Celestion Seventy 80

I got these in my Fender band master cab and they're really plain. Not a bad plain though. Its really just got no personality but its actually kind of a nice thing if you just want a very neutral tone. Theres really no mids with these speakers but you can get alot of bass or alot of highs.

I'm going to replace the speakers in my band master cab for certain but these are really good speakers in their own way. They don't have a huge amount of personality but that's why they're nice. If you want something more characteristic or to copy the tone of a guitar hero these are not good speakers. If you want something that's very neutral and don't color the sound of your amp really you might like these. I'm sure there are better choices for clearness and neutralness but for being stock for alot of amps these aren't bad.

came with my Kustom Quad 65

12" 80watt ceramic magnet

play rock, blues, jazz, and whatever my band members feel like on the day..
Really did not dig the sound for any style - harsh upper mids, flabby bass. Sounds best with distortion where the strong mids from this speaker help things along.

Sounds best in a closed back cabinet - balances things out.

I expect it would be pretty reliable...these speakers come OEM with lots of amps and haven't heard of any problems.

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Playing 24 years...used lots of different gear.
I replaced this speaker with a Lorantz P75 which was miles better. I think an Eminence Legend series speaker would be a better investment.

When I first started playing live again I purchased a clearance Crate cab to play my 1992 Peavey 5150 through. It had a low end Celestion i had never heard of but i figured for the price couldnt beat it and i need a 4x12 cab with a quickness. Went down to the practice space and plugged it in and that cheap cab with seventy 80's at 16 ohm's blew my head off. I was really impressed. I still am almost 3 years later. I bought a Madison 4x12 with seventy 80's I liked them so much.

I play Punk ala Bad Religon, NOFX, etc. We're a 3 piece so my guitar really needs to cut through. I will say these speakers can get muddy if too over driven. But that can be said for any amp. I dialed in that 5150 along time ago and i only play with the gain on 3. These speakers even though there the lower end have authority and crunch and just balls out presence i've never heard in any other speaker. That being said I did buy an Engater 2x12 with Elite 80's speakers to help my leads cut through, so i play the seventy 80's in a 4x12, and then Elite 80's in a 2x12 and that's the tone i was chasing for ever.

3 years and still running

10, my favorite sounding speaker for Punk, Rock, or Metal with any amp.

mine is the eight-ohm model, g12p-80 also written on it.The speakers on my spider 2 212 line6 are also g12p-80, and sound the same.
Four holes to fix it, so beware (much Fender amps come with eight speaker posts, so the deluxe reverb).
Basic thing, if you ask me, and expensive for what it is

This is a flat and muddy sounding speaker, compared to eminence gb12 the g12p-80 is garbage.
No details, the effects sounds far and weak (with same amp/box/settings/guitar a Peavey Sheffield is so clear and true one have to believe it), and farty bass.
I think this is a 30 watts speaker, since it sounds so worse after this limit.
BUT, if you own a brittle amp (trannie, or Marshall or both, like the mg series) the g12p-80 has its advantages here. It smoothes the tone, while delivering some warmth and bass, and the flat midrange is ok to hide the amps weakness.

I wouldn't push it too far, celestions are known to be a bit fragile.

Well, made in china but not written on the sticker is not honest, and the pricetag is no lower.
I wouldn't trust this company.

Peavey Sheffield, Eminence legend 121-legend gb12, Randall jaguar 50, Bugera 70, all those speakers sounds way better than the seventy/eighty aka g12p-80. And in every sound department, it is.
But if you can have one for way cheap, it may serve you for a trebley amp or special project (to upgrade any small economic small combo, such as kustom gauge12 etc).
The only suitable application I found is in a closed 212 box, in tandem with a g12t-75 (which is all the opposite, quite logically). This is a good match, but I wouldn't buy those two at full price, there are so better and cheaper speakers out there

8 OHM.

This speaker sits in a Rivera Pubster (EL-34 tubes, 1X12 open back cab). I also use Eminence speakers in some jazz amps that I own which I really like. This speaker is really incredible. If you manage the mids on your amp, you'll love this unit for its versatility. For cleans, it is very balanced with a ton of punchy warmth, and defined but sweet highs. For distortion (in my case overdrive), it really sings out clearly. For the ultimate test, I played an outdoor event where I had to play the last set without benefit of the PA. For the last few rocking tunes I dimed the gain and volume on the amp and this speaker handled it without losing note definition - especially in the bass frequencies. And volume? You almost couldn't tell the PA wasn't there. Regarding mids - if you crank mids on your amp, this speaker can get a touch harsh. But I think that about any amp or speaker. Try relaxing the mids a bit and you'll love the tones.

