Celestion Vintage 30

It's a speaker, so it's round. The cone is seamless, very light and soft, with minimum doping. Frame is cheap but certainly adequate for its purpose. The one I auditioned was a broken-in 8 ohm variant.

I have heard all about the "legendary, quintessential" sound of the V 30 for years, Once upon a time I bought the Eminence V30 and placed it into a 30 watt, EL 84 equipped Peavey Bravo. It was decent sounding so when I had the opportunity to audition the "real-deal" Celestion Vintage 30-made in England, NOT China-I was anxious to see what all the buzz sounded like. Boy oh boy, was I disappointed!
I had this in a Blues Junior and a Blues Deluxe RI for a trial run. I thought it broke up way too early and sounded flubby and dull, overall. It wasn't anything like the Eminence V 30 I had. I attribute the early breakup and flubbiness to the soft cone. Whatever the supposed mojo is with these-I didn't feel it. Maybe it's a poor choice for the open backed cab. I have a good friend who has a full stack JCM 800 Marshall with 8 of these in his two cabs. According to him, these kill. He worships them. He plays hard rock and metal, using hot rodded guitars with high gain pickups, running through pro modded JMP-1 gear into the Marshall. He loves what he gets from his Vintage 30 speakers and wouldn't ever consider using any other speaker-PERIOD!
So...I guess if you play clean-to-slightly gritty styles you might not like this speaker. i use Eminence Patriots and Red Coats in my amps and I love their sound-clear as a bell and also excellent for overdrive-using pedals. I can't honestly offer one single complimentary comment on the Celestion Vintage 30...but I realize that it's probably all a matter of taste and style because so many people LOVE this speaker.
I won't skew the numbers here by giving it a "2" rating officially...but that's how I would rate it...a 2.

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Too much cone travel (too loose) and the cone is too soft for my tastes. If you are looking for early breakup, then these are for you. I'm looking to hear every bit of my guitar as cleanly and clearly as I can so these didn't impress me at all. Just my opinion, based on my preferences. For me the Eminence line does the trick.
Hope this is helpful to those who approach tone differently than most heavy rockers do...there are better choices for clean sounding speakers, if that's your fancy.

i just got a v 30 today and i put it in my hybrid marshall and it was the most amazing sound i have ever heard out of that amp, it gives me such a clear tone wen playing very loud. i dnt know wat celestion did to that speaker but they did it very right

They're 12" guitar speakers... Original "Ipswitch, England" models.

Here's where I have something to say... Replaced a pair of G75t's in my 64 "Bassman" cab. with these Vintage 30's and WOW am I a happy camper! Was looking for loud n' clear and the 75's were loud but that's where it ended. I play "bluesy" Classic-rock, Blues and Funk and the 75's were just too "scoopy" w/no mids. Two major first impressions of the 30's: accidentally bumped my low E-string when I first flipped the "stand-by" on my amp and my son and I both looked at each other and said,"HOLY S@#T!!!!" I'm talkin' a good 20% volume increase over the 75's! I think it's because ALL of the frequencies are represented here. Ton's of bass, mids and high-end!!!

Have only started to use Celestion products in the last year but I have'nt seen anything bad yet. Even though I did'nt like the sound of the 75's, they were "butt-kickin'" and built like a tank... Same for the 30's.

Have'nt used yet...

These 30's were a great value to me as I got them off of "craigslist" for 125.00 (pair). I've been playin' for 45 years and had a bunch of amps and most of the time just left whatever speaker came in the amp in it, unless it blew out. This is the first time I've gone through several pairs trying to find "just" the sound I wanted. It's a little pain in the butt but I have to admitt it's been kinda' fun and rewarding now that I've found a set that I really like.

First off, speakers are a matter of prefernce and the overall result depends heavily on many variables, e.g. amp, guitar, effects, room, personal taste. So, anything I say here is my own personal taste. I will tell you that I am a strat user who plays through Marshall JCM 800s and 900s. My style is blues based rock that ventures into the grunge/noise/feedback territory. I like a warm pretty heavily overdriven sound but I prefer the attack clarity of ceramic magents over AlNiCo. I absolutely love the way the Vintage 30s sound in my Marshalls.

