Thank you Tone Tubby for helping me to realize the tone that I have always envisioned…I received my first Tone Tubby 12'' Alnico Hempcone Speaker last night and was amazed by the variety of colors, texture, and sensitivity to dynamics that it produced.  For several years I have played a Fender Strat (now an Anderson Classic) through a Fender Deluxe Reverb 65' Reissue.  While the sound produced from this combo was approximately what I had sought, the highs were always too shrill, bottom end too heavy and reverb too saturated, even at lower settings.  I've attempted to resolve these problems with little success via EQ stomp boxes and endless combinations of tone settings on my guitar and amp.  Upon installing the Tone Tubby speaker last night, my tone immediately tightened up and the tonal problems I had previously experienced were suddenly gone!  Absolutely incredible!  My Anderson Classic has never sounded better and I finally have THE tone...
Thank you again!

I recently purchased some Tone Tubby Alnico 12's for the two amps that I run in my rig. Two 16 ohm units for my Mesa Lonestar and an 8 ohm for a Carvin Vintage 16. To this point I'd been doing a lot of creative re-tubing etc. to try to get "that sound" and installing these new speakers did the trick. Both of my amps now sing like the birds in the trees. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, Sincerly,

I am amazed at how great my 50 watt Marshall 800 model 4010 (1-12 combo w/EL-34)sounds with the 16 ohm, Alnico Tubby! Now, I have to figure out how to get rid of the original G12/70 that sounded like an ice pick in the ear...
This is the second Tone Tubby I have purchased from you for small 1-12 combos. I receive so many compliments on my tone over the past two years. I put my first Tone Tubby in a Mesa Boogie F-30 in 2003, A fantastic improvement over the stock speaker.
Thank you,

Hello, The Tone Tubbies alnico H1Es I ordered from South Valley Vintage Amps arrived today. I installed them immediately and could not believe my ears ... what was once harsh and piercing was suddenly smooth as silk. I was going to sell this amp (Top Hat 35-watt Ambassador), but these
speakers have changed everything. Now I have the best amp I have ever owned. The C12N and Vintage 30 are OUTTA HERE.

Thanks for making such a great product. I feel inspired again.

Erik Loyd/ Bakersfield, CA

To everyone at A Brown Soun;

Thanks for all of your hard work and every one at A Brown Soun on the extraordinary job you had
done on my Rivera M60 112. I knew that Rivera had a good reputation but the sound quality of the amp prior to bringing it to A Brown Soun was good but in general uninspired and for the most part harsh. Obviously having the amp biased correctly and replacing three suspect 12AX7 tubes helped but that wouldn't have addressed the pronounced mid range honk from the stock speaker. The new Tone Tubby 12" HIE 8 adds a lot more complexity and warmth to the amp (the clean channel is now set to emulate a tone that Bob Wills would be dang proud of) and with the gain channel it will go from "Beano" to ballistic with a couple tugs of the eq boosts.

Man, I've been playing heavy rock for twenty five years and this is now the thickest, heaviest, meanest, gain tone I think I've heard. I can't believe it's all coming out of an open back 1 12 cab.

I knew that dropping in a top dollar speaker in my amp was a gamble but I whole heatedly think that the gamble had payed off. Sure, the repair bill was quite a bit of money but when compared to the cost of a new domestically made amp the total was a third less than what I was looking at as a replacement amp.

Again, thank you so much for your hard work, your
professionalism, and your courtesy.

Adam/Berkeley , CA

I just wanted to drop you a line to tell you how much I love my tubby 2x12 bomb cab (1 Alnico and 1 Ceramic). I have never heard fidelity out of a guitar cab like this. Mark Akin sold me on this thing months ago and I must say it was well worth the wait. I’m running a Bad Cat Hot Cat 30R into it and it’s truly unreal. At a gig the other night, someone came up to me and said: “If you’re looking for the perfect tone, you can stop now.” All I can say is thanks. It’s the rig I’ve dreamed of forever. Your cab makes an electric guitar respond like an acoustic instrument, and that’s what I’ve always strived for. And you guys can thank Mark Akin for a loyal convert. I’ll always use these speakers. And I’ll tell everyone I know about them.

Thanks again,

Yoshiyuki/Tokyo, Japan

Update November 30th 2004:
Thank you, I have now used the speakers full time, six nites a week, for two weeks now, and there is no going back to the older speaker sound. You guys spoiled me !!
I will send you some sound samples when I get into the studio around Dec, Jan....
Thanks again, I appreciate your attention to quality !!!!

Update January 12th 2005:
I really love my new cabinet with the the two 12 inch hempcones, they are awesome.
Now they have almost 80 gigs on them, and they continue to amaze everyone that hears the tone these speakers put out. The sound is warm, and engages every audience I play for these days. I also am somewhat amused that even other guitar players, with some other pretty high end gear, are asking questions about the cabinet, and I think will be customers of you soon as well.

Agnes Rock/Northern California

Ivan/New Zealand