Eminence Legend V12

LEGEND V128
A very balanced speaker with lots of definition and rich harmonic detail. More mellow than most Red Coats.
SPECIFICATION
Nominal Basket Diameter 12", 304.8mm
Nominal Impedance* 8 ohms
Power Rating
Watts 120W
Music Program
Resonance 89Hz
Usable Frequency Range 80Hz-5kHz
Sensitivity*** 100.9
Magnet Weight 38 oz.
Gap Height 0.312", 7.92mm
Voice Coil Diameter 1.75", 44.5mm

I bought a avatar 4x12 cab with 4 of these in it.
Brand new cab. I ran 3 different amps into it.
Marshall VS100 100watts Hybrid State
Fender FM100H 100watts Solid State
Peavey ULTRA 60watts All tube

I use a Schecter Blackhawk with SD A8 bridge pickup.
I play metal and rock. love to shred and play power rhythms.

Here is my opinion of the speaker.
When i first plugged into the avatar 4x12 compared to my 1x12 with V30s in it, I heard a lack of high end. So i redid my eq on my amps and i could tell that it wasnt natural to turn up the high end cause it just destroyed the rest of the tonal response. You cant work around this lack of high end in the eminence legends v12. Maybe this speaker would be good for jazz where there is lack of highs. For metal it is not gonna do it for me.
I need upper mids.

So i took my one v30 out of my 1x12 and put it in the upper left slot of the 4x12 and right away i heard my old cleaner metal tone pop back out. So what im going to do is get one more v30 and criss cross the cab with v30s and eminence legends. the legends will shine more at higher volumes but i need those v30s for mid range definition.

hope this helps. not for metal i warn you!

not for metal i warn you!

LEGEND V128
A very balanced speaker with lots of definition and rich harmonic detail. More mellow than most Red Coats.
SPECIFICATION
Nominal Basket Diameter 12", 304.8mm
Nominal Impedance* 8 ohms
Power Rating
Watts 120W
Music Program
Resonance 89Hz
Usable Frequency Range 80Hz-5kHz
Sensitivity*** 100.9
Magnet Weight 38 oz.
Gap Height 0.312", 7.92mm
Voice Coil Diameter 1.75", 44.5mm

I bought a avatar 4x12 cab with 4 of these in it.
I ran 3 different amps into the cab.
Marshall VS100 100watts Hybrid State
Fender FM100H 100watts Solid State
Peavey ULTRA 60watts All tube

I use a Schecter Blackhawk with SD A8 bridge pickup.
I play metal and rock. love to shred and play power rhythms.

Here is my opinion of the speaker.
When i first plugged into the avatar 4x12 compared to my 1x12 with V30s in it, I heard a lack of high end. So i redid my eq on my amps and i could tell that it wasnt natural to turn up the high end cause it just destroyed the rest of the tonal response. You cant work around this lack of high end in the eminence legends v12. Maybe this speaker would be good for jazz where there is lack of highs. For metal it is not gonna do it for me.
I need upper mids.

So i took my one v30 out of my 1x12 and put it in the upper left slot of the 4x12 and right away i heard my old cleaner metal tone pop back out. So what im going to do is get one more v30 and criss cross the cab with v30s and eminence legends. the legends will shine more at higher volumes but i need those v30s for mid range definition.

hope this helps. not for metal i warn you!

Im sure they will last till the end of time.
I have no fear that these eminence legends will fail me ever.

I have had no problems.
They came with my 4x12 avatar cab.

Overall not a metal speaker. More mellow highs will kill your distortion signal from the start. you cant eq around it.
then your mids and lows will suffer as well, you will end up have to beef up all your levels and it will make your sound sound artificial just to make up for the lack of highs. not worth it.

thanks!

features...it's a speaker. 12" 8 ohm ceramic magnet with stamped steel basket. highs roll off at around 4500 hz.

Bought these back in '01 as I was building a 4x12 cab for my Mesa Heartbreaker head. They were priced right at 45 bucks each. Turns out they were a great buy. They handle a lot of power at 120 watts each. They do not break up early, (I have a 2x12 cab with Eminence Governors, really fizzy distortion) but when they do it's nice and smooth. At low volumes, they have a nice flat response. Turned up, they break up just a little bit, but you still hear the sound of your amp, guitar and effects. No icepick in the ear. The treble is really subdued (more below). Good lows with this cab (an *old* peavey 4x12 cab from the early '80s). After 8 years, I still keep coming back to this cab. Playing live, they seem to have a more american sound, but on the recordings that we have made, you actually *can* hear the slight British midrange voice of the imported cones.