If you buy a brand new V30 and stick it into your amp and think that it is going to be warm and creamy, guess again!!! As with any speaker, you have to put the time and effort into aging your speakers before they "loosen up". I have a pair of V30s that I put into my 4104 around 1988, I believe. They were an improvement over the stock speakers at the time and today (20 years later) they are warm, creamy, very fullbodied, yet retain clarity of individual notes to allow me to play complex chords at high, overdriven levels. I recently replaced the stock speakers in a 2502 I acquired a year ago and they were definetly harsh with a very prominent mid/upper-midrange when installed. With a year of rehersals and gigs on them, they have really started to loosen up and get warmer. I was concerned because I have heard some bad things about the new V30s, but overall, they are pretty good.

I have never had an issue with my V30s.

I have never had to use customer support.

Again, its all a matter of personal taste. I have some different amps with mixes of Celestions, Webers, and Jensens...AlNiCos and ceramics. I love the way my V30s sound with my Marshalls. They age very well and become warmer, losing their harsh characteristics as they age. If you are buying a new V30, be patient. Play them often and play them loud and they will only get better.

I have it in a Class A tube combo

This category deserves two ratings 1 rating for the speaker without a Diffuser and a second rating other with a diffuser. You can buy a diffuser blocker for around $17 on eBay or directly from Weber for those of you who do not know.

Without the diffuser, this speakers sucks big time and can make you angry at high volumes due to the ICE PICK shooting into your ear. Seriously, it completely sucks when turned up. The highs and mids become so pronounced that you can not stand to play it. You want to throw your amp out the window.

However, if you buy a diffuser or if you simply put an empty guitar case, etc in-front of the speaker, IT Kicks ***.

With something blocking the piercing highs, the distortion sounds rich, articulate, fuzzy and ballsy all at once - lots of overtones - the distortion sound that sounds like it comes from a speaker - not a processor. The cleans are tight and shimmering.

I don't know why Celestion does not ship these with a pre-installed blocker or maybe have a vintag 30(a) with cut mids. So, if you have one of these speakers and think it is your amp that sucks spend the $17 bucks and you will be amazed.

Because iot requires outside help to achieve a great sound I give it an 8

great

Ahh, I have never played through a speaker that has more of a love/hate relationship with musicians than the Vintage 30. For me, it was a middle of the road experience. It features 100db sensitivity, 60 watts, and enough upper mids to kill your grandmother.

Im not sure I would call this speaker versatile. It has that good british tone, and is great if you love mids in your face. If not, this may not be for you.

I use both Fenders and Gibsons through a Mesa DC-5 head, and gave this speaker a try in conjunction with a Budda Phat 12" in a 2x12 cab. The Budda sounded smoother and a bit warmer, while the vintage 30 was definitely more "in your face". The mids are pretty harsh when using a distorted tone and cannot be EQ'd out well. Attempting to EQ mids out of the Vintage 30, left it sounding somewhat dull and unnatural. It truly craves its originally intended form, which are highs and mids.

A couple good things I can say about it are that it has a punchy, tight low end and is great for clean tone. I was highly impressed by its ability to create a killer slightly distorted/clean tone for bluesy or classic type stuff. Its unfortunate that it didn't fit the bill for much else imo.

Solid = Celestion

Overall I would only recommend this speaker to those using it in conjunction with another scooped speaker, with a lot of low end. If you get 2 Vintage 30's in a 2x12 cabinet, be prepared to hurt your ears. That is, unless you love upper mids and a somewhat raunchy tone.

Ultimately I decided it sounded to similar to the Budda Phat 12" (which actually sounded better to me), so I ditched it for a Hellatone 60L, which is actually a modified Vintage 30 (Marshall Mode 4 speaker) with a 55hz cone for better lows and smoother midrange. The cab sounds fantastic all the way around now!

Celestion V30 60W 16 ohm. Used in two 4x12 Bogner cabs. I'm rating this low because I feel this speaker is very limited to certain types of music & is also very harsh & peaky.

A very modern, edgey, "in your face" type tone. Best suited for modern hi gain tones. Very loud at 100dB sensitivity. There is an upper mid peak that I find very irritating & fatiguing after a while.

