Such speakers may not be well suited for crystal clear and soft clean tones, but they match perfectly with our blackface AB165 Bassman with jumped channels and lots of preamp and power amp distortion. In such cases we tend to favor British voiced speakers to give us a throaty and meaty tone where the treble is tamed and compensated for.
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Another example is a bright jazzmaster with bridge and neck pickup combined for some jangly surf tone, through a big clean amp like a Pro Reverb, Super Reverb or Twin Reverb with lots of reverb. The amp has a huge bottom end and a slightly edgy Fender 6L6 push-pull (class AB) cranked tone. We want more bass and mids to smooth out the treble and high harmonic frequencies coming from the amp. A good example is a single coil strat or tele played with the bridge pickup through a cranked blackface Bassman (AB165). In this case we prefer darker sounding speakers than the typical American Jensen C12n-style. One is a heavily cranked amp with a bright single coil guitar. There are of course exceptions to our preference of American speakers. New speakers will therefore sound different from vintage speakers. Also, the aging process of these materials will change a speaker’s tone over time. Speakers can have different frequency response depending on materials and construction design, like cone shape, magnet weight and coil size. We use it to describe a “natural” tone, meaning a relatively flat frequency response. The term “American” speakers is wide and not a very precise term. They have a balanced and transparent characte that works good for most music styles. After many years with vanilla ice cream, the taste of chocolate will be a tone explosion, not to mention a mix of the two. Variation is the key and therefore, my friend, you need several guitars, amps, pedals and different speakers.Īt we prefer mostly the American type of speakers for vintage Fender amps. What is also interesting is that our own taste developes over time. Smooth overdriven tones can mean very different things for heavy metal guys with Marshall and Celestion stacks and country musicians playing twangy Twin Reverb amps. What someone finds harsh can be beautiful sparkle to others. It is interesting to hear other opinions but it can also be confusing since we lack a precise vocabulary to describe tone and taste. You need to experiment yourself and taste the hundreds of speaker flavors out there. Some like strawberry while others like chocolate.
Speakers are like ice cream we all have our favorite taste. You may compare these with your own speakers to determine what you have. They might not be to everyone's taste, but that doesn't mean they sound bad.See our Buyer’s guide to vintage Fender amps for a guide and picture gallery of the known original speakers in the blackface and silverface amps. The C12N was perfect in a silverface Deluxe Reverb. Tony65X55 turned me on to the C12Q, and it is great for low wattage vintage tone. The three that I mentioned suit my taste and needs very well. They are very well designed and constructed speakers.
Try not to be put off by all the negative opinions on the internet. They do take a while to break in, and like most speakers, sound best after they've been played for a few months.
If you use a lot of overdrive or distortion, are looking for a fat midrange Marshall type of tone, the Jensens are probably not a very good choice. No longer distributed in North America, but still being made and available in Europe through Tube Amp Doctor. The one that I really like is the Jensen original designed Neo 100. It sounds great in my old 1961 Ampeg Mercury. If it's classic Jensen tone, the reissue C12N is a great speaker at 50 watts.
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