Worst guitar speaker thread

[PBGas]

Peavey used to use a speaker called BW or "Black Widow" in their cabs back in the 80s. I hated those damn things. Harsh was an understatement.

 

[Viesczy]

Classic Lead 80. Talk about THIN, we're talking Olsen twin thin AFTER a 3 year hunger strike!

Vin 30. I know that was sorta excluded, but I've not once heard them sound anywhere near the way that folks describe/wish they sounded. I'd say that Mesa comes closest to making Vin 30s sound good.

Derek

 

[Kelly]

Peavey Scorpion.

Eminence speakers sound much better after they've been broken in IMHO.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Every eminence I've tried was awful. Grainy and harsh.

This

 

[MississippiMetal]

Yamaha put some 12 inch speakers in their solid state combo that would make baby Jesus cry.

 

[stratotone]

First 4x12 I owned was a crate. Sounded horrible. Took out the stock speakers, I swear the magnets on the back were the size of silver dollars and not much thicker either.

 

[blackba]

Classic Lead 80. Talk about THIN, we're talking Olsen twin thin AFTER a 3 year hunger strike!

Vin 30. I know that was sorta excluded, but I've not once heard them sound anywhere near the way that folks describe/wish they sounded. I'd say that Mesa comes closest to making Vin 30s sound good.

Derek

I love Classic Lead 80s and thin would not be a word I would use to describe them. Usually people complain that they lack character, but this is the first I have heard of them being called thin. They work better in 212's than 412's and do very well once they are broken in and pushed a bit.

 

[maddnotez]

Agree with above.

70/80 and sheffields (not sure what model) were both equally the worst I've played.

 

[apophis]

Some of you guys choices makes me think you smoke crack......i find several eminence speaker awesome( v12, p50e,swamp thangs) of course they need more juice than celestions cause of the higher wattage,but grainy? And the cl80 thin? Is it possible you wired out of phase??

 

[WizardSouth-JP]

not sure what brand but whatever Mick Mars and CC Deville use

 

[rupe]

Well, this thread certainly isn't going to help me sell the quad of M-70s that I have in my basement

I never liked the speaker for raw, rootsy tones, but I felt they did a decent job with high gain processed tones as long as you dialed in your sound to account for the characteristics of the speaker.

 

[Viesczy]

Classic Lead 80. Talk about THIN, we're talking Olsen twin thin AFTER a 3 year hunger strike!

Vin 30. I know that was sorta excluded, but I've not once heard them sound anywhere near the way that folks describe/wish they sounded. I'd say that Mesa comes closest to making Vin 30s sound good.

Derek

I love Classic Lead 80s and thin would not be a word I would use to describe them. Usually people complain that they lack character, but this is the first I have heard of them being called thin. They work better in 212's than 412's and do very well once they are broken in and pushed a bit.

It is the stock speaker in my Laney TT50 1x12 and it is THIN compared to all my other combos or the tone pushed from my cabs as compared to the tone from the combo. Want to really hear bad/thin/sterile? Put a basswood 7 string with an Evo 7 in the bridge through one... EEK.

FWIW I grew out of my Celestion phase a decade ago after NOT being able to find any usable tones through my Laney VH100 and the aforementioned TT50C. I moved over to Eminence V12s and my ears found bliss.

If I used my TT50C more as a stand alone amp, I'd've pulled that Celestion, but as it isn't used too much and if/when used it pushed a cab and I use the combo as my monitor, I dial in the tone at band distance and deal with tones pointed at me.

Derek

 

[p4vl]

Stock speakers on the Peavey XXX 212 combo. Only speakers worse than the v30's, when applied to the XXX. Oh, and the v30's suck with the Engl Screamer.

Whatever Mystery speakers were in my old Carvin 412 from high school (head was a Crate GX130C). After viewing some vids on youtube, the Crate gx130c isn't half bad for transistor amps (in fact, that amp was used to record a few great death metal albums). With crap speakers, it just sounded like my old 1x12 Crate, but bigger.

It funny, I've switched pickups dozens of times but didn't finally change speakers until this past year.

 

[mentoneman]

the "special" celestion they put in a tech 21 power engine is special alright. i put on a one piece leotard and entered a discus contest with that one. and won.

and peavey scorpions aren't all that bad--they make one heck of a refrigerator magnet.

 

[blackba]

Classic Lead 80. Talk about THIN, we're talking Olsen twin thin AFTER a 3 year hunger strike!

Vin 30. I know that was sorta excluded, but I've not once heard them sound anywhere near the way that folks describe/wish they sounded. I'd say that Mesa comes closest to making Vin 30s sound good.

Derek

I love Classic Lead 80s and thin would not be a word I would use to describe them. Usually people complain that they lack character, but this is the first I have heard of them being called thin. They work better in 212's than 412's and do very well once they are broken in and pushed a bit.

It is the stock speaker in my Laney TT50 1x12 and it is THIN compared to all my other combos or the tone pushed from my cabs as compared to the tone from the combo. Want to really hear bad/thin/sterile? Put a basswood 7 string with an Evo 7 in the bridge through one... EEK.

FWIW I grew out of my Celestion phase a decade ago after NOT being able to find any usable tones through my Laney VH100 and the aforementioned TT50C. I moved over to Eminence V12s and my ears found bliss.

If I used my TT50C more as a stand alone amp, I'd've pulled that Celestion, but as it isn't used too much and if/when used it pushed a cab and I use the combo as my monitor, I dial in the tone at band distance and deal with tones pointed at me.

Derek

I have always used a Classic Lead 80 in a closed back 112 or 212 cab, never used them in an opened back cab or combo.

I used to own a VH100R, miss that amp. I also considered at one point getting a Laney TT50H. Of the two, which do you prefer.

 

[H3000]

Goodmans that were in late sixties=early seventies Laney cabs were absolutely awful

 

[blackba]

Goodmans that were in late sixties=early seventies Laney cabs were absolutely awful

With a name like 'Goodman', how can they be bad?

 

[The Traveller]

Peavey used to use a speaker called BW or "Black Widow" in their cabs back in the 80s. I hated those damn things. Harsh was an understatement.

+1
Jesus Christ those things were bad! The absolute worst. The harshest speaker I have ever heard. Like sticking an icepick in your ear. I don't know how anyone a Peavey thought those sounded good.

dishonorable mention: Celestion Hot 100s. Fuck I hate those things. Tried my friends cab that was loaded with them though a bunch of amps. Made them all sound terrible. A ton of bass and zero breakup.

 

[locoed]

V-30's, I think the 75 watt Marshall speakers are better, warmer, not harsh.

 

[thickwood]

My worst mistake on speakers was the Eminence redcoat tonker,grainy and nooo articulation at any frequencey and dark as vampires arm pit.
Its in a box now replaced w/ledgend 1258 which is much better IMOP