Very reliable. At a 60W rating these are durable speakers.

No opinion.

I think these are best suited for very modern aggressive type tones, detuned dropped D stuff, etc. I find each note just jumps out and doesn't really follow picking dynamics very well. I also find them very fatiguing to listen to after a while.

Speakers are a critical part of the sound chain. These are way to limited in sound and fatiguing for me.

Celestion Vintage 30 8ohm

I own a VisualSound Workhorse Stallion 2x12 60watt all tube botique combo.
The thing is Beautiful!
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It came with Celestion Seventy80's in it. Though they sounded nice and warm, I wanted something that had really beautiful tone and projection. I researched and went with the V30's.
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WOW!....Now in it's second month of being in the amp it has really settled in. Clean and dirty, this speaker is a tone monster. Beautiful highs and tight bottom and the mids just cut right through.
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Celestions......Come on!

Never used it!

These are upgrades to any speaker out there for the guitar. They do take a little while to really loosen them up(me, about a solid month of 4-5 hours a day playing). But when they lose that initial stiffness they sweeten out perfectly. Worth the wait for sure!

See others!

A real Vintage 30 (older, or even some of the newer Chinese) takes a while to break in, so reviews on new speakers are misleading. Also, I purchased three of the newer Chinese V30's on Craigslist, and they are pretty bad. I think they are knock offs, because they don't sound anything at all like the older models, or the newer models that friends have bought through legitimate sources. SO, BEWARE, there are apparentl knockoffs (or factory rejects, or maybe some shenanigans going on in Chinese factories), so unless the reviews are of speakers from reliable sources, they may be misleading

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AGAIN, a real Vintage 30 (older, or even some of the newer Chinese purchased through reliable outlets) take a while to break in, so reviews on new speakers are misleading, and this should be stqated. Also, there are apparently knockoffs (or factory rejects or some shenanigans in Chinese factories) for the newer Chinese speakers, SO, BEWARE! Unless purchased from reliable sources, they may not even be real Vintage 30's, so this should also be specified in the review. Thanks! M

this speaker was designed to emulate the celestion blue,but with higher power handling,quite a bit heavier than the eminence supplied with fender hot rod amps,but is a straight swop for the eminence insofar as the holes all line up, they don't on the celestion 70/80!!

swopped V30 into blues junior,and was amazed at how bad it sounded and promptly changed it back.
several months later I was still annoyed at having wasted money on a speaker that was supposed to be fantastic,and decided to put it back in so I could at least get some use out of it for a while,and then use it as a plant holder.
It still sounded dead and muffled and undynamic,but I could not be asked to take the amp apart yet again,so I thought I would just live with it.
Then weeks!! later, a transformation! it sounded totally different,
clear ringing highs, a sweet touch sensitive mids, it now sounded truly amazing.
The moral is, this speaker takes a long long time to break in,and patience is required to find out what an incredible speaker this is.

its a celestion

dr decibel is the man

I have been playing 25 years and I will never be famous,I use my ash tele and a parker pm for humbucking duties,I also use rolands gr20 for backings, violins,and bass lines etc.

Um, it's a speaker.

I've been reading the reviews for this speaker and feel that it is necessary to say that THESE SPEAKERS TAKE SOME TIME TO WEAR IN. When they are new, they can sound very honky and midrangy. But after they wear in the mids mello out a lot, resulting in a nice open sounding speaker.

12' Vintage 30, new. Made in China.

Look no further for that "Marshall" crunch. I placed this into a 2 by 12 cab alongside an older Eminence. My main guitar is an Epiphine SG with 57 Classic pup neck and Seymour Duncan JB bridge pup. The Vintage 30 made an unbelievable difference. Just beautiful sounding, epecially when cranked.

Had it for 3 days. So far, so good!

Not Required

If Townsend, Page or Clapton are your mentors, this is your baby.

8ohms Vintage 30

Im using this speaker with a Splawn Competition, which i've previously used Eminence Governors and Eminence Private Jacks with the Governors are slightly warmer than the vintage 30's but in doing so lose all the sweetness of the high mids and clarity of the bottom end.

