I just installed two new 2024/25 production UK made Vintage 30's...

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skoora said:
Besides this eBay dude, who is retailing these?
Sweetwater’s and GC won’t say where their’s are made. Is the $169 price telling or were the Chinese ones that much too?
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Depending on how quickly they go through stock they should all be UK made now. The hype on V30s is the cone material. There are plenty from the 2000s era that dont sound all that great. The same for Chinese. I have a set from China around 2022 that are really good. I have a set from 2006 China that are also really good. V30 purists will tell you 2006 is the year they went to shit, but theyre broken in and sound great.

2025 V30s are produced in the UK. You likely wont know what youre ordering from sweetwater or GC unless someone can give you the code on the box. I ultimately dont think it matters too much, they all still have the distinct v30 tone. Depending on cone they may have a bit more of a high mid spike or they might be darker. Its a rabbit hole and you'll have to buy and sell a ton of them to find 2 you really like. It just isn't worth the hassle in my opinion.
 
I am a 12H-30 guy myself. I have two 12H-30 75hz cabs and one 12H-30 55Hz cab and since I loved my Mesa Roadster 2x12 from 2010 with the UK spec'd V-30's I wanted a cabinet different than my H-30's for tighter hard rock metal so I went with mixing the Mesa spec V-30's and then two news ones.

It's a nice departure from my 12H-30's so I like them, it doesn't make the V-30's the end all be all speakers by any means but these new UK made V-30 are an improvement to my ears to the standard offerings that were made in China.

Maybe there were some inconsistencies from even the UK made V-30 in the past. I do know I hated V-30's when I tried them in 90's, 2000's and I didn't hate the UK made Mesa spec'd V-30 and these new V-30 sound darn close to those. :2thumbsup:
 
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Other than my Mesa cab with V30s I bought in 07 the only other ones I have are 2 16 ohm Chinese ones that I pulled from an early 2000s Randall 2x12. They have since been in my Krank 4x12 paired with 2 Vet30s.
Do they sound great? No. Do they sound bad? No again. The mix of the 2 however sounds excellent.

I would definitely like to try the new UK ones but I'm wondering are the refinements to the new V30 speaker just as noticeable in the room as when recorded?
 
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harddriver said:
I am a 12H-30 guy myself. I have two 12H-30 75hz cabs and one 12H-30 55Hz cab and since I loved my Mesa Roadster 2x12 from 2010 with the UK spec'd V-30's I wanted a cabinet different than my H-30's for tighter hard rock metal so I went with mixing the Mesa spec V-30's and then two news ones.

It's a nice departure from my 12H-30's so I like them, it doesn't make the V-30's the end all be all speakers by any means but these new UK made V-30 are an improvement to my ears to the standard offerings that were made in China.

Maybe there were some inconsistencies from even the UK made V-30 in the past. I do know I hated V-30's when I tried them in 90's, 2000's and I didn't hate the UK made Mesa spec'd V-30 and these new V-30 sound darn close to those. :2thumbsup:
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I’m debating an X pattern of Creamback G12H-75 75Hz with G12H-30 75Hz. Would you recommend swapping either of these with the newer V30 or just save for an all V30 cab?
 
glpg80 said:
I’m debating an X pattern of Creamback G12H-75 75Hz with G12H-30 75Hz. Would you recommend swapping either of these with the newer V30 or just save for an all V30 cab?
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I would imagine that either the G12H's 75 watt or 30 watt 75 HZ would mix pretty well with these UK V-30's kind of like how the V-30's mix well in the Friedman cabs running Greenbacks and V-30's. As you can hear in Glenns clips, the mid spike is not as pronounced and the shrill highs are also gone in these new V-30's. You can X them or run the V-30 on the bottom like Dave F does since the V30's may have a little more low end, it really comes down to your preference.

I was going to put my UK Mesa spec's V-30 in the bottom and some Scumback Blackback 12H-30 75HZ 65 watt voice coils on top but I decided for better or worse to go with these new UK V-30's for something different than what I already have. I still love my H-30's but I decided to keep this cab all V30's.
 