If youlike warmth and definition, you'll love this speaker.

16-Ohm model, stamp says made in England. How much of a feature set can a speaker have?

Let me qualify all my negative commentary by saying that I've never played the 8-Ohm model. This is all based on two identical speakers in a Randall 2x12 closed-back combo.

Now on to the description. The distorted sounds are okay, but expect more of a searing, rip-your-face-off type of distortion. On clean and distorted sounds both, there is no mid-range warmth. I tried every setting I could to avoid the shocking, high-end, clean poppy sound, but to no avail. If you turn down the highs, they go away. If you turn them up, they pop out horribly. There's no sparkle. There's no crispness, just a harsh popping sound or nothing at all. Not even a good chorus pedal (Boss CE-5 in this case) could make it go away. If you strike the strings hard, you get that ugly high-end pop. If you strike them softly, you don't hear the sound. The only solution was to replace the speakers. The amp is not the problem.

On the bottom end, I didn't have much of a problem. You won't get a classic rock growl or rumble, but it is tight and punchy. Not bad overall. As you turn up the gain, it starts to sound better. The speaker is good for heavier stuff, in my opinion (although other reviewers might disagree with me).

Don't expect to get vintage tone out of this bad boy. It's not built for it. If your amp overdoes the mids, or if you just like tight, punchy, overdriven bassier type tone, then go for it. The value may just be worth it to you. I didn't like the tone, so I didn't shop for its competitors.

It consistently sounded the same, and I never blew it out. I suppose it's reliable, but I never really pushed it to its design limits, either.

Never dealt with them.

The rig is set up with a Gibson Les Paul with a noise suppressor through the effects loop of a Randall RG100G3. On the clean side, every once in a while I turn on a Boss SD-1 overdrive pedal in front of the amp, but very rarely.

When overdriven, the speaker sounds decent. I recently replaced both of them with Eminence Governors, and all the sound I was after magically appeared. The growl at the low end showed up, the mid-range showed some life, the high-end showed some sparkle, and the harshness was gone.

I'm not necessarily endorsing the Governor (or Vintage 30) for everyone, but I don't want people to buy the Seventy 80 expecting something they won't get.

Good luck. Personally, I'm nearing the end of my tone quest. I've been playing for nearly ten years. Maybe now I can start to sound like it.

Here's the thing. this speaker will be mighty fine when played at low room volumes. HOWEVER once you turn it up or add a lot of bass this thing just cant handle it. When I mean cant handle it I mean it sounds like someone in pain who's not allowed to move their lips. WHEN YOU PALM MUTE A NOTE IT WILL MAKE A VIOLENTLY ANGRY HUMMING NOISE. And that is really my only quarrel with it. even though its muddy, and sharp at the same time I wouldn't care as long as it could handle the amp it was built into. It gets a well deserved 3 as it honestly isn't very good. Clean channel will be pretty all right, but turn on the overdrive and you'll want to bloody torch the thing. AVOID THIS SPEAKER. I'm looking to get a vintage 30 as I hear good things about them at least.

YOU CAN RELY ON THIS TO SOUND LIKE SH1T

I own a Ibanez rg1570 and a electro-harmonix metal muff.
I would never in my life EVER spend money on one of these.
I hate the lack of bass capability.
I wish it was good.
Do yourself a favour and AVOID IT.

Its a speaker. It does what it is supose to do. speak.

Ok two of these were standard in a yorkville cabinet 8 ohms each. The guy who owned it before me seperated the speakers for two amps in one cab. I returned it to the original setting with the two speakers running at 4 ohms. I run it with a modded 66 bassman head. One Channel is fender sounding the other marshall. I join the two with a stereo volume pedal. I play the blues psycodelic, indy, rock stuff. I tried a vintage 30 and a jensen mod and went back to the 70/80. This cab has a vintage grill cloth ovr the metal front and looks very similar to a bassman cab from the 60 s. I even put in a locking thumb recepticle in to hold the head and tilt back legs. Its closed back and works great. Nice grind and bubbly lows not to trebley bitting highs. you can eq any of the levels and get a good responce. I run a tube screamer, a direct drive ss, q535 wah, two delays one long one short, and a roger mayer voodoo vibe into the stero volume pedal to amp. Good enough.

