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Celestion G-12 Neo V-Type 12-inch 70-watt Replacement Guitar Amp Speaker - 8 ohm

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Celestion G-12 Neo V-Type 12-inch 70-watt Replacement Guitar Amp Speaker - 8 ohm
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Celestion G-12 Neo V-Type 12-inch 70-watt Replacement Guitar Amp Speaker - 8 ohm Reviews

12", 70W, 8-ohm Guitar Speaker

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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February 27, 2026

Celestion Neo V Speaker

By Vincent S. from Maine
Music Background: Playing guitar for over 30 years

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

July 11, 2025

Works well as replacement Super Sonic 22 replacement speaker

By Pierre

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.

June 23, 2025

OLD ROCKERS REJOICE! THIS SPEAKER IS FOR YOU!!!!

By Charlie from So-Cal

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!

May 30, 2025

4 Pounds lighter

By Mark D. from WAUWATOSA, WI

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.

February 9, 2025

Celestion