The Vintage 30's for me have a very clear high end and are quite beamy and directional, i've used weber beam blockers on my 2x12 L ported cab to help with this. overall I think these are my favourite speakers I've used these speakers before with an ENGL screamer 50 with great sucess.

If your after a great mid range, searing solo voice then this is the goto speaker.. as used by Vai, Slash, George Lynch, Satriani, Petrucci, Greg Howe and the list goes on.. you know the sound and love the sound of this speaker.. but as with all speakers it depends on your guitar, amp and pickups. so i encourage you to try everything you can to find the tone you want.

Vintage 30 (8)ohm speaker
Made in China

I currently have 2 Genz Benz GFLEX 212's which I like but they were lacking something. I have a B-52 412 which I actually enjoyed more even though the speakers were "generic". I took a gamble and swapped out the speakers in 1 cab for the V30's and I'm pleasantly surprised. It seems that what I was missing was mids. I guess I get a flatter sound now, the EQ seems more responsive. The speakers also sound very clear and articulate. I play mostly Metal and I think they are a good match. I may get 2 more or mix them with the 12T-75 or classic lead.

I guess I'd give it an 8. I'm very happy but not like I found the holy grail. Definately worth the $110. I did have a pair of Eminence Texas Heats in there for a while but the results were average at best.

60 W power handling / 16 Ohms, Ceramic magnet

I had two of these stock in a 2 x 12" open-back combo (Ashdown Peacemaker 60). Hard to describe, really. I loved the clarity, but hated the punchy & frankly harsh mid-spike that many other reviewers have referred to (this is even more pronounced in an open-back). I got 2 G12H30s with the intention of replacing both speakers, but feeling experimental decided to replace just one of them & see what happened. Best of both worlds. The G12H30 brings out the low end, warming up the overall sound and subduing the harsh mids, while the remaining Vintage 30 ensures that the pristine hi-fi clarity is still there. The result is a very widescreen sound covering the whole frequency spectrum. Just the right blend of vintage & modern. For me anyway. Oh yeah, I play rock.
However, two Vintage 30s in an open-back 2 x 12 is something I can't quite recommend. I've heard they're good in closed-backs though.

Solid as. Mine were made in the UK if that changes anything...

Dr Decibel has always promptly answered my queries & that's about all I'd expect

I'm using 2 amps - Ashdown Peacemaker 40watt valve combo which has a V30 as standard, and a Fender Blues Junior Valve combo which until recently had a stock Fender/Emminence driver. Strats and Toronado are used to drive the things.

All I can say here is that the V30 has saved my 10 month old Blues Junior from a premature sale. As much as I wanted to like the Fender, having bought into it's concept, I couldn't escape the fact that it was a harsh thick mess with anything over the smallest amount of output power.

In desperation I decided to try a driver transplant and acquired a brand new Celestion Vintage 30. The decision was based on the splendid sound of my Ashdown tube amp , which had a V30 as standard, and some of the reviews here and elsewhere on the 'net. I pulled out the crappy stock Fender/Emminence speaker and popped in the Celestion. Result? Amp completely transformed..

Either clean or with the modest amount of gain offered by the Junior full on, the sound was a revelation. Creamy & warm certainly, but most importantly, superb clarity even run flat out.

God bless Celestion is all I can say..

Celestion? Expect high level of reliability no danger.

never dealt with the Company

Been playing electric seriously for 2 years, but played classical guitar for over 35 years prior to that.

I'd buy the speaker again tomorrow if I had to.

I have a late 70's Fender vibrolx reverb amp which has been modified to put out 8 ohms and I have had custom made, a new cabinet made of pine which houses one 12" celestion Vin tage 30 speaker.
I was looking for the perfect speaker to handle a wide range of styles and tones. I always enjoyed the tone of this amp with most speakers such as: Kendrick 12" Black, Celestion Greenback, Eminence Texas heat, Mesa/Boogie celestion and even an old Jensen ceramic 12" C12N (Great for clean only). None of these gave me the all around great clean and great distortion tones that Vintage 30's provide.

Using this speaker in the above mentioned amp makes a great match with Fender Stratocasters, Es 335 with bustbuckers, and Lollar equiped Ibanez Jazz box. I love the sensitivity and dynamic feel and sound of this speaker. It's great for Jazz, rock, blues and even country. It nails classic rock tones distorted and clean. It breaks up just right at about 5 on the amp's volume to give me singing sustain.

