Celestion G12M

After reading the last review i thought i would submit my own. I have a Vox Ac30-TB. My celestion g12m speakers were made in england, so i can't speak for those that were made in china.

Great sound quality, i have used blues before (Handwired Ac15) and these come close to the texture, purity and warmth that i get out of the blues.

Never had a problem with it

never had to contact them

overall i'd say that celestion speakers are amongst the top built speakers on the market. if you can't afford the blue's i'd say to go with the G12M's (but make sure that you are getting the english made ones)

Made In China.Greenbacks 25 watters, played through marshall 2204 and jtm 45/50! Both my Marshalls have one channel, that's all I need, that and one pickup and one volume knob!! Effects, pod-xt live pro rack for verb delay and some chorus. Pretty simple set up. Don't like to over process the tone or signal!!Sometimes will line out to power amp then run my effects that way. Or sometimes amp to cab for raw Marshall crunch.
Oh my amps are Metroamp's the best amp kit's on this planet!!!Metroamp.com If you are looking to build your own Marshall and your own tone this is the place to be!! The forums are the best tone school on the net!

This is a reply to P dawg, dude either you are playing a crap amp or you are completely tone deaf? These speakers kick major butt!! Style 80s baby vh vai satch zz, good ole rock and roll blues, fusion. These speakers for the money simply will rock your amp and cab to another level!!
If they sound bad its your amp or your playing sorry!! These are made for Marshall Crunch, and they do that and then some!! I'm flat out amazed with some of the reviews here cutting this speaker down? I believe its there ears and not the speaker, or they got a bad speaker or there amp sucks or they cant play!! Its not the quality of the sound of this gem noway!!!

Will never have to worry, and yes I will buy more for the price! The tone is half your speakers, comes from your hands to your guitar to the amp to the speakers, if you have everything but speakers, cut your tone in half.. I know, I had GT-75s the worst Celestion made, my opinion, after installing these. I went from amp to cab and rocked away!!! If you install the speaker and it does not sound good it's your amp I'm sorry, that or you can not play sorry once again hate to be harsh however, that's the honest truth!!! Its a huge upgrade for anyone with a lead cab with those ice pick GT75s scooped mids crapola. Huge upgrade!!

Same day service!!! All the pros use Celestions I know why now!!!

20 plus years of jamming!! I would def buy these speakers again!! GM12 25 watt's are a keeper. China or not the speaker is still a greenback reissue a huge upgrade from a GT75 speakers. Why all the Marshall 1960 cabs come with GT75s ice ice baby and Scooped Poop. Why they don't sell these with 12m 25's?? I do not know??Anyways do not let some of these reviews steer you away play them today!! You will fall in love with the tone!! I know I did and I'm Sold!!!

Features a green plastic cap on the magnet. I like Celestion's speaker connections because you can daisy-chain them. Made in China, more on that later. It's hard to list features for soemthing you never touch after you install it.

Horrible. This is my first - and last Chinese speaker I will buy. I did not know this was made in China until I took it out of the box and unwrapped it and saw it on the label - and was shocked. It has a thin, weak, boomy sound. it sucks the life right out of my Deluxe reverb, poor thing. The stock Jensen speaker sounded better than this, and modern Jensen speakers are pure crap!
I put my Vintage 30 back in ASAP after using this once and puking. they sound nothing like the originals and sound horrible is a single-speaker cab. My G12H Heritage is a MUCH netter speaker than this, in fact all my EV's, JBL's, and Celestions sound much, much, better than this thin, brittle POS. It's already listed on ebay. I want it out of my house ASAP!

Never had a Celestion blow. I own about a dozen of em, but this is the first Chinese-made one. If I kept it, I would be very worried about it blowing, rated at 25 watts.

What was going through Celestions's head when they said "Let's ruin our reputation, and start making crap, and charge the same price, and confuse the hell out of people who don't know which ones are made in China? VERY bad move on Celestion's part. Used to be a good campany, now I have no respect for them, and regret buying this speaker. Yes, I am upset and not taking it too well! They will end up just like Jensen, no respect among musicians, just the bedroom players who don't care about tone.

I have been playing 8 years professionally, 40 in all. Forest Gump might say, "Jenny? I'm not a smot man, but I know what tone is." Buy a Made in England speaker and you will get a HUGE improvement in tone. I A/Bed this in identical amps with several English-made Celestions, identical settings using both humbuckers and single coils at the exact same amp settings for several hours and it made me vomit.