I have used this cab on countless gigs and rehearsals over the past 8 years with no problem. That's petty reliable in my book. Loud rock and roll, up to 40 hours a week. The po-po have showed up often.

Every time I have contacted Eminence, they have been prompt to reply and have gone out of their way to accomodate me. Because of this, I now use Eminence speakers on all of my amps and cabs except for on old 4x10 that i use Jensen Mods in - but that's another tale...

The only thing that I am going to change is to replace one of the speakers in this cab with a regular Eminence Legend that I am using in a Pignose G60VR combo. It seems to have a bit too much treble, so I figure I'll take that out with one of the V12's and add just a bit of treble to the 4x12 cab and cut some of the treble from the combo

12" speaker, medium magnet, ceramic magnet but speaker tends to lean more toward and Alinco sounding speaker.

Speaker seemes to have tonal characteristics like a speaker using Alinco maganets. Nice balanced sound through the tonal spectrum. Needed a speaker that did not break up to early and would take care of the "fizzies" when using distortion channel. Tried the speaker in an Epiphone Valve combo 15 watt amp, peavey Valveking and Peavey Ultra 112. I also tried various other speakers such as a Celestion V30 and Eminence Red Fange. The V12 had really focused highs that were not fizzie with a midrange that was not overly bright and the bass was not to much. It really helped the peavey amps sound better more so than the V30. The V30 really had a deeper and more pronounced bass but the V30's highs were spikey and broken up. I found my tone controls more responsive with the V12. The V12 was a little week in the bass compared to the V30 and Red Fange but still very usable, bass tone was better with the higher watt Peavey Ultra 112 and it's 60 watts really helped the speaker sound it's best. Palm mutting not as great as other speakers but as it breaks in this may get better. The stock speaker in the Epiphone valve combo had put out more volume but broke up early and not allowing much clean headroom. The V12 helped in this area and worked quite well in the Epiphone amp, I got more clean headroom. The speaker seemed an alternative to a V30 as it had less bass and smoother focused highs that were not spikey and the V12 was not nasally like the Red Fange.

Not sure

did not use them

This speaker helped the voicing of my amps and to get the style of sound I wanted. It helped clean up my amps natural distortion. If your looking for early break up, fat bass and fuzzy disrtortion this may not be for you.

120 watts, 16 ohms.

I liked this speaker right away. Especially matched with the combo I put it in (Randall Switchmaster 112), which is a really bright amp. I tried an Eminence Swamp Thang and hated it. I also tried an Emi GB12 and that was closer, but I felt I was almost there but not quite. When I saw this V12 at a local Music Go Round I bought it, thinking I could always return it and use the GB12. I was worried about the GB12's power rating too (50 watts vs. V12's 120 watts). Anyway, when i turned the amp on and played I knew I was keeping it. Has the british style crunch I like (I am a big G12T-75 fan) with a fat bottom and nicely cut highs. I comparison, the Swamp Thang had this buzz-saw high end in this combo.

I have played 27 years. I play Ibanez RG 550's with DiMarzio Super 3's, have a Marshall 3203 and a Peavey Rock Master/Classic 50-50, Marshall 1960 4x12's, and this Randall combo. I'll tell you right now, for this combo amp I would buy this speaker again, for sure. Perfect fit. I'm pretty excited because I've had this combo sitting around gathering dust & I've been out looking to buy a combo. The solution was cheaper than I expected, just a new speaker for the one I already own.

http://editweb.iglou.com/eminence/eminence/pages/products02/legend/legv12.htm
All the features toy need there
Features it is a speaker

I am currently using two ESP model guitars the DV8 S.E.with JB,JAZZ pickups, and an Eclipse 2 with emg 81 pickups. I am running them through the Genz-Benz El Diablo 100w head, and an BBE sonic maximizer (a must have) These V12(8ohm) speakers are just brutal they can take such punishment. The sounds and harmonic of the guitar come through crystal clear. Cleans so nice clear, and pure I love it. The overdrive is wicked no pure and heavey LOVE THEM.

