Celestion G-12 Neo V-Type 12-inch 70-watt Replacement Guitar Amp Speaker - 8 ohm
Celestion G-12 Neo V-Type 12-inch 70-watt Replacement Guitar Amp Speaker - 8 ohm Reviews
Celestion's V-Type is the definitive modern British-voiced speaker — sweet and warm, with enough vintage-tinged growl to remind you that it's a Celestion. The G-12 New V-Type delivers this familiar sound, but eschews its predecessor's heavy ceramic magnet for a lightweight neodymium one. At Sweetwater, we've found this guitar speaker to exhibit an incredibly balanced sonic signature. Clean, it's superbly clear and defined, with a pleasing upper-midrange chime and gentle high-frequency sparkle. Driven, it absolutely sizzles — your leads will sear and sing with a level of articulation and note separation that will satisfy even the most discerning of players. If you want to reinvigorate your guitar amplifier, the lightweight Celestion G-12 New V-Type will inject it with a vintage-modern British tone that's guaranteed to please.
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Celestion Neo V Speaker
Oh My God what DIFFERENCE, THIS SPEAKER IS JUST AWSOME AND HALF THE WEIGHT, IT SOUNDS SO CLEAN AND CLEAR AND IF YOU LIKE TO CHUG THIS IS IT, CELESTION HIT IT RIGHT ON THE NOSE WITH THIS one I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER, thank YOU Max FOR ALL YOUR HELP AT Sweetwater
Works well as replacement Super Sonic 22 replacement speaker
Original Fender speaker was blown, even though SuperSonic is exclusively used for recording. Wanted to try out a V style speaker and thought this could work out.
Nice, lighter. Does the trick and handles more power then necessary, breakup is not what I was after.
OLD ROCKERS REJOICE! THIS SPEAKER IS FOR YOU!!!!
Just bought this 4.2 pound speaker to replace the 10.4 pound stock Celestion Heritage speaker in my Dr. Z Jetta combo. And, to my ears it sounds better than the Heritage. Warm with exceptional cleans, you can add low end with the way you dial in the amp and it does not flub out (check out Pete Thorn's youtube review). At 70 watts there's plenty of clean headroom. I made my Jetta an instant grab and go, whereas before it was a grab, wince, grunt and then go with caution! (I'm 65) I purchased both the Jetta and NEO -V from Sweetwater, they always have the cool stuff in stock!
4 Pounds lighter
Will Crisp helped me out to get into this Neo Magnet speaker. I was replacing a Cannabis Rex 12" which sounded great, but was pretty heavy to lug to gigs. I tried one of these first, and, yes, there is a slight loss of bottom, but it well makes up for the loss of the extra weight. I bought a second one for my Deluxe Reverb and , so far, I'm pretty pleased with them.
Celestion Speakers Neo V
Speakers are bright, crisp and clean.
Handles distortion with ease. Physically light in weight.
Great Speakers
These speakers were used to replace the speakers in my Boss Katana MkII 2x12. The intent was to lighten up the amp because I was sick of hauling that heavy ass thing around... Well it shaved about 6 or 7 pounds of the amp and changed the sound. It hard to explane the new sound but it just sounds good. Clearer. These speakers are great and dont cost much for the brand and neo magnets they use. I would highly recommend these to anyone who wants to reduce wieght and or upgrade their speakers.
Light weight, killer sound
I bought this for a custom tube amp I built, primarily for its light weight. It indeed is light but also has a rich sound to it. I'm using this speaker for all my future builds and will eventually retrofit it into other cabinets. It's amazing
Sweet Tone!
Replaced a stock V-Type in a Fender Bassbreaker 30R with this neo V-Type to save a few pounds - it's definitely lighter and the tone is similar but maybe just a tad smoother (I typically play with a higher gain sound) - really digging it at practice volume - haven't tried it live yet, but seems like it should work well in a full band club setting - Josh at Sweetwater was super helpful with my purchase!
Smooth pleasing tone
I bought this to tame the little bit of fizz in my new Boss Katana II, as well as make it lighter for my retired bones to carry. Does the job! It's a 70 watt speaker, and the amp puts out 100 watts, but I'll never push it that hard. I usually leave the amp at the 50-watt setting.
Tone is warm and round yet clear enough to cut through the band.
3 1/2 pounds or so lighter than the Katana speaker - noticeable improvement, though the stock amp is pretty light on its own.
Clean tones are as chimey as the Katana speaker, as well as my Fender Deluxe Tonemaster, but it doesn't get harsh when sending it hi-gain tones.
Recommended
I wanted a lightweight speaker to throw into my Blues Deluxe Reissue to turn it into a real grab and go combo ready for getting back to going gigging.
The Neo V-Type totally does the job it's taken a few extra pounds away for sure but it's also and toneful with nice spanky cleans and plenty of headroom, definitely an improvement on the stock speaker.
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