a giant thread about... GUITAR SPEAKERS!

come on in and share all the different speakers you've had stock in your amps and cabs and also tell us all about speakers you've bought as replacements. The speaker in your amp is a big frickin' deal and doesn't get the respect it deserves. Its not as glamorous as a new overdrive box, but its going to influence your sound and even your playing way more!

here's my current collection:

Celestion G12 Blue Alnico RI w/WGS Reaper 30 55hz bass cone, wired series for 16 ohms in a Vox ac30HW2 combo (plus a spare of each in my closet)

60s Celestion G12S w/pulsonic lead cones X2, wired parallel for 8 ohms in a Vox ac30b combo (I am toying with the idea of putting my spare blue and reaper in this amp to make it more homogenous with my fawn ac30, but it sounds so nice the way I got it that I have been afraid to change ANYTHING.... even when it was overheating all the time 11 years ago I couldn't bring myself to service her until she blew up completely, dumb, I know, but sometimes with amps and guitars I can be like a football player who won't wash his winning jersey)

Celestion G12M Greenback, current production X2 in an 80s sealed 2x12 enclosure wired in 16 ohms series or 4 ohms parallel via 2 different jacks on the back of the cab, plus a single 16 ohm current G12M stock in my ac4HW (I've thrown a number of speakers in this 2x12 over the years and I think I am happiest with the recent production Chinese G12Ms even though I am not usually a big fan of them... they make the cab really rockin' and after all, rockin' is what sealed cabs are all about)

70s Celestion G12M 16 ohm w/pulsonic lead cones X2, in storage, pulled from my Marshall 1960TV cab and replaced with 2 current production V30s before selling it (I wish I had pulled all 4 speakers and kept the old Marshall branded V30s I had in that cab too... that cab configuration recorded REALLY well, but was surprisingly mellow in person... LOUD, but mellow with a nice presence lift from the V30s)

I have also owned some JBL D and K series alnicos in 10" and 15", celestion's 80s 10" speakers, vintage AND reissue Jensen P10R and P12R all ribbed cones, vintage Jensen C12PS (supro branded) and C12Q, Celestion V30s from every era of production, Celestion G1265 pair with the large H dust caps in an 800 combo, Celestion Modern Leads in various Marshall and Laney 4x12 cabs, CTS 10" and 15" speakers from the 70s, 60s ceramic Oxford 10" and Utah 12" both ceramic and alnico, and some Eminence Legend 10" speakers in a cheap Marshall combo, WGS green Berets, Weber silver bell, 90s G12M greenback RIs, 70s blackbacked G12M and G12H speakers

All VERY different speakers, what's your speaker experience? I wanna know more, especially if you've been heavy into eminence's new stuff or you've owned some Webers

share your experience! (bumpity bumpity bump)

I've only actually played through shitty cheap stock speakers on very poor practice amps and I have played a Celestion Seventy 80 but want to try one in my own set up oneday and ahve also played a Celestion vintage 30, both in other peoples combos/cabs

wow this is going to be another lame fest instead of what I had in mind....

Looks that way doesn't it? shame becuase these threads you start are really damn cool and interesting if other people than me, you and duke was to comment on them :(

I am trying to get sharing info with everyone for my own education and benefit as well as guys with less gear experience :-(

maybe a thread about guitars might get more attention or stompboxes? who knows, maybe people just are too lazy to comment or what have you but alwell, I like reading all the stuff you've used and all the info you give with it

your wish is my command.... I started a dirt pedal experiences thread:

http://equipboard.com/forums/guitarists-bassists/topics/a-giant-thread-about-od-distortion-and-fuzz