Originally Posted by
mountainjam
Hi this is my first thread, I'm hoping I can get some advice on these speakers and the impact they had on this historic rock recording.
One thing I cannot fathom out and it seems to go against the grain is the comments about JBL speakers being brittle sounding especially with Marshall amps. How can this be? Duane Allman's tone was just pure magical. I approached a well known boutique amp builder a year or two ago and was told that only Celestions produce this type of tone. Do the original D120F speakers have some magic in them that Duane knew about? Is it true that unless these speakers have the original cones you will not get the tone. If you get one needing a recone can someone like Weber's get it back soundwise to the originals. I have a friend who had an E120 years ago and he said it was a totally different speaker to the D120's Any advice would be great