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Old 10-11-2018, 09:57 AM
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I’ve been looking through the Celestion website for speakers, specifically the G12M Greenback rated at 25 watts vs the Creamback G12M-65 rated at 65 watts. What are some of the differences in performance between these two?
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Old 10-11-2018, 10:22 AM
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The greenback is an older design, I think it was the first ceramic Celestion, I have them in my Vox AC30. I also have them in my Marshal 4x4 limited edition.

Like the Bulldogs they were meant to handle 25W max.

The M65 sound more modern in my experience, I had them in my old JCM900 combo, long time ago in a galaxy far away.
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The greenback is an older design, I think it was the first ceramic Celestion, I have them in my Vox AC30. I also have them in my Marshal 4x4 limited edition.

Like the Bulldogs they were meant to handle 25W max.

The M65 sound more modern in my experience, I had them in my old JCM900 combo, long time ago in a galaxy far away.
Thanks cuthbert, I’ve been meaning to ask about the differences between your Southern Jumbo and Sheryl Crow Gibsons, but that’s another subject for another board. I admire your list of instruments.

Speakers are a delightful topic for discussion for combo amp choices. I appreciate any input on any models for home use.
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the lower wattage greenback will break up sooner than the larger wattage speaker. it is a personal choice.

a lot of people feel that the amp is 40% of the total sound with the speaker being about the same percentage of the amp's sound.

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the lower wattage greenback will break up sooner than the larger wattage speaker. it is a personal choice.

a lot of people feel that the amp is 40% of the total sound with the speaker being about the same percentage of the amp's sound.

play music!
Agree about the 40% or so, if not more. There is a certain frequency response in the upper midrange the human ear is particularly sensitive to, but I don’t have any specific information to offer on that at the moment. I’ve had some experience with ‘soft’ on the ear, dark voiced amps with all the rage for overdrive these days but easily prefer/ insist on the mid sixties hard articulation chime. Any speaker/combo that makes me sound better than I really am is not of interest at this point. More interested in becoming a better musician via a more discriminating amp & speaker.

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Having only gotten back into electric 2 years ago come Nov. After 46 yrs. I am by no means and expert so take with grain of salt
But Interestingly while speaking with Daniel Klein builder of Port City Amps and Speaker Cabinets
While discussing speakers for his highly acclaimed cabinet, he was enthusiastic in recommending Warehouse Guitar Speakers over the Celestions I was asking about, specifically the WGS Veteran 30 as opposed to the Celestion Vintage 30, for clean sound . Given he offers both I was intrigued .
WGS are made in USA sold factory direct
Apparently WGS makes models much like some of the more popular Celestions and markets them under their "British Invasion" line . Might be worth checking out ???

https://wgsusa.com/british-invasion-grid
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Thanks cuthbert, I’ve been meaning to ask about the differences between your Southern Jumbo and Sheryl Crow Gibsons, but that’s another subject for another board. I admire your list of instruments.

Speakers are a delightful topic for discussion for combo amp choices. I appreciate any input on any models for home use.
We can do a quick OT, this is my 2018 Southern Jumbo:



As you can see it's based on a 1954-1960 SJ, round shoulders, with few modern tweaks (Tusq saddle and nut, Grover rotomatics...that I plan to replace).

I don't have a recent pic of my SC but it's the old model based on her 1964 Country and Western, this is a pic of her guitar:



Unlike the original the reissue has a relatively thick neck (thicker than the SJ) and a 44mm nut instead of a 42 mm (as you can see the neck is slim and even if she's a minute woman she can easily cover with her index all the nut width), that is the only thing I don't like of the guitar, it's phenomenal, the mahogany sides and backs are slightly figured and the guitar is very light.

The SJ has a deep bass like a Martin, the SC is ideal for strumming with sweet mid and high end.

Coming back IT are you talking about the 75 creamback?

https://celestion.com/product/141/g12h75_creamback/

Or the 65?

https://celestion.com/product/26/heritage_series_g1265/

Those are not described as creamback but were OEM for Marshall JCM800 and 900 combo as far as I remember.

Regarding the greenbacks, their effect and comparison with the Bulldogs (Alnico blue) on the AC30 are quite interesting: the Vox become more aggressive, especially at full saturation. Brian May used AC30 with greenbacks for certain Queen songs in the early 80s when he wanted a more "modern" cutting sound, "Flash", "the Hero" and "Hammer to fall" I think were recorded with greenbacked AC30s, while Marshall become a little more "voxed" with greenbacks: I use my Slash AFD100 head with the greenbacks and I think the amp sounds fuller than Slash's sound, at least on youtube.

