How can these elements of the electric guitar’s tone be included in the L1® system approach?
There are at least three ways this can be done, and each has been extensively tested by guitarists participating in the Bose® research that led to the new approach. The advantage gained in these approaches constitutes what is arguably the most important gain in electrical guitar sound since the invention of the guitar amplifier itself. The reason is that the Cylindrical Radiator® loudspeaker overcomes the problem of uneven radiation of sound to the stage and audience from traditional guitar amplifiers. This is of particular interest for the electric guitar because the radiation pattern of typical guitar amplifiers is so harshly directional as to be painful to listeners on-axis, and dull and muddy off-axis. Before, guitarists could create the desired “sweet spot” sound in one location (theirs), while all others were blasted on-axis or couldn’t hear the detail well off-axis. 1) A number of companies have in the past 10 years produced electronic devices that model the tone produced by tub
