Tone is a matter of personal preference so I will not rate based on that. Took a little while to break in. I used this to replace the stock speaker in my Fender Custom 68 Princeton Reverb Reissue. The highs are more subdued, the word fatter comes to mind when considering tone in comparison to the stock speaker with a semi-hollow body guitar (ES-335). High quality, solidly built speaker with top notch customer support from seller and manufacturer. With this speaker I can turn the Bass to 0, and the treble up to 7 and I still get a bassy tone that is nice for Jazz w/ ES-335, but can definitely pump out some bold rock with either that guitar or my Les Paul for sure. Heard this speaker at a friend's gig in a vintage Fender cabinet he was playing a Tele style guitar. Awesome surf sound. Definitely a quality speaker, and if you like it, you like it. I do.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]