I bought one to put in my Epiphone Valve Standard. First I'll say, I've had treble troubles since I bought the amp, but without doing any other mods the speaker brought out the most sparkling clear tones I ever heard. All I have is my basement custom, alnico 3 pickup strat, my basement custom crybaby, and 30 feet of cable. Despite the excessive cable it sounds fantastic. Great for jazz, blues, and lightly distorted rock. I just bought this speaker today so it's not even worn in yet like it should be, but still has nice warmth. Also the magnet weighs under half a pound, so I can now carry my amp without setting myself up for back problems.

This is a great sounding reissue of a vintage design AlNiCo guitar speaker that would sound great in a tweed combo tube amp like an old Fender Deluxe, etc. Couple it up with a really nice hand-wired 5 to 25 watt tube amp, and you'll get a great vintage tone. I strongly recommend against 'dishing out all the punishment' you can on this speaker as it states in the ad text, as you will blow it. It's rated at 25 watts, and it's design dates back to the 50's, so if you punish this driver it will die. I wouldn't categorize this driver as 'tough'. Treat it nicely and it will deliver killer tone. It has a great midrange voice, and sounds great when your low-wattage tube amp gets pushed and it starts to 'break up' with a nice crunch. Reserve punishment for an EVM12L, which IS a tough speaker.

Warm, warm, warm tone. Deep Bass, 8K highs. Has that Pure Tone for rock n' blues and country too!