The British tone is synonymous with the likes of the Beatles, Cream, and Marshall amplifiers. We can credit Fender, Peavey, and St. Louis Music in working with Eminence, Oxford, CTS, Electrovoice, and JBL for our American tone.  While you may find certain models in one series that have tonal relationships with models in another series, the difference is almost always apparent in a side-by-side comparison.  This distinctiveness can most commonly be heard in the mid-range detail and break-up characteristics of each series.  We’d all like to tell you that these differences are magical and were conscious design choices during the development of British and American tone.  In reality, the difference in parts vendors and speaker construction methods likely played just as significant a role in the resultant tonality of both.

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