Product: Celestion G12-75
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
05/01/2008
at
11:52am
by
tenafly vipers
Features
:
No Opinion
12 inch ceramic
Sound Quality
:
10
The G12-75 is a pretty underrated speaker. To me is is more versatile that the V30 which calls the most comparisons. It is very bell like clear sounding. It has more upper mids and smoother mids than the V30. Contrary to popular opinion I have A/B'd the two speakers and find the 12-75 to have a tighter bottom and nicer top end. It is slightly less chunky than the V30, but distorts a little better.
Reliability
:
10
Never an issue at all, no matter what I put it through.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
never used it.
Overall Rating
:
10
Underrated workhorse unfairly characterized as more "modern". These speakers have the mids. Perfect for 2X12s. Great all around speakers.
Product: Celestion G12-75
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
10/28/2006
at
02:27pm
by
Ross
Features
:
No Opinion
Its a ceramic magnet speaker, nuff said.
Sound Quality
:
10
First off, I'd like to add some info to the g12-75 vs. g12 vintage 30 debate. Both are great speakers, with different tonal qualities. Contrary to most of the reviews when I replaced my g12-75's with g12 vintage(after this i ran both together) in my marshall 1960b cab, I found with the g12v-30 I had to raise my midrange from 1/2 to 3/4, lower my bass from 100% to 3/4 and lower my treble from 90% to 1/2(gibson les paul w/emg81/85, boss metal zone, fender 12ax7/12at7 pre amp, peavey 100w el84 power amp)to get a bad ass balanced sound:good bottom chunk, midrange bite, and keep the high end from being too overpowering, despite all the reviews saying that the g12v-30 has a more pronounced midrange and less "scooped" sound than the g12-75. So in my case the g12-75 actually had less bottom end, more mids, and less highs than the g12v-30. As I said both are badass speakers in their own unique way, so now I run both together.
Reliability
:
10
Never had a problem 10+ years. Cranked 200w rms tube through 4x12 g12v-30's and they don't even break a sweat.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
never dealt with them.
Overall Rating
:
10
Been playing pro level for 10+ years. played on & owned them all, marshall, mesa, line 6, vox, randall, peavey, fender, hiwatt, hughes and kettner, carvin, etc., yet i keep coming back to marshall cabs w/celestions for my distorted sounds, and fender combo's w/ celestions for my clean sounds. either way celestions have always been the final source for great tone, that could be why so many manufacturers use them!
