Finding Your Guitar’s Voice with the Right Amp Speaker

Electric guitarists are constantly on a tone quest, but too often we forget to look in the most obvious place: our amp speakers.

In many ways, this oversight is totally understandable. Hey, it’s easy to obsess about a gorgeous instrument sporting a flame maple top or classic vintage vibe. And there’s a vast array of pedals and effects out there screaming for our attention. (Yes, we used “screaming” intentionally. Please don’t hate us.) Of course, pickups, strings, cables, amplifiers, and preamps also have a big impact on our tone.

However, it’s important to remember that every item in our signal chain eventually goes through our amp’s speaker­—the crucial transducer that converts electrical impulses into sound.