More info than you care to read can be found at www.celestion.com of course, but while I was sorting through my manuals and other related BS I found a brochure that was included with some of the Celestion speakers I bought. Here's a brief summary of their speaker types that I thought might be helpful. :)
Blue - Vintage tone with clear articulate highs
Vintage 30 - Loud and clear with lots of presence
Classic lead - Firm bass end and clear treble with pronounced mids
G12T-75 - Controlled bass with warm mids and highs
Greenback - Woody tone with sweet treble
G12H - Tight bass and well-defined mids with clear treble
G12 Century - High output with firm bass, extremely articulate with highly detailed mids and treble.
One more tidbit for the listing. Just bought this yesterday at GC, was of course $129, same as it has been for years there....
Was news to me anyway...I thought the whole idea having stuff made in China was to trim costs, lower retail prices and move much more product, pffft. Goes to show ya, just because you pay a premium price doesn't always mean you got a premium product (though I'm sure theres no diff)...just makes me a little more satisfied now that I at least had the 10% coupon - better than nothing.
I guess I shouldn't mention then that Dave from Avatar still prefers to get his Celestions from England only, eh? ;)
Or that his Hellatone 60's are aged Vintage 30's (and I paid $79 each for mine). ::)
Just make sure you don't lick the lead paint on your speaker! :D
Ok, ok... I've given you enough shit for now. Go enjoy your new speaker (after you break it in)! :)
Hmmm, gonna be awefully rough to break in....
I might even just have to run some bass heavy rap music through it at high-ish volume for 25-40 hours, the horror!!! Heh, then again, theres always you know, actually playing guitar, lol! :P ;D
Just a head's up if anyone's thinking of buying a Vox AC30/AC15CC with Celestion Alnico blues, or upgrading to Blues in their amp. There's been a great deal of shall we say 'lively' discussion on the Vox discussion forum, attracting (unusually) direct responses from Mitch Colby (Korg US) and the Vox R&D folk.
http://www.voxamps.com/forum/topic.php?id=413#post-1746
Although these speakers have the same Vox label saying 'Middlesex, England' (as are in the TBX amps) - it has now been clarified that these are ALL made in China, even though the pictures on the Vox website clearly show Celestion Blues that are made in Ipswich, UK.
This appears to be much more than a 'detail' as the cone material used in the Chinese 'Blues' is reportedly quite different to those made in the UK. There's a link in the thread to a you-tube vid comparing both speakers through the same TBX amp with exactly the same settings and guitar - and the tonal difference is quite startling!
If you are in the market for an AC30/AC15 or are looking to upgrade speakers to an Alnico Blue, you might want to consider whether you want the chinese version made by Celestion for Vox (Vox labelled) or the Celestion labelled UK version. As these speakers are very expensive, it's well worth giving this some serious thought!
I'll let you come to your own conclusions re the comments made on the descriptions of these speakers after you read the thread - as a moderator there I have to try & be diplomatic, remain neutral of course, and keep the peace. You'll find it interesting reading I think! ;)
Rich ;)
Good thing my Alnico Blue came from Ipswitch! ;)