The first question everyone asks about the Workhorse amps is, “What’s up with that Hubcap speaker grill?” Well it’s not there just to look different, cool, bling, etc… It’s actually a carefully designed, patent pending, sound dispersion speaker grill.
Have you ever noticed that all guitar speakers are highly directional? Stand directly in front of any amp, with your ears at speaker level, and you’ll get blasted by treble. Walk two steps to the right or left and it sounds like a blanket just got thrown over your amp. Not so with the Hubcap on Workhorse amps.
The Hubcap blocks those nasty ice-pick highs from the center of every guitar speaker, and takes all the good full range sound and spreads it out almost 180 degrees. Yes, it really does that. Once you’ve tried it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. If the brushed chrome look is a bit much for your more traditional tastes, take it off, spray paint it black (or any other color) and put it back on… we kinda like it the way it is, but you can customize it any way you like. If you want to see how the Hubcap looks painted black, see the photo below… |
