Celestion G12K-85 Cabinet

85 Watts, 8 or 16 ohm, 50 oz. magnet.

I had to post something when I read the other review below. That guy must have been smoking crack when he wrote his review. These speakers are designed by Celestion to be used with Acoustic Amps, that's why the word "acoustic" is stamped right into the metal frame of the speaker. They are NOT designed to be high gain speakers. I have had these speakers in a few different cabs and they make clean tones sound amazing, much fuller than the same amp and guitar sound through G12T's or Vintage 30's. If you plan on running a high gain signal into them it better be from a solid state amp. It can handle that type of signal very well, but when I plugged my 5150 into the cabinet it never sounded so bad. Clean it sounded very nice but as soon as I changed channels I thought I died and went to metal head hell. Keep in mind that I play very heavy metal, old school Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Sepultura, etc. Having heard how good my little brother's Roc Pro (solid state) and a friend's Crate (also solid state) sounded through it I figured that the 5150 would like these speakers also. I later played some other high gain tube amps through these speakers with results comparable to the 5150 debacle. The solid state amps that I plugged into these all sounded bigger and beefier than they did through other cabs. For some reason, a high gain tube signal tends to turn mushy and fuzzy and just plain awful, at least with the setup I am using. If you're idea of a good heavy sound is blubbering and mushy then I guess these are good for metal. If you have ears and a brain then I think you will want to try something else for that type of application. They are good speakers, thus the rating, but I don't want any more people to be misled than already have by the clown below. The dude doesn't even know what punctuation is!!!

I have these in a few different cabs and I have never had a problem with them. Like all speakers, they will begin to degrade if they aren't properly maintained. Don't store them in a damp basement for a year if you want the cones to maintain their integrity. Use of common sense should steer you clear of any issues.

Celestion has a pretty nice homepage, but since they are in England getting a person on the phone or something of that nature is probably a little more difficult than if they were state side. However, there are Celestion dealers in all 50 states, so if you did need help you wouldn't have to go very far.

I picked up a couple of these for $50 a piece and like them enough to order more. I have two cabinets loaded with these guys and in the right application they are fantastic. I A/B between two amps for my clean and heavy sounds and these are in the cabs that I use for the clean side of my rig (pushed by a GK Micro Lead head).

Celestion 12" guitar speakers. 85 watts each, 16ohm.
i am using them in a peavey 2x12" cab, one open back, one closed.
huge magnets, solid construction, thick cones.

i didnt see any other reviews in here for the K series speakers so i thought id better speak up.
this is clearly a hard rock/metal speaker. i ran my preamp rig into this cab and the distortion is very very good. the speakers saturate smoothly and alike. i prefer open back sounding cabs.
the cleans stay pretty clean pretty far up the range.

i tried these speakers through my Fender Blues deluxe combo and yuck! it sounded like crap on the clean channel. the eminence is clearly a good choice in this case. the celestion was lifeless and felt hard to play.

i havent blown one yet, but if i do, id replace with the same speaker, if i can find 'em.

yeah right

remember, hard rock or metal. do not use this speaker in a blues jazz setting-you will be disappointed.