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2000 Celestion Product Line

4/22/2000 1:58 PM
Ray Ivers	2000 Celestion Product Line At the NAMM show I picked up a current Celestion product line brochure. It appears the new Korean owners of Celestion have made a few changes. --- Silver Series (lower line) V10-40 (10" - 40 watts) V10-60 V12-60 V12-80 V15-100 'Classic Celestions' Celestion Blue (Alnico "Bull Dog" - 15 watts) Classic Lead (80 watts) G12M Greenback (25 watts) Vintage 30 (60 watts) G12T-75 G12H (30 watts - this one's new, I think) 'General Guitar Loudspeakers' Vintage 8 (60 watts) Vintage 10 (60 watts - I like these) G10C-30 G10E-50 G10F-70 G12L-35 G12E-50 G12F-70 G12T-80 G12T-100 G12H-120 (the new Sidewinder?) All the above speakers are evidently PE-type, or paper-edge cones (I'd say 98 percent of Celestions are like this - the edge of the cone has a couple of gentle 'waves' in it and is treated with black goo). To me, these have a mosquito-like thing happening at low volumes but sound fine when you crank 'em and your ear/brain compression algorithm kicks in (I have frequency response curves for almost all the older Celestions, and it's surprising some of the peaks you see, at real high frequencies). 'Bass Guitar Loudspeakers' BG8F-100 (100 watts) BG10F-100 BG10T-150 BG12S-100 BG15S-100 Thess bass speakers are most likely cambric-edge (CE), which have a sharply-pleated semi-transparent fabric edge glued to the cone, and treated with clear goo. If this is true, and the BG12S-100 is the new incarnation of the former G12H-100 CE, I'm in heaven - I consider this the best-sounding Celestion I've ever heard. 'Acoustic Guitar Loudspeakers' (!) Q5-1013 (30 watts, 140 Hz resonance!) Q10-1517 (70 watts) Q12-1735 (100 watts) These evidently are specially designed for acoustic guitar amps - must be a real market out there. Let me know if anyone wants more specific info on a given model - I don't have a whole bunch, but I do have sensitivity, frequency range, impedances available, and free-air resonance. Ray Ivers

4/22/2000 1:58 PM

Ray Ivers

2000 Celestion Product Line

At the NAMM show I picked up a current Celestion product line brochure. It appears the new Korean owners of Celestion have made a few changes.

---

Silver Series (lower line)

V10-40 (10" - 40 watts)
V10-60
V12-60
V12-80
V15-100

'Classic Celestions'

Celestion Blue (Alnico "Bull Dog" - 15 watts)
Classic Lead (80 watts)
G12M Greenback (25 watts)
Vintage 30 (60 watts)
G12T-75
G12H (30 watts - this one's new, I think)

'General Guitar Loudspeakers'

Vintage 8 (60 watts)
Vintage 10 (60 watts - I like these)
G10C-30
G10E-50
G10F-70
G12L-35
G12E-50
G12F-70
G12T-80
G12T-100
G12H-120 (the new Sidewinder?)

All the above speakers are evidently PE-type, or paper-edge cones (I'd say 98 percent of Celestions are like this - the edge of the cone has a couple of gentle 'waves' in it and is treated with black goo). To me, these have a mosquito-like thing happening at low volumes but sound fine when you crank 'em and your ear/brain compression algorithm kicks in (I have frequency response curves for almost all the older Celestions, and it's surprising some of the peaks you see, at real high frequencies).

'Bass Guitar Loudspeakers'

BG8F-100 (100 watts)
BG10F-100
BG10T-150
BG12S-100
BG15S-100

Thess bass speakers are most likely cambric-edge (CE), which have a sharply-pleated semi-transparent fabric edge glued to the cone, and treated with clear goo. If this is true, and the BG12S-100 is the new incarnation of the former G12H-100 CE, I'm in heaven - I consider this the best-sounding Celestion I've ever heard.

'Acoustic Guitar Loudspeakers' (!)

Q5-1013 (30 watts, 140 Hz resonance!)
Q10-1517 (70 watts)
Q12-1735 (100 watts)

These evidently are specially designed for acoustic guitar amps - must be a real market out there.

Let me know if anyone wants more specific info on a given model - I don't have a whole bunch, but I do have sensitivity, frequency range, impedances available, and free-air resonance.

Ray Ivers