Speaker recommendations

[WezV]

right, i am pissing about with my amp set-up again.

i am completely happy with my little rock  into 2x12" 70's carlsbro cab but also have a champ kit i build a couple of years back that really needs to be getting more of a workout

so far its had a shoddily chucked together speaker cab with 8" ceramic jensen speaker. but i have been looking to replace that for a while and cant be bothered making one from scratch as... well in all honestly i loose interest if its not guitar shaped hence the shoddy box it was in

anyway, i just had an impule buy off ebay for the empty shell of a Trace Elliot Velocette 12R  - an amp i have always thought was pretty good looking and now i need a decent 12" speaker to go in it with the champ kit

Ohm's isnt too important as i can rewire the output for 4, 8 or 16

the amp never sounded good through the 8" ceramic jensen speaker, quite shrill

my standard go to speaker is anything greenback style but i was wondering if i should really be considering something else thats
A) not a crazy price
B) vintage flavour, suit a champ but not be too fendery in the high end
C) 12"

[Denim n Leather]

Scumback Scumnico. Problem solved. Neeeext!! PDT_008

[WezV]

if i had the money that would look to be pretty damn perfect... needs to be a bit cheaper though :(

i guess my upper, upper limit for one speaker is £100 - just cant justify spending more this year

[Denim n Leather]

Just double the prices on your guitars lol. (I'm sure Phil will LOOOOVE that!)

[Adam.M]

The Celestion G12T-100 Hot-100 is the only speaker i can think of that is cheap and well known to be toneful

It's been reported to me many times that its like a V30 without the irritating mid hump, but with the treble roll off that stops an amp taking your ears off.

Though i've no idea whats suitable for a champ, or any fender amp!

[ChunkyMunky]

Denim, why don't you show everyone you demo of the Scumback?

[hamfist]

The Eminence Cannabis Rex seems to be very well liked for Fender-type amps, and is good at taming the high end of a shrill amp.

[martinw]

G12T-100. What Adam said.

Or G12M if you don't need the flexibility of the higher wattage.

[WezV]

thanks for the suggestions

i dont need massive power handling, i dont have an amp rated above 5w!!

I dug out the old champ kit last night, chucked some random valves in it and put it through the Carlsbro cab (12" mcKensie speakers - very much like greenbacks)  just to check how well it was working and it did sound pretty damn good with them

i think my plan may be to put this amp together so i can also use it as a 1x12 speaker cab with the little rock, as well as being its own stand alone combo... i will need to recover it in red though, thats the best way to sneak stuff into my living room ;)

[Roobubba]

You already know what I'm going to say, Wez :) Probably not ideal for you, though, but I do think it's a good alternative to the Hot 100 anyway.

Hmmm, actually, come to think of it, I just put one of my Peavey Sheffield 1200 speakers from my 5150 cab into a Fender Princeton 112 Plus (65W solid state Fender from 1992). It is MUCH more efficient than the old Fender own-brand speaker it replaced, but has a much nicer, more sparkly clean tone, and of course the high gain voicing is great :)
I still have another 3 of these, so could part with one if you fancy giving it a shot.

Roo

[Twinfan]

I'd say what Martin says, as we've tried a bunch of speakers.  Hot 100 or Greenback are our favourites.

[mikeluke]

Wez

Couple of thoughts

I have a branch new Eminence The Guv'nor - 12" - 16 ohm -

http://www.eminence-speaker.com/guitar_speaker_detail.asp?model=THEGOVERNOR16&speaker_size=12&SUB_CAT_ID=4

Was planning a 1 x 12" cab to go with my Peavey Classic 30 but not got round to it

I also have the original speaker from the Classic 30 (I think that it is a Blue Marvel but not 100% sure - early to mid 1990s anyway)

PM me if you are interested - sure that we could work out a deal


Mike

[Gizmo]

When i had a little rock i had a 1x12 matamp cab with a G12M in and it sounded good. Not tried others with it so cant compare to Hot 100. I know a lot of people who got the little rock went with the 100.

Does anyone have a link to a web page with clips of the various sounds of diff speakers?

[WezV]

cheers guys, cant PM whilst at work but i like the look of that guv'nor

it would be nice if the speaker also worked well with the little rock but it isnt my main concern as i do have a 2x12 i am rather happy with

[WezV]

just realised i cant do 16 ohms as i thought originally, just 4 and 8.  its a shame because that guv'nor was drawing me in

anyway... i think i have something good sorted... more details once i have it all sorted

cheers guys