Celestion G12 Century Vintage

I was suspicious because they are so incredibly light - The weight and the voicing gives it a 10 rating - tight bottom, sweet mids and crystalline highs, plus Chime factor.

1960 Strat loaded with vintage Fralins and a Les Paul loaded with Duncan antiquity humbuckers, plus a Cornford MK50H Head. The Cornford Cabinet comes with Vintage 30's - my box crapped all over the Cornford box - these speakers do it all with a good amp - very 3 dimensional and sound great at any volume.

Seem sturdy enough, I love the lightweight nature of them - they have saved my back.

No Comment. Al at Chandler Guitars in London is great, he introduced me to them - very helpful and true to the facts.

Been playing for 30 years, I am a Tone FREAK, try these speakers if you want versatility they will do it all. I play a variety of styles and these speakers have helped push to a new level. They are pricey hence me giving them an 8

I bought this about 2 monthes ago. I've been playing over 30 years. Mostly rock, country rock and blues.

I put this speaker in a Limited Edition Fender Tweed Blues Jr.. It did wonders for the Amp. It quieted down the slight noise problem and it allows for smooth sound shaping. I usually play a Deluxe Strat, Ash with the Noiseless Pickups. With this Speaker the lows are wonderful and the highs are no longer irritating. Their pure and lush. The Fat switch now works correctly and the reverb is useable at very minimal settings. In addition, I can get a little distortion out this Amp. or a very very Fat sound. I normally play a Badcat Hotcat and it is a fantastic Amp. The Blues Jr. with this speaker makes a wonderful small Amp. for an investment of only $700.00

I'm sure it will last for a long time.

I would like to put two of these in an extention cabinet and the weight would still be comfortable. I would definately buy these again. I would reccomend buying a regular Blues Jr. or Blond for less than I paid for the Tweed and try one of these speakers. You can't go wrong.

12-inch guitar speaker with neodymium magnet.
Handles 60 watts & has less than 1/3 of the weight of comparable drivers.

Here is a copy of my inquiry/response from celestion:

Q:
I would like to know how the G12_Century_Vintage compares to the Vintage_30. I own a Soldano 1x12, 50-watt, tube combo amplifier, which currently has a Vintage_30. I like the cone break up of the Vintage_30, but wish it had a bit less mids. I tried a Classic Lead 80 in its place, but it sounded too clean & sterile to me. How does the Century_Vintage compare? I'm interested in buying one, but I have no way of demoing it here in the US. Also, I couldn't find any sound samples of the G12_Century_Vintage on your website.

A:
Tonally the Century Vintage is very close to the Vintage 30 but can handle more bottom end so you can boost the LF a bit producing a balance that is lower in the mids. The Century Vintage is tonally close to the Vox neo dog that you can hear in some of their cabs.
Best regards
The Doctor
drdecibel@celestion.com

I've owned several Celestions guitar speakers & never had a problem with them.

I plan on purchasing a Century Vintage to replace my Vintage_30. I believe it will give me the tone that I'm looking for, based on the response I received from drdecibel@celestion.com. I hope it does the job, because it would also reduce the overall weight of my amp by several pounds. I will post an update in a couple months to let you know what I find. Any ways, I thought this info would be helpful for now.

I Bought a pair 16 ohm Century vintage for my Zentera a few weeks ago. I had formerly installed the Neo's, and am a lot happier with the tone of Vintage. Like the last reviewer said, it's like a sweeter version of the V30 ceramics. I purchased them from Avatar.com (they have super prices, and great service). When i installed them in my amp, i probably knocked off 20 lbs in weight, which made a big differance. I was considering selling the amp, because it was really a lot to lug aroung, but now I'm going to keep it for sure.

I play a Zion strat with bardens, a Yamaha 1200ES (L5 knockoff), a taylor 710 LTD with the fishman system, and just snagged a used Cordoba FWSE gut string (holy crap what a nice guitar!) With the neo's, i could never get the perfect tones that H+K were shooting for in their models, but when I installed the Neo vintages, they NAILED it. I was just experimenting with the Cordobo, and am really happy with the acoustic amp models. before that, i was jamming with some Corea Electric Band charts for fun, and was blown away with the hot fusion tone I could get. Celestion has hit a home run with this speaker for sure. the highs seem a lot sweeter than the V30's, and the mid curve is just right. I don't really use any outboard gear any more, the Zentera pretty much does it all.

They seem like typical celestions, can't imagine blowing one out, unless you're a nitwit that puts way too much wattage into them. I guess I'll go with a 10, because of their reputation.

Haven't ever had to deal with Celestion, I guess that's a good thing, Means they always work.

I have been playing off and on for 30 years, just have getting back into it semi-seriously the last 6 monthe or so. If stolen, I would replace them 4 sure.

THIS IS REVIEW FOR THE CELESTION CENTURY VINTAGE SPEAKER. IT IS RATED AT 60 WATTS AND HOUSES THE NEW NEO MAGNET WHICH IS EXTREMELY LIGHT IN WEIGHT BUT HEAVY IN SOUND.

THIS SPEAKER IS VERY SIMILAR IN THE SOUND OF THE VINTAGE 30. THE LOWS ARE A LITTLE SWEETER, THE HIGHS ARE MORE AIRY AND THE MIDS ARE VERY GOOD BUT NOT OVERPOWERING LIKE THE VINTAGE 30'S ARE. I WILL SAY THAT THIS SPEAKER IS NOT AS LOUD AS THE VINTAGE 30 OR CENTURY 80 WATT. I THINK IT IS RATED AT 99db. NEVERTHELESS, IT HAS A NICE CHUNKY SOUND TO IT AND SWEET LOWS AND HIGHS.....KIND OF LIKE A TAMED VINTAGE 30. IT SOUNDS GOOD CLEAN AND CRUNCHY AND SEEMS TO HANDLE LOTS OF POWER, JUST NOT AS LOUD AS THE ORIGINAL V-30.

SO FAR SO GOOD....I HAVE HAD A SET IN MY 4X12 AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE RUGGEDNESS OF ANY CELESTION, JUST A COOL/DIFFERENT MAGNET !!!!

I HAVE TO SAY I AM IMPRESSED WITH THESE NEW NEO SPEAKERS......MY ONLY WISH THAT IT AS LOUD AS THE V-30 BUT OVERALL, IT IS A MORE TAMED/SWEETER VERSION OF THE VINTAGE 30. GOOD JOB CELESTION !!! I WAS THINKING OF MIXING THE CENTURY AND THE CENTURY VINTAGE IN A 2X12 FOR MY SLO-100.....