Technical Achievements
Standel was a pioneer in modern amplifier design, the following are some of the company's achievements.
- First to use JBL speakers in a musical instrument amplifier
- First to use padded upholstery
- First amplifier to have illuminated dials
- First closed-back bass amplifiers
- First piggy back amplifiers
- First amplifier to contain its dials on the front panel
- First hybrid amplifier (used both valve and solid state circuitry)
- First self-powered speaker cabinets
- First to have separate "Bass" and "Treble" dials (most amplifiers only had one "Tone" dial at the time)
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