This cabinet is the 425 purple limited edition originally made for the Hendrix stack, it has G12Cs that were special greenbacks, but a greenback is always a greenback, here there is a comparison for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHRizpPXyDk
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Having only gotten back into electric 2 years ago come Nov. After 46 yrs. I am by no means and expert so take with grain of salt
But Interestingly while speaking with Daniel Klein builder of Port City Amps and Speaker Cabinets
While discussing speakers for his highly acclaimed cabinet, he was enthusiastic in recommending Warehouse Guitar Speakers over the Celestions I was asking about, specifically the WGS Veteran 30 as opposed to the Celestion Vintage 30, for clean sound . Given he offers both I was intrigued .
WGS are made in USA sold factory direct
Apparently WGS makes models much like some of the more popular Celestions and markets them under their "British Invasion" line . Might be worth checking out ???

https://wgsusa.com/british-invasion-grid
Thanks for the link, right on target for vintage clean.
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We can do a quick OT, this is my 2018 Southern Jumbo:



As you can see it's based on a 1954-1960 SJ, round shoulders, with few modern tweaks (Tusq saddle and nut, Grover rotomatics...that I plan to replace).

I don't have a recent pic of my SC but it's the old model based on her 1964 Country and Western, this is a pic of her guitar:



Unlike the original the reissue has a relatively thick neck (thicker than the SJ) and a 44mm nut instead of a 42 mm (as you can see the neck is slim and even if she's a minute woman she can easily cover with her index all the nut width), that is the only thing I don't like of the guitar, it's phenomenal, the mahogany sides and backs are slightly figured and the guitar is very light.

The SJ has a deep bass like a Martin, the SC is ideal for strumming with sweet mid and high end.

Coming back IT are you talking about the 75 creamback?

https://celestion.com/product/141/g12h75_creamback/

Or the 65?

https://celestion.com/product/26/heritage_series_g1265/

Those are not described as creamback but were OEM for Marshall JCM800 and 900 combo as far as I remember.

Regarding the greenbacks, their effect and comparison with the Bulldogs (Alnico blue) on the AC30 are quite interesting: the Vox become more aggressive, especially at full saturation. Brian May used AC30 with greenbacks for certain Queen songs in the early 80s when he wanted a more "modern" cutting sound, "Flash", "the Hero" and "Hammer to fall" I think were recorded with greenbacked AC30s, while Marshall become a little more "voxed" with greenbacks: I use my Slash AFD100 head with the greenbacks and I think the amp sounds fuller than Slash's sound, at least on youtube.

This cabinet is the 425 purple limited edition originally made for the Hendrix stack, it has G12Cs that were special greenbacks, but a greenback is always a greenback, here there is a comparison for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHRizpPXyDk
Beautiful guitars, lots of background info I didn’t know about like the celestion blue speaker. I know there are veterans of the electric guitar on this board, but I hope younger folks can pick up some tips here too.
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Old 10-12-2018, 02:06 AM
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Beautiful guitars, lots of background info I didn’t know about like the celestion blue speaker. I know there are veterans of the electric guitar on this board, but I hope younger folks can pick up some tips here too.
Alas most of the young people around have grown up without guitar heroes (my generation was the last one, and I am 40) therefore they are interested in these details: nobody is interested to know which strings a current generic guitarist uses, or the loudspeakers, or his amp settings.
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Old 10-19-2018, 09:57 PM
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Having only gotten back into electric 2 years ago come Nov. After 46 yrs. I am by no means and expert so take with grain of salt
But Interestingly while speaking with Daniel Klein builder of Port City Amps and Speaker Cabinets
While discussing speakers for his highly acclaimed cabinet, he was enthusiastic in recommending Warehouse Guitar Speakers over the Celestions I was asking about, specifically the WGS Veteran 30 as opposed to the Celestion Vintage 30, for clean sound . Given he offers both I was intrigued .
WGS are made in USA sold factory direct
Apparently WGS makes models much like some of the more popular Celestions and markets them under their "British Invasion" line . Might be worth checking out ???

https://wgsusa.com/british-invasion-grid
Interesting also - the Warehouse Retro 30 receives some glowing reviews on the website. The concept of British Invasion is intriguing; it brings to mind the clear, chime-y Vox amplification that transmited so well over AM radio during that era.
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