amplifier
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A few paces away, Jerry Garcia’s “Budman” amplifier, once part of the Grateful Dead’s three-story high “Wall of Sound,” perched atop a podium.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
What made that possible was a “pickup,” essentially a magnet mounted under the strings that turned vibrations into an electric current that connects to an amplifier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Stereos used to have an amplifier and then a turntable and then speakers and all of these different things.
From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025
His riffs leapt from the amplifier and hit the audience square in the chest with taurine force.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
Johnny had arrived two hours earlier with an amplifier almost as tall as himself that needed fixing.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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