitarists and producers will create and experience sound in time to come. This book is suitable for amateur and professional alike and is ideal for students studying the history of sound and related subjects.

42 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 7, 2025

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.