This speaker has been with me for about 10 years. I bought 2 at Guitar center, both speakers have been used extensively at all kinds of venues, indoors and outdoor shows, never blowing or showing signs of any problem. This one was in my garage for about 2 years in Florida and has even been rained on at a gig. I took it home and blow dries it that night and it works great.

With a product this good, you might only need a waranty if you abuse it. I never needed to call the company.

I celebrated 40 years of guitar playing this year. I'm 47 and still love it! The Vintage 30 sounds like no other speaker. All celestions have their sound. I also like the Greenback, but it can only take 25 watts and My amp puts out 40 watts. The vintage 30 handles 60 watts and I'm sure even more, but I woudn't go higher. Amplifiers like guitars are all different, and some old purists don't like this speaker. I like to use current speakers for reliability. The old stuff was made using animal glue and naturally will fail sooner than a newer speaker. I love the old recordings but even the same gear today, will not sound exactly the same, due to ageing. Besides, Led Zepplin and Hendrix were trying to move forward not backwards. I choose to have reliable gear. Amps can be restored closer than speakers. I'm sure someone will disagree. It's humnan nature.

Bought 4 new v30's - 12" Guitar Speakers.

I have built a new rig in the past year. EB Musicman Petrucci model - Budda Bud Wah - Peterson Strobostomp - Keeley TS9 - Dual Rectifier - Carvin 4x12 sealed back with Brittish Series 100 Watters. The pedal rig is powered with a Godlyke Powerall and wired with George - L's. I had been using that Carvin cab for years. I bought all this new stuff and still was not satisfied with the tone. It was good, but not great. So I rolled the dice and got some V30's. Whammo! These were exactly what I was looking for. These things deliver the mids, and a lot of them. The Celestion website describes these as seemingly twice as loud as other speakers. There's no seemingly about it. These things roar with tone and clarity.

I intentionally try to blow things up before I take them out for performances. These are rock solid. My eardrums are another story...... Huh? What?

After the beating I gave these things in the last month there is no need for customer support. Great website. Check it out.

Jamming 20+ years. I've played / owned just about everything there is out there. Years ago I gave up trying to play like other players. The goal in the past few year has been to emulate great guitar tones. These speakers have allowed me to really experience true power tube / speaker distortion. The carvin cab is a well made plywood cab. I tested this rig (a/b) with a VHT 4x12 V30's 13ply baltic birch. The birch cab had more low end than the Carvin. I personally like the cheaper cab for a couple of reasons. First, the cab seems to take the majority of beatings on the road, covered or not. I don't mind watching some helper smash my cheap cab around. 2nd, I have grown to prefer less bass, less highs and way more mids. This combination of cheaper cab and great speakers nailed that elusive mid-range honk I've been searching for. I'm talking in your face mids that cut through the mix without a tremendous amount of gain. Looking back on the year of purchases, I should have started with the speakers and worked backwards. I really had no idea how varied speakers are and the impact it had on my tone. I'm so happy with the sound I can't stop playing. These things are that good. These are not for everyone. I happen to be one of those guys that really enjoys a rig that goes BLONK!

Its a speaker.lol
Only differance is it bears celestions H 50oz magnet.

Let me start off by saying this speaker sickens me!!!!!!!!!I've played many Celestions Pre-Rola G12Ms,RI G12Ms,T75s,M-70s,G12-65s,Blackback 25s,cheapo rocket 50s,G10-30.All of which stomp this POS into the ground and backout to china were they(now)originate. lol Anyway all midrange like a megaphone.Oh high sensitivity,great now your guitar shouts in your face.Delicate pick attack BLONKK!!!Hard pick attack BLONKKK!!!Chords BLOKKKK!!!Leads....allot of BLONKKs.Very overpowering.I've had two of these in two differant 1x12 combos and both were horrid and make whatever amp you play sound allike.If I wrote the dictionary there would be one of these next to the definition of harsh.Absolutly Horrid!!!!!!I'm sure they serve a purpose but for what I want I find them totaly inspiration draining to play.I like rock to blues rock to hrad rock.Some tones I like are Ritchie Blackmore,T lizzy,Priest,Maiden,Allman Bros......
TERRIBLE!!!!!!!