havent died on me yet

No need to deal with them but they have a life time warranty

Buy these speakers and are just great. I bought two other sets of speakers to see which ones were going to be the best, I compared them to the M12 (8ohm) and Celestion vintage 30's (8ohms) the V12s in my opinion sound awesome

120 watt 8 0hm speakers

The sound has lots of low & nice mids.
The high is not that screaming like many other types.
I have a very muddy sound, (swedish deathmetal like Dismember & Entombed) so it's important that i hear myself in the mix.
My sound is more stable now because the v12 gives me more low and volume than other types

Good support

This speaker sounds very good!
I.ve been playing live, and somtimes use cabinets from the bands were playing with.
I can tell that the v12 is the best for me , because i,ve tried many cabs loaded with different types of speakers.
I use 4 in my cabinet and i want to buy another 4 for my other cabinet.
So this will be brutal!

8 ohm, 120 Watt, British manufactured cone

I use a Fender Stratocaster and a Carvin DC135T.
Play jazz, rock, blues. This speaker is versatile. Paired with an Eminence GB12 it gives a great, wide spectrum sound. Clean and distorted sounds are clear and alive

Eminence manufactures quality speakers. I've never blown one up. Should be very reliable.

Never used.

Been playing over 25 years. Owned a lot of amps, guitars and speakers over the years. This compares with the best of them.

Seems well made. This is the first speaker by Eminance that I've tried. I'm using this speaker to replace the stock speaker in my Peavey Classic 30 combo.

I was'nt satisfied with the limited amount of clean headroom from the C30's clean channel and I thought that a more efficeint speaker would do this. The Legend V12 does BUT, it takes a while for the speaker to break in. When I first installed the V12 in my amp I had what seemed to be even less clean headroom than with the stock speaker. This is the first time I've replaced a speaker and at first I though it was defective. I've heard about the need to break a speaker in so I thought well, lets see. The one improvement that I did notice right away was how much better the high end sounded. Seemed to have more detail and the highs seemed to be a bit more rounded. I've had the speaker for about two months now and it's nice and broken in. Between changing the speaker as well as trying differant preamp tubes I think the amp sounds much better than It did before. The V12 seems to sound better with each passing week. I can now turn the amp up to about 5 on the clean channel, where before with the stock speaker I could only go to 3. So it helped out quite a bit. I don't know how this speaker would sound in any other amp, but I'm quite happy with the way it sounds in mine.

Seems reliable so far, but I'll rate it 5 base on "we'll see."

Bought it from Avatar. Again, 5 based on we'll see.

Overall I'm pretty happy with this speaker but if anyone has any suggestions as far as what else would work in a Classic 30, let me know.

Impedance: 8 or 16 ohms
Power Rating: 120 watts
Freq. Rang: 70-4500 Hz
SPL: 100 db

I purchased this speaker as a replacement for a Peavey Transtube Revolution 1x12 combo (same as Transtube Bandit but with an extra gain channel) that had blown its original Sheffield 1230. At first I considered another Sheffield, but I suspect Peavey's decision to use a low-efficiency 70 watt speaker (the Sheffield) in an 80 watt 1x12 combo was part of the reason I had to replace the speaker in the first place... I am very happy with the results I get with the V12. The V12 really brought the clean channel alive compared to the Sheffield, and the amp is much louder than it was before. The distortion channels are warm and singing, with a hint of "woody" edge. With a power rating of 120 watts, I don't have to worry about blowing the speaker again. The higher power rating is especially important if you ever use your 1x12 combo in jam situations where you might end up playing alongside 4x12 cabs. One point to consider, the V12 does not have an extremely bright high-end. The push-bright feature on the clean channel is still noticable, but it is subdued. A tad more high-end might be nice for the clean channel, but for distortion, having the highs rolled off around 4.5khz means it won't get "buzzy" or "fizzy". If you use clean sounds only, you might want to look at an Eminence M10 to get more high end, but if you use distortion regularly, the V12 is an excellent choice.

Dave at Avatar speakers was very helpful.

I'm giving it 9 because there isn't such a thing as a perfect speaker... yet! I also have a Peavey Transtube Bandit with a Sheffield 1230 which is not blown, and I am thinking of replacing that 1230 with another V12 just to get the improved tone and higher volume. In my opinion, the V12 is a better choice for Peavey's Transtube combos than the original Sheffield speakers. I hear the V12's sound good in tube amps too, but I can't comment on that. Works very well for what I'm using it for.