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I was playing my V30 cab that has two of these new V30's on top and two old Mesa Spec V30 on the bottom yesterday for a couple of hours at high volumes out in my workshop with my 79 Splawn Modded Marshall and the new V30's sounded really good, no nasty grating highs or mid spike and a nice full tight low end. I wanted a tighter more modern cab versus my other 12H-30 cabs and these new V30's do sound like the above video clips, they sound great right out of the box.:2thumbsup:
 
GJgo said:
John Browne and Glenn's findings are spot on with my own, having reamped tons of Mesa V30s from different years. I'm excited about the new ones.
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The V30's from late 2021 and early 2022 sound excellent as well. I got a couple Chinese V30's from 2021 that sound great, nice and smooth top end and not spikey at all. They sound better than my Mesa spec V30's which have that 5-6k spike.

I'm getting one new UK made V30 to compare, but I have two other V30's from march 2024 that don't sound like I expected.
 
Ive got a set from 2006 that are well broken in and sound good in my mills cab is since swapped them out for a set of 2022s at 8ohm that sound even better. Ordered a set of 2024s in both 8 and 16ohm to try. All built between March and December of 2024.
 
anomaly said:
The V30's from late 2021 and early 2022 sound excellent as well. I got a couple Chinese V30's from 2021 that sound great, nice and smooth top end and not spikey at all. They sound better than my Mesa spec V30's which have that 5-6k spike.

I'm getting one new UK made V30 to compare, but I have two other V30's from march 2024 that don't sound like I expected.
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Wasn't the 2021/22 being "the year" for good V30's debunked. I remember talk that it was hit or miss just like any other year.
 
MadAsAHatter said:
Wasn't the 2021/22 being "the year" for good V30's debunked. I remember talk that it was hit or miss just like any other year.
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Yes it was based upon cone batch if I recall. They still all sound like v30s, just some of the more harsh examples have a bump in the high mids that really come out in A/B comparisons or under a mic
 
anomaly said:
The V30's from late 2021 and early 2022 sound excellent as well. I got a couple Chinese V30's from 2021 that sound great, nice and smooth top end and not spikey at all. They sound better than my Mesa spec V30's which have that 5-6k spike.

I'm getting one new UK made V30 to compare, but I have two other V30's from march 2024 that don't sound like I expected.
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My Mesa spec V30's are from around 2009 or earlier. The other two Mesa spec V-30 are in a Mesa Roadster 2x12 floor model that I bought new in 2010 so those could be anywhere from 2008 or 2010.

These new UK made V-30 don't have as much low end as the 2008-2010 Mesa Spec V30's that I have but both model have nice highs that aren't harsh and I don't hear the mid spike in either.
 
MadAsAHatter said:
Wasn't the 2021/22 being "the year" for good V30's debunked. I remember talk that it was hit or miss just like any other year.
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Not exactly, it was just a real short run from late '21 to mid '22. I think they are Z and A batch cones if I can recall correctly?? I'll have a look in my cab later and see... They are real nice and smooth sounding, I love the tone of them.
 
PiggySmallz said:
Ive got a set from 2006 that are well broken in and sound good in my mills cab is since swapped them out for a set of 2022s at 8ohm that sound even better. Ordered a set of 2024s in both 8 and 16ohm to try. All built between March and December of 2024.
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I got some 2006 V30's as well 8 ohm.That's around the time they supposedly started sounding harsh, but mine are well broken in and they sound pretty good to me. Bright but good.
 
You know the golden era V30's from the late 90's and early 00's typically have a bit of a mid spike around 1.5k and more in the 3 - 4k region as well.
 
flimz said:
Anyone else try some of these "new" V30s?
Opinions?
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I’m still loving them. Did a bunch of speaker swapping in my Splawn 2x12 today. Cab started out this morning with a Heritage G12H 75hz and a Weber 1230 (H30 clone). Messed around with UK greenbacks, Jensen Nighthawk, Heritage G12-65’s, Fane F25’s and F70’s in various mixes.

Several sounded good but things just come together when the UK V30 goes into play. My ears today LOVE the UK V30 and Weber 1230.

I have a Zilla Fatboy coming soon and I’ll probably start by loading a pair of the V30’s and go from there. I might have mentioned this earlier, but this comes from someone who used to hate V30’s.
 
I got my new UK made V30 a couple days ago and can confirm they sound great right out the box. Mine sounds VERY close to my dec 2021 Chinese made V30's.
 
skoora said:
Besides this eBay dude, who is retailing these?
Sweetwater’s and GC won’t say where their’s are made. Is the $169 price telling or were the Chinese ones that much too?
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I don't believe any Celestions are made in China anymore? During Covid, Celestion produced everything back in England....most reported new Celestions sounding much better than before.
 
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