Won't blow up.....Splendid now your tone can suck night after night.Gotta give it that its durable.

Well I'd like an apology for creating this thing but I don't think I'll get it.lol
Anyway Dr.Decibal has allways responded to my emails so I'll give celestion a good rateing.

If you want great tone an astounding NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!If you want durabilitie and don't care about tone then I guess yes.
I've plaed in many bands and rehease daily.I've owned and played on some of the best tweaked out NOS tubed Marshalls and these are by far the worst speaker on earth.
I hope my rantings don't curve people from listening to my oppinion cause you'll probably be disapointed with this speaker.

I'm writing to tell my experience about the Celestion G12T-75 vs Vintage 30 issue.
I have a Marshall 1922 2x12" cab which came with two Celestion G12T-75 and I always found my sound harsh, too much treble and presence. I have a JMP-1 Marshall preamp, which is a bright piece of gear itself, so I for long wondered whose fault the harshness really was. (By the way, my power amp is a EL84 20+20 Marshall). I couldn't try out the Vintage 30s with my gear, because I didn't know of anyone or any shop in my city who had a 2x12" cab loaded with them, so I got information by the net, including this forum. Then I made my decision and bought the two loudspeakers never having heard them (except for guitar albums...).
Now I'm wondering why I waited so long!
I passed five years struggling with the G12T-75 excess of highs, which gets worse and worse the louder you play them! The Vintage 30s, instead, are really balanced speakers for guitar, that's why so many great guitar players use them. Other than less highs, they also have a bit less bass, that's why someone perceive them as midrangy. The beauty of the sound of electric guitar, however, IS in the midrange, so these speakers are a perfect match because of their accuracy in that band of frequency. Also, these speakers taught me that I used to have too much bass in my sound. This is because when trying to replicate the sound of guitar in albums, I did the common mistake of not considering the impact of the bass guitar on the overall sound enough. However, don't think that these speakers can't deliver bass: my bass setting is way distant from max in my preamp and I actually prefer this bass response over the G12T-75s one, because the latter is too boomy and undefined.
The Vintage 30s also have a good constancy in sound at different volumes, so I don't have to totally reset my equalization when playing live anymore (I usually first make my sounds at home), as the G12T-75s compelled me to do (mostly because of more and more highs the louder I turned my amp).
Last, but not least, finally the sound I get from the cab and the emulated direct output sound in my preamp are comparable: this means the cab emulation circuitry in the JMP-1 was designed with a Vintage 30 or similar sound in mind. When I still had the G12T-75, I had to use a totally different equalization when playing with the cab and when recording or playing in line.
I play from progressive metal to swing, passing through classic rock and blues and I really can't imagine any good application for the G12T-75. The Vintage 30s, instead, finally set a reference point for making my sounds.

I first bought a G12T-75 for my 1-12 tube combo open back. The G12T-75 is a great speaker with chimey highs and nice tight bass with scooped mids. Great sounding speaker with a real bitey crunch. The G12T-75 is real responsive to attack and the more agressive you play the more this speaker gives back in tone! I went out and got a v-30 to see which speaker I would prefer. As much as I love the G12T-75, which I use in another combo and sometimes run as an extended cab in my main rig, I like the sound of the v-30 better. The v-30 is more mid and bassy compaired to other speakers. The V-30 has more tonal character which I like butt it is not as transparent as as some might prefer. Nothing beats the growl the the V-30 pushed with overdriven power. Real thick and chunky tone with this bad boy. What I love most about this speaker is just how great it sounds. When I'm ripping it up and doing blazeing leads, I think to myself, damn, I got tone!!!

What can I say that I haven't already? I have four guitars and they all sound great in my set up. I run the V-30 all the time in my rig asnd sometimes run an extended cab with the G12T-75 in it. The two speakers compliment each other well, butt I just run the v-30 byitself most of the time. The only other speaker I would think about trying would be a greenback.

