Sam Timber1ake grew up surrounded by both music and electronics. He began playing music at age six and later, while learning to play guitar, started searching for guitar tone. He discovered tube amplifiers and wanted to know why they worked so well with the electric guitar. He spent countless hours pouring over schematics and vacuum tube reference manuals. He soon began "fixing up" old tube guitar amps.  Sam developed the V.A.C. circuit in late 2004 and started samamp. Sam now has over 25 years experience with tube amplifiers.