Anyone find reissue greenbacks have a harsh high end?

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I've been playing through my eminence Super V for the past week and digging it. The high end is a bit stiff but i can tell it will even out. Doesn't quite hammer the ears like new celestions seem to. Anyway, I went back to my reissue greenbacks today and while I love the crunch and how warm and fat they are, when i hit notes on solos in the upper register, damn it can be painful! I thought it was the g12h30's i had in there before but they are out now.. greenbacks are the culprit. Anyone else find this? I wish these damn super V's weren't so expensive, I'd load 4 into my 4 x 12. Maybe sell the celestions and go green beret / super V x pattern..
 
Yes, I found the reissues to be sorta ice picky, that's why I use WGS Green Berets. I sold all 3 quads of the reissues and have not looked back. But that's me, others may love 'em, they just weren't for me. They did sound good recorded, but not so much just playing them.
 
The RI greenback does have a fizzy sounding high end (not saying it's a bad thing, some may like that)...the heritage greenback I have has smoother highs, same with the Weber vintage greenback copies.

I find the same thing with the Blues. I have a UK made Blue and a Chinese made Blue and the Chinese one has a fuzziness to the highs like a RI greenback.
 
I have a HnK 412 with Greenies and love it but who wants to carry round a frikin 412 :(
 
I actually prefer the RI's over the Heritage. There's a crispy top end but I wouldn't call it fizzy or ice picky at all. Although I can see where going from the Eminence to the GB's might seem that way. A happy medium would be the Scumback M75's. Based on the greenbacks but slightly less top end bite. I think the higher power rating helps there. You've really got to push some air before the Scumbacks get the same response as a 25w greenback at lower volume. YMMV.
 
That's the thing about the Super V, rated for 150 watts but I can barely run the master on my JCM800 and they sound, full-tight- and crunchy. I'm telling you that speaker is awesome. As for the reissues, my dilemna is that i notice the ice pick highs BUT these speakers record extremely well and are my favourite for that. Might just have to keep them around for that purpose and throw some green berets in their place. Or run my 4 x 12 detuned with another superV. Wonder if that might be too much bass response though.
 
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That's the thing about the Super V, rated for 150 watts but I can barely run the master on my JCM800 and they sound, full-tight- and crunchy. I'm telling you that speaker is awesome. As for the reissues, my dilemna is that i notice the ice pick highs BUT these speakers record extremely well and are my favourite for that. Might just have to keep them around for that purpose and throw some green berets in their place. Or run my 4 x 12 detuned with another superV. Wonder if that might be too much bass response though.
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I may have to check out those Eminence Super V's. I am generally not a fan of Eminence speakers, but haven't really tried to many of them. The super V's look nice, haven't heard about them till now.

I did have a pair of WGS Green Beret's, no fizziness in the high end. Even though they were my first greenback type speaker, I could instantly recognize the tone, very classic woody tone.
 
I have the G12C Greenbacks in my VM cab that were tweaked for the Hendrix sig amp/cabs. They have a nice bite and sizzle, but nothing over the top. They are tweaked G12M's I believe, so they probably sound noticable different.
Never tried any of the GB reissues myself.
 
The greenies are def. the culprit! Just spent 30 min moving my ears around the cab... HORRIBLE when i'm on the B and E strings even open chord picking ouch. Maybe tonebra are in order..
 
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