Price Check - Celestion G12M-70 (1989)

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Arch Stanton said:
It's the same thing as a "G12V" (T3896).. right ?
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That's maybe the best Celestion speaker made, since 1973 anyway...the first version V30, 8 ohm Marshall Vintage, from 1986-1990. Incredible speaker. About the furthest from the M70 I can imagine.
 
I remember a thread about the M70, way back where someone tried to sell 6 he had taking up space in his closet. He ended up chaining all the frames together and using all 6 as a boat anchor.
I mean, 6 magnets right? Probably works well.
:p
 
Racerxrated said:
I remember a thread about the M70, way back where someone tried to sell 6 he had taking up space in his closet. He ended up chaining all the frames together and using all 6 as a boat anchor.
I mean, 6 magnets right? Probably works well.
:p
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I'll hook 'em up to a variac and blow them up, one at a time, and monetize the video on teh YouTube.

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ZEN Amps said:
The 80 isn't a speaker I know a lot about. I have one lead cone version laying about, gotta find a cab for it. Interested in the bass cone version thanks to the GAS inducers around here.

I do know that I've never gotten on with the 70 - it's dull and harsh at the same time. I didn't even know that was possible.
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Not to fuel your GAS more but I have a bass cone G12-80 and the thing blows my mind. I only have an orphan though, so I put it in a 1x12 and use it for practice and smaller stuff. Would absolutely KILL to have a whole quad of them after the awesome experience of just playing through a single - although maybe the bass cone is part of what makes the single sound so good, maybe I'd find the quad too bassy. Probably not.
 
TotallyRadGuitars said:
Not to fuel your GAS more but I have a bass cone G12-80 and the thing blows my mind. I only have an orphan though, so I put it in a 1x12 and use it for practice and smaller stuff. Would absolutely KILL to have a whole quad of them after the awesome experience of just playing through a single - although maybe the bass cone is part of what makes the single sound so good, maybe I'd find the quad too bassy. Probably not.
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Not to rub it in but I have two 4x12s loaded with them. Tons of low end but very very tight. The bass is ample but not overbearing in any way so no problem in a 4x12
 
Arch Stanton said:
"Best' for what ?

The chugga chugga ?

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Best sounding all around, with any amp I have now or have sold/traded in the last 4 years. It's like a mix of a Mesa V30 with a 1979 Marshall label G12 65.
Marshalls, Mesas, Naylor, MT100, vintage Fenders....all sound great with it.
For me, anyway. Since I got the 1988 Marshall Vintage cab, I hardly played a 1972 Pulsonic cab, so I traded it...and rarely play my JBL 120s or Altec 417s, or a particularly rare pair of 1966 H25s.

My background is 30yrs playing out in hard rock cover bands...not much if any 'chug'.
 
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