Yes you can depend on it as long as the leads don't break off and you dont run more then 160 watts rms 320 peak. I run approximately 50.

If it blows I'll do what everyone else does. Buy a new one. Or maybe a differnt one. Yes I would like to try a tubby tone or the 50 watt alnico blue but I don't want to spend 500 dollars for something that will be marginally better. My tone is okay as it is. Warranty is gone.

Ive been playing 43 years next month. I have tried it all and have had it all at one time or another. In this cab it works well for what I do. Compared to a v 30 it is a little quieter and less mid rangey, but I think the vintage 30 is a little to loud anyway. I don't need that much volume. I can get all I need with these speakers. I play in joints mostly 150-200 people tops. If I play bigger joints it works fine.

Made in China
80 watts RMS

I have 4 of these in a 1960 style cab.This is more versatile than I first thought, I have used it with my Marshall 50 watt head and with my Carvin Quad-X/T-100 rig and it sounds TOTALLY different with each, The low end with the Carvin is KILLER!!
I used some polyfil in the cab to increase the lowend and it made a BIG difference but you have to be careful with the EQ because the mids will take your head off. These speakers allow me to get loud and clean as well as rip on high gain settings. I use a USA HSS Strat and a Carvin DC127 with a m22sd in the bridge.

80 watt celestions should be very tough!! I just use the one 4x12 cab when gigging......but I bring an extra head.

I have had good experiences with Celestion

I have been playing since 1984. I play a lot of "Classic Metal"

12 inch paper edge speaker, 80 Watts RMS 16 Ohm, made in China.

I heard these speakers in 8 Ohm version fitted in a Randall 2x12 SS combo. I just loved the sound, then I took them out and played them in a closed 4x12 cab alongside the standard T-75'2 with my Marshall valve head. In a way they sounded even better! I bought 4 of them in 16 Ohm version and then things went wrong. The 16 Ohm has quite a different sound compared to the 8 Ohm especially noticable when played with lots of gain: 8 Ohm has much fuller sound, 16 Ohm way to much harsh sounding trebles. At first I couldn't believe the difference, but.. at Celestion they told me that for the introduction of the 16 Ohm version they deceided to use another cone type, so beware.
For clean playing the high's are OK, but not for distorted sounds in my opinion. Could be they mellow out after a while when played loud.

Build quality is like the standard British-made Celestions, so seems strong enough.

Got an answer when I sent an e-mail bout the sound difference, but they didn't answer all of my questions. Besides that I think it's not ok to use two different cone types within one speakertype-range without mentioning it anywhere (both catalogue & internet site).

I wouldn't recommend the 16 Ohm version for metal players looking for a dark sound, allthough this is personal of course. Lots of highs. Clean sound is OK. Value for money is good. Build quality is as good as the British Celestions.

80 Watt, 31 ounce magnet. Made in China. These speakers need to have every other mounting pillar removed from Fender amps as genuine 70's vintage Fender speakers have twice as many mounting holes.

I bought these to replace tired old Jensens in my Quad reverb. 16 ohms each at a total load of 4 ohms. What I like about the big Fender tube amps is the clean sound. I wanted to keep that and promote it. The 70/80's do that in spades.

If I want crunch, or any other EQ sound, I get that from pedals, I don't play as loud as a 100watt Marshall stack so I go for clean, and
reliable.

What I don't understand is why they're so inexpensive... $150 or so to completely replace 30 year old speakers is pretty good. I guess that if they were made in England, they'd be a lot more.

No Concern with Celestions that are properly rated for the amp you use.

No need, probably ever.. well until the cones shred from age :-)

I rate them an excellent buy if you need to keep your sound clear and clean. You certainly can't beat the price, but you CAN buy more expensive Celestions, what you gain in an amp like mine I don't know... but I don't need to know that, I'm completely satisfied with my sounds.

My one fault with Celestions in general is that they have too many speakers to choose from. In the 60 to 80 watt (each) category, they have six or more models with very similar freq response curves. Selecting one can be daunting. IMO, at the price of a set of 70/80's
you can't go wrong, unless you want to be on the hairy edge of cone meltdown and drive the lower wattage speakers real hard.

But if you want clean... these do it in spades.

