Post by Christopher on Oct 16, 2014 16:20:12 GMT -7
I have had the original G12H30 in my Z '28 since I bought it used some 9-10 years ago. I have tried various speakers in it with mixed results. Today I decided to try the Celestion Century Vintage 12 inch 8 ohm speaker. I bought the speaker to fill the empty 1x12 Z ext. cab I picked up from Ches. B/c we're playing a small room Saturday night I figured what the heck, throw it in b/c it'll lighten the amp a bit. The speaker is a Neodymium magnet speaker with 98db efficiency and it weighs 3.5 lbs.
The difference between the 12h30 and the CV is night and day. The 30 imparts a lot of color to the sound. There's hair on the speaker when you dig in and the mid is very present the whole time. The CV, while reviewed as a V30 w neo mag, doesn't have the forward midrange. I actually found I could dial both the bass and treble below noon to affect the tone and not get a muddled tone when doing so. I was using my 336 which should have darkened it up but it didn't. The Volume can go to noon now before hair and the treble works just fine at 11 instead of 2. There's a little less bottom end but overall the timbre of the amp is cleaner and brighter. The only knock I have is the apparent lack of compression I feel with the 12h30 vs the CV. There's no fight in it if that makes sense. The amp reminds me more of the SF Princeton I used to own b/c it's that clean and F sounding. My Strat sounded awesome through it and made me feel very Texan IYKWIM.
Celestion has discontinued this speaker so I got a good deal new for shipped to the house (read under $80). The reviews were really across the field on this one and I got it b/c I wanted a lightweight addition for the extension cab. It now houses the 12h30 and I'm gonna run the CV for a bit in the '28 and see how it handles live shows. I'm still pondering a Gold for my '28 I just have to make some budget cuts elsewhere to make that happen. I'll close with a reminder that the 'net is a useful tool but as we each hear things differently so too should we try things out to find out for ourselves if they work within our expectations.
The difference between the 12h30 and the CV is night and day. The 30 imparts a lot of color to the sound. There's hair on the speaker when you dig in and the mid is very present the whole time. The CV, while reviewed as a V30 w neo mag, doesn't have the forward midrange. I actually found I could dial both the bass and treble below noon to affect the tone and not get a muddled tone when doing so. I was using my 336 which should have darkened it up but it didn't. The Volume can go to noon now before hair and the treble works just fine at 11 instead of 2. There's a little less bottom end but overall the timbre of the amp is cleaner and brighter. The only knock I have is the apparent lack of compression I feel with the 12h30 vs the CV. There's no fight in it if that makes sense. The amp reminds me more of the SF Princeton I used to own b/c it's that clean and F sounding. My Strat sounded awesome through it and made me feel very Texan IYKWIM.
Celestion has discontinued this speaker so I got a good deal new for shipped to the house (read under $80). The reviews were really across the field on this one and I got it b/c I wanted a lightweight addition for the extension cab. It now houses the 12h30 and I'm gonna run the CV for a bit in the '28 and see how it handles live shows. I'm still pondering a Gold for my '28 I just have to make some budget cuts elsewhere to make that happen. I'll close with a reminder that the 'net is a useful tool but as we each hear things differently so too should we try things out to find out for ourselves if they work within our expectations.