Celestion Vintage 30
According to 2019 Premier Guitar interview, Petrucci's Mesa Boogie cabinets are loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s. more
His guitar tech recalls that Carlos Santana uses these Celestion 30 Vintage speakers in every PRS cabinet. more
In 2019's Premier Guitar interview, it is mentioned that Govan's Victory cabinets are loadeed with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. more
As mentioned in the video description, these are used to load Patrick's cabinet, a Orange PPC212 cabinet. more
According to Premier Guitar's 2020 interview, Welch uses the Celestion Vintage 30 speakers in his cabinets. more
Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Celestion Vintage 30
Based on 14 Reviews
Good rock speaker
In a 2x12 can be a little congested in the mid range, but in a 4x12 they sit very nicely in a mix. Put two of these on the bottom and two Greenbacks on the top and you've got a killer cabinet.
I had that setup in a tall marshall 4x12 with a pair of marshall branded 80s V30s and some pre-rola G12M greenbacks.... it sounded great to me, but I was told in the room the upper mids of the V30 drowned out the creamy vintage greenbacks to varying degrees depending on where one stood in the audience... my solution was just to mic up the best greenback through the PA at most shows, but the V30 definitely does better with a G12H 30 watt greenback because they have similar sensitivity...
Great sound - absolute fantastic
i was first - scaptical but is brilliant wow Effect!
The speaker every guitarist has to try at least once
The standard of good rock & metal tone, and still makes a pretty good clean tone
Even though it's a classic, I wasn't expecting this
Both my Mesa Boogie and Port City 2x12 cabinets are loaded with vintage 30s. The Port City one has a mix of Greenbacks and Vintage 30s.
you're mostly hearing the V30 if its a 25 watt greenback with M magnet.... theV30 is considerably more efficient and brighter so it'll 'drown out' the other speaker. You'll hear the G12M somewhat, but it'll be more of an accent and the cab will also be a smidge less loud than with a pair of 100dB efficiency speakers. If you have an H30 greenback then the efficiency is matched, but if not consider changing it to achieve full volume and get the benefits of speaker mixing.
V30'S
Celestion Vintage 30's are my speakers of choice, great sounding at any volume.
the msot inconsistent speaker line in celestion history
the V30 cuts a mix and can sound quite good in a loud 4 piece... more cannot be said of it. Its entire reputation is based on the original 80s models. Those Marshall branded 'vintage' speakers you find in some mid 80s amps and cabs sound really, really good. Celestion branded ones are a crap shoot. I don't think its just that the older ones are really broken in. Celestion messed with the formula like they always do and created yet another collectible speaker that sounds great but cannot be replicated. Thanks guys.
Love It
Put one in my Fender Blues Jr Tweed, and then I built an extension cab for it, and loaded it with these as well.