Speaker recommendations

[WezV]

got the new speaker from jpfamps - will wire it in soon, still need to mod the cab slightly to fit the amp

anyway.  looks good so far

[Will]

Looks nice, better get to breaking it in though :P

On a side note, I think I met JPF on the day of the BKP meet when I went to Angel Music.

[WezV]

i know... i should have it mounted in the amp in the next day or two.

i realised today that almost my entire rig is handmade in the UK (ok, some made by me!).... then i thought about it a bit more... it has been for a while!!!  My current cab is carlsbro with mckensie speakers.  My old amp was a 70's vox ac30ss with greenbacks and the other amp i had was a 60's dallas scala 5w combo.  All Uk built for at leat the last 14 years!!

i went with the tayden as the spec is in between a british made celestion Heritage greenback and a chinese celestion.  I.e the tayden M-series is apparently a british made cone, motor unit and voice coil with chinese made magnet and basket... all assembled in the UK and at a keener price than either of those celestions.  will let you know what i think once i have played it a bit and A/B'd it with the 2x12 mckensie cab

[jpfamps]

Looks nice, better get to breaking it in though :P

On a side note, I think I met JPF on the day of the BKP meet when I went to Angel Music.

Actually you met F, J-P was away!

[jpfamps]

i know... i should have it mounted in the amp in the next day or two.

i realised today that almost my entire rig is handmade in the UK (ok, some made by me!).... then i thought about it a bit more... it has been for a while!!!  My current cab is carlsbro with mckensie speakers.  My old amp was a 70's vox ac30ss with greenbacks and the other amp i had was a 60's dallas scala 5w combo.  All Uk built for at leat the last 14 years!!

i went with the tayden as the spec is in between a british made celestion Heritage greenback and a chinese celestion.  I.e the tayden M-series is apparently a british made cone, motor unit and voice coil with chinese made magnet and basket... all assembled in the UK and at a keener price than either of those celestions.  will let you know what i think once i have played it a bit and A/B'd it with the 2x12 mckensie cab

As far as I know all the Celestion baskets are made in China (including the Heritage series). I don't think there is any UK company stamping speaker baskets. I also suspect the Celestion motor units and magnets are made in China. Not sure about the voice coils.

As far as I can tell the only difference between a Chinese G12M and a Heritage is that the Heritage is assembled in the UK using the same parts as the Chinese G12M except for British-made Kurt Müller cones, suspension and dust cap.

So the Tayden may well be the speaker with the most British-made parts in it!!

[Roobubba]

Looks nice, better get to breaking it in though :P

On a side note, I think I met JPF on the day of the BKP meet when I went to Angel Music.

Actually you met F, J-P was away!

I'm going to hazard a guess that there are two people's names going towards 'JPF', and that you're not, in fact, one person with multiple alter egos :)

Can't wait to hear clips of that speaker, Wez - get it in there and start breaking it in already! :)

Roo

[WezV]

i am just a jack socket away from having it ready... although before i do that i need to install some side dots and fret markers on a guitar and lapsteel, clean up all the dust i have just been making and have a bath.  should get it done this afternoon though

[WezV]

its in now.  First impressions are good.  The little rock sounds pretty much like it did before with the old cab (excellent news), except i can crank it a bit further without annoying the neighbours because its only 1 speaker instead of 2.

the champ style amp is a revelation, i dont think its ever sounded so good

need to play it some more

[PhilKing]

My G12M heritage sounds great wth low powered amps, so perhaps it is a similar thing that you're hearing.