This is a review for a pair of G12M Heritage greenbacks rated at 20w each in a Marshall 1922 cabinet. Vintage style solder tags. 96db. The Heritage is quite pricey for essentially the same thing as the normal ones.

I use a Marshall JTM45 to run this 2x12 cabinet which is rated at 30w but peaks at about 43w which sounds like a perfect match to me as the combined power of these is 40w. The previous speakers I used were the G12H-30's which sounded great in their own way but I wanted something a little less sensitive so I could drive the JTM a little harder without killing anyone. With 96db vs 100db sensitivity, I got my wish. The drop in volume was immediately noticeable but so to was the ability to handle bass.

The first thing I noticed upon maxing out the volume was the mess that used to be a perfectly defined bass line. I had the false hope that a few hours of play would clean it up a little but it actually made it worse as the speaker opened up. The silky smooth lead tone the JTM emits when dimed had turned into an undefined mush of crap that could barely be called a tone. I was completely disappointed.

After about a week of contemplating sending them back (the lower volumes sounded great so it was still a hard choice) I decided to fiddle with my tone settings which is something I don't usually do as I thought I had it perfect and I had the same settings for 3 years. Perfect settings for the previous speakers that is..

As logical as it sounds, I simply dropped a 3rd of the bass out of the amp and unleashed a completely different tone. The silky smooth definition was back and the mud was gone. I couldn't believe my ears. I'm not sure why I hadn't thought of it earlier but I'm so glad I did. These are possibly the best sounding speakers for vintage non-master volume amps you can get.

Never had problems with celestions.

Never had to find out.

Simply put, these sound amaizing. Pure and true vintage tone and everything I was hoping for. They can handle blues through to ultra high gain but be warned though, they are NOT 100% versatile and will most definately not please the scooped mids metal players out there as they do not handle large amounts of bass very well.

If you're after a vintage tone, low wattage, low sensitivity speaker then this is porbably the best you can buy.

Celestion G12M Greenback. 25W, 75hz, 16 ohms. Current reissue greenback made in China. 96dB sensitivity won't rip your head off with 100W tube amps.

This speaker has a greenback type tone but its a more modern version. Greenbacks changed so much over the years, pre-Rola, creambacks & blackbacks. As with Marshall amps, these speakers became more agressive and edgy sounding in an effort to cut thu the mix. To get the speakers to hold up better with high volumes, cones, voice coil formers, etc. changed to handle more power. Also some heaver doping is used which makes the speaker somewhat stiff so some breakin time is a must to hear what these really sound like.

Can be a bit bright & has some emphasis in the upper mids. Holds up well with loud 100W high volume amps and gives the typical compression the greenback is known for. Not as articulate and 3D as the lower wattage Heritage G12M which excels in low volume applications but mushes/bottoms out at higher volumes.

This speaker gets a lot of knocks due to being made in China. But for the price if your looking for a good overall greenback type tone this isn't a bad choice.

Typical Celestion quality.

These speakers were used in two Germino 4x12 cabs with a Germino HR-100 PTP hand built 68 Plexi amp. A good overall greenback type speaker with a modern, bright, somewhat aggressive tone. Has an upper mid honk but matched with a good EL34 tube amp & good NOS preamp tubes like Mullards or Brimars you can tame some of the harshness. Still somewhat flat and 2D compared to other speakers.

Celestion Heritage G12M. 20W, 75hz, 15ohm. Supposed to be a recreation of the original 60's pre-Rola greenback. Used in two Germino 4x12 cabs with a Germino HR-100 PTP hand wired 68 100W Plexi.

These sound great at low volumes. Very warm, rich and articulate. However when pushed that get very mushy & flabby in the bottom. They break up badly.

Seem well made as other Celestions.

Great sounding speaker for low volume or in the studio greenback type tones. Brighter and a bit more aggressive than the original 60's pre-Rola versions. Break up & bottom out very badly at high volumes. At low volumes they are awesome.

12" G12M bought new. Features a plastic cover over the magnet.

Not the speaker for me at all. I removed a early 80's celsetion from my Hiwatt Lead 30 combo and installed a greenback. The sound was OK for what it was, but I lost the clarity that Hiwatts are known for. Woody is a good word to describe the tone. When whipped within an inch of its life it sounded better, not so much like a blanket had been wrapped around my amp. I might use this in a cab for a rhythm tone, or maybe in a multi-speaker situation using only one greenback with something else to 'fill-in' the high end. This speaker might be good for a harp or other blues type music, but not for brit style tone at all.