I don't think it has any features, you just bolt it in and go with what it puts out.

The higher end Celestions are better, but I have heard far worse. This would be a good upgrade for cheaper amps like an old Peavey you got at a yard sale and don't want to dump a lot of money into. It does classic rock or blues tones very well. Not really clean enough to be a really good country speaker, but passable there also. It might tame a rough sounding solid state amp a bit as it is balanced a bit on the warm side of neutral. A bit less efficient than the high end Celestion speakers. That would be a good thing for a practice amp.

Depends on how hard you drive it. I think it's rated at 60 watts, but I wouldn't try any more than 50 watts.

It was a pullout from a tube amp that got an upgrade to a premium Celestion speaker. This would be a great speaker for an old solid state Peavey or Crate amp that needs some taming in the harshness department and you don't need ear bleeding volume. Cheapskates should be on the lookout for these speakers when they don't want to drop $100 or more for a high end Celestion speaker. This speaker went into an old Peavey 1x12 solid state combo amp, and improved the sound noticeably by warming it up and taking out some of the solid state hash. This is a fantastic value at the low price and should be reliable in the long run. I hear that Avatar speakers has this and other Celestions at great prices. The G12H80 or G12H30 is even better if you can afford it, but they might let solid state hash come through more as they are more extended in the highs.

Mine is a 70/80 that I bought from Avatar speakers a couple of months ago (Oct. 04).
12", 8 ohm, 30 oz magnet. It's all on the celestion website.

I am using a Les Paul (epiphone with Seymore duncans) a USA fender telecaster and an old ibanez shredder with DiMarzios.

The speaker has a decent overall sound. It gets enough bass (I built a big open back cabinet for it and it really resonates) and has pretty solid highs. However, it has very little presence when compared to my friend's lead 80. In a head to head competition, the lead 80 sounds much more present and forward. I was pretty surprised because I thought my 70/80 sounded pretty good, but it was very distant sounding and not as articulate as the lead.

Recently I added on of the Vox celestion bulldog speakers (also from Avatar ($39)) and it has really brought the sound forward. The 70/80 is great for low/midbass and bass sound. It is also respectable for highs, but it is not articulate at all compared to the lead and vox speakers.

sure

Avatar speakers seem like a good company. They ship professionally and have answered my questions.

overall, it will do the job, but it's probably best to pair it with something that has a little more forward presence and stronger mids.

Does everything well except very heavy bass styles.

I replaced mine with a G12H80 Celestion, and it suits me better. However, the Seventy 80 is still a nice speaker and is very smooth in character with great mids and highs. Would probably work better in a closed cab lik ea Randall. My Traynor YCV40 has an open back and doesn't work well with a speaker like this for generating really deep bass. The lighter magnet and shorter voice coil of the Seventy 80 makes it more midrange oriented. It has a nice upper chime, so it might suit Rickenbacker players. Really good for a midline speaker.

The 80 watt rating guarantees dependability in any combo of 50 watts or less. Remember, most tube amps put out well in excess of their power rating when heavily distorted.

This came in my Traynor YCV40, and that amp is a great value so I expect this speaker gives good value for the money or it wouldn't be in that amp. However, several Celestion speakers would be considerable upgrades depending on your style. Go to the Watford Valves website as they have a good review of all modern Celestion speakers they sell. As long as deep, tight bass is not your trip, no real need to upgrade in my opinion.........but I like to shake the floor.

Newer addition to the Celestion line I think made somewhere other than England to keep cost down.80 watts either 8 or 16 ohm with 30 oz magnet comes stock in new Traynor and Randall amps.Half the price of a Vintage 30 with Classic tone.

This is just a great all around speaker that does everything but heavy bass tones well.It is a little bright with solid bass,great mids and the best highs of the many Celestions I have used.I replaced a V30 in my Fender Deluxe with this because of the pretty highs and chime this speaker has.Sounds like my Jensen C12n only with better upper mids and overdrives much smoother which seems to be the hallmark of all Celestions.98 db sens so plenty loud,I think as loud as the Jensen or more with great mids too.

Never,I repeat never blown a Celestion especially one with an 80 watt rating.

I get fast emails from Dr Decible at Celestion.

This is a great speaker that does distortion and highs as good as I have heard.Not for Heavy,Heavy Recto bass though,More of a Classic Rock tone.A bargain at the price!