Eras of Marshall Vintage Cabs?

[Nitrobattery]

I have a few Greenback loaded 4x12's an early 2000's Mesa Recto 4x12, but I'm on the hunt for a Marshall 1960B cab loaded with their G12 Vintage speakers. Everyone always talks about the Marshall cabs from the 80's, but are there any other years for those speakers that tend to be well regarded? Any eras to avoid?

 

[Racerxrated]

The only differences from my experience are the 80s versions being less bright, fatter in the mids and more similar to a G12 65 than the much brighter versions that appeared in the early 90s. I did have a nice road worn/torn tolex B cab from 91 that sounded good but still a bit too bright for me. The cone formula must have changed for the 90s and beyond, as the same 444 code has been used for all of them since inception.

 

[Rex Rocker]

I actually think the early 2000's cabs are the ones to go for second to the OG's from the 80's. That era of Celestion in general is warmer-sounding that what came in the 2010's across the board.

I think part of what the ones from the 80's have going for them is that they're 8 ohms rather than 16, so yeah, they're bound to sound warmer.

My hot take is that in the room, I personally prefer a Marshall 1960V cab over a Rectifier cab. I find them wider-sounding with both more open highs and fatter lows. I have never compared a "golder era" Recto cab, though. But under the mic, kinda hard to argue witih the Recto just sounding "right".

 

[Markedman]

I'd stay away from the G12-70 speaker cabinets.

Do not trust the wattage on the amp plate, they don't always line up with the speaker wattage.

 

[MetalGOD84]

I have a 1960AV (g12 vintage slant) and only can make it sound good for cleans and rock. The moment I put more gain on the head the cab starts to be too bright and sound undefined. I know some metal bands usem them but perhaps the head combination with the cab doesn’t sound right.

 

[Racerxrated]

I actually think the early 2000's cabs are the ones to go for second to the OG's from the 80's. That era of Celestion in general is warmer-sounding that what came in the 2010's across the board.

I think part of what the ones from the 80's have going for them is that they're 8 ohms rather than 16, so yeah, they're bound to sound warmer.

My hot take is that in the room, I personally prefer a Marshall 1960V cab over a Rectifier cab. I find them wider-sounding with both more open highs and fatter lows. I have never compared a "golder era" Recto cab, though. But under the mic, kinda hard to argue witih the Recto just sounding "right".

I actually have a quad of 80s 16 ohm vintages here(soon to go to another RTer...). Right next to an 80s 8ohm cab. Only differences are what you'd expect between 8 or 16 ohm versions of the same speaker...16 ohm has less mids, a touch more scooped than the 8 ohm.
But, still very different than the 91 to today version of the 16 ohm Marshall Vintage. No high end 'sizzle' that you can't escape from, and way better mids.