Having only run this speaker for a total of 5 hrs. its hard to say. Most speakers, when properly chosen for the amp., and not totally abused should last for a good long time.

Never tried

Been playing off and on since 1988. 1987 Squire/Fender M.I.J. strat w/ Burns Tri-Sonic ceramic pups. Hiwatt Lead 30 4xEL84 (Ive since replaced Greenback with Tone Tubby Ceramic). Extension cab 1x15 Jensen c15 60's era. Roger Mayer Voodoo-1 for lead boost. I also tried the Greenback with a Newcomb 2x6L6 amp head (orig 1959 rca cokebottles). This amp has no active pre section so its a single knob affair, Speaker was just OK as I did not expect as much from this as the Hiwatt. I had the opportunity to A/B Celestion (ld 30, blue, gold, g12) Weber, Tone Tubby, I chose the tone tubby ceramic as it was almost as sweet sounding as the Weber but $80 cheaper. The showroom did not even offer the greenback which should tell ya somethin'.

speaker rock 12 inch

Nice warm chunky rythm Solid no bad stuff. Use a good valve amp and an authentic guitar.

a1... use em for rockin and they will be good to you

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A great rock speaker It makes my 97 ac30 sound more "marshally"

25 watt 16 ohm speaker.

I like the style of Satriani, Johnson, Malmsteen, Van Halen, Trower, etc. I've been using Vintage 30 speakers for about 11 years and have no complaints with them. I was looking for a different sound and have read good reviews about the Greenback. I bought some and was impressed. I'm playing an Ibanez with Duncan '59 pickups into a TS9-808 stomp box (Analog Man) into a Triaxis and then into a VHT Two/Fifty/Two. My cabinet is a Marshall with (for now) two Vintage 30s and two Greenbacks. It is wired in stereo so I can perform a side-by-side comparison of the speakers. The two types of speaker have different sounds of their own. I like both, but the Greenbacks seem to be more 'open' sounding. They have that characteristic sound that I can only describe as Van Halen's in So This Is Love. The Greenbacks are a little more on the bright side than the V30's, so I just rolled the presence back a little. Very tight sounding speakers. I think I'll keep them.

I would recommend checking them out.

this also serves as a double review for Greenback G12m and Vintage 30 (70 Watts)..my rig includes: Schecter Blackjack loaded with Seymour Duncan JB (bridge) '59 (neck)... Hughes & Kettner Duotone Head..Hughes & Kettner 4x12 cab....for Celestion features check out www.britishtone.com and they'll tell ya most of the features u need to know...

so here's my scoop: I have a Hughes & Kettner CC 4x12 cabinet that came loaded with Greenbacks..the G12M's have great tone to begin with but i hear a lot of guys with the same & i was looking for my own tone... after doing some researching and reading reviews here on harmony central (of which i'd like to thank all of you for your insights) i decided to do some experimenting of my own.....my Hughes & Kettner cab is the version with the top half slanted so what i decided to do was to add Vintage 30's to the top row while leaving with Greenback's on the lower section... the result: UN-F'ING-BELIEVABLE!! i have gone through so much gear from fenders..marshall's to mesas.line 6...soldanos.even diezel's..u name it and the secret to discovering the tone i was searching for was all in the speakeer choices in my cabinet..the coupling of these spakers turned my duotone head into a BEAST.. there is undeniable magic when u couple the G12M's with Vintage 30's..using my drrty distorted tone, the G12M's completely unmask themselves and give u the perfect match of bass balance while aggressively breaking low mids at each chord strike..the Vintage 30's add pristine clarity to the mix within the highs & high mid section..when tapping into my clean section, the airy tone cannot be described in words..do it yourself and there will be a feeling inside u like no other.....the result for me is finally a tone that is complete!! HOWEVER: be sure that when u are matching speakers in the same cab that both of their ohm ratings are the same of which in my case all speakers are rated at 16 ohms if u start to mix ohm ratings in the same cabinet u will damage the speakers and your head as well...

i can defintiely depend on this rig and have already started to build the sam configuration out of my spare cabinet...I'm not worried Celestions are the best in the bizzz....

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i've been playing for about 15 years and finally have found the tone that has been in my head thanks to Celestion..if i were lost or stolen..i have started to build my 2nd cab..so i wouldnt sweat......
thanks again to the Harmony Central community without u guys who post on here..i would have been in the dark and my rig would not be the same