Loud and proud

Stuck one into my old Blues Deluxe after the replacement Celestion Sidewinder blew its top. Lo and behold!!! I had to get them old screws on the combo all nicely tightend up because the unit started rockin'. I play a Tele and lots of bottleneck, so I've got enough treble to spare. I was after a tight bottom and crunchy mids. That's what I got. Thanks Celestion!

Can take punishment. Haven't bust one yet.

Good Homepage. Will take a phonecall. What more do you want?

I do the Blues strictly Telecaster and old fasion sound. This speaker is great for clean and a little crunch. Don't go for heavy overdrive and the likes, because it doesn't like those and responds by booming around in the middrange.

second hand trade, no problem with that anyway

I have a very humble gear: epiphone lp 100 with seymour duncan 59' model on bridge, a workalike proco rat distortion pedal, home made marshall 1987 "plexi" (all tube 50w head) and this huge piece of... heaven. I played my head for a month with crappy 10" thai speakers(i had no money then)and still sounded glorious!. Then ,for a job , i was noticed that a last v30 was on stock on a very misterious store.75 bucks was the last offered price for this one.I have the money on my hands, so i bought it in just a few seconds. on home i checked if the speaker was ok.The head was on that classical crunchy setting(both volumes at 10") and the master volume(custom feature)almost on 0". the pedal settings on that "classical" overdrive, 1/4 distortion, half volume, and the sound was f...ing articulate!!i couldn't believe it. i cleaned the sound(was that zep,b sabb even tones)with the guitar volume knob and there was the bastard, sounding like an "on steroids" fender bassman clean setting...gorgeous!!i have the sound that i was looking for many time( even wih the speaker without the enclosure)i think this isn't that previously chinesse version, 'cause seems to be all english made... i don't know, probably mistaken on this...just a detail: on the sixth string i have found some sound saturation, on the first three spaces( maybe that is ' cause my guitar is cheap built) the rest, ok, is loud and doesn't suck at high volumes (and it's only one!)

no problems

i don't need it yet

i never listened a cheap gear sound too good!!

This amp can be very versatille, but you will have to bother tweaking the knobs of your eq around most of the time. it is freacking loud just like a celestion g12-75

This speaker has its issues but they can be solve. my styles that i play are from metal to jazz so my styles of music are very very broud.i changued theses fot the g12-75 too many pierceing highs, they make my ears bleed! not really but you know what i mean. Anyways like i have read on another reviews this amp has too many mids, lots of treble and very few bass, unlike the g12-75 who has an excellent bass prescence but too many highs and very few mids.This is how i perceive the sound of the vintage 30's from i to 10: treble:6, mids:8, bass:3, when i listen to the sound of it there seems to be a hole on the sound the bass!, it lacks bass. that bothers me a lot when i want play metal and punk,and not just that but also jazz nad blues.i don't play with cheap stuff by the way so it isn't my equipment. So i came to the conclusion to buy 2 celestion g12h 70 annyversary speakers to give more bass to my other two vinatge 30 speakers in my cab. Now the sound its much much better this is how i perceive my sound after from 1 to 10: treble:7, mids:9, bass: 6. i still have to kill the mids but that is just me.

Is a celstion what did you expect?. No problems

i haven't deal with anything with celestion

it is an okay speaker, i can't be a jerk about them, they have their own sound it seems ti be better southed for pop music, it is excellent for surf music by the way. i only wish it had more bass and this will be a perfect speaker.

Listed below. 30 watts, 8 ohms.

I used it in a solid state amp which was a mistake. It sounded way too honky and harsh. I have since used them in a 2x12 cab with a 100 watt tube head, and this is where I think they shine. They are hungry for power, but can handle it.

I think they are reliable and can probably handle a lot more power than they are rated.

I would not know where to begin to lokk for them. Anyway, what support would you need for a speaker?

I really did not know what I was doing when I bought this. I learned a lesson; putting a great speaker in a low power tranny amp will not help much. In a tube amp, you can change output tubes and preamp tubes
as well as the speaker, so you can alter the sound somewhat. RThis speaker is not for everyone. It will not necessarliy improve your tone. I think they work best with Marshall amps, although I used a Crate Blue Voodoo 100 watt tube head and the V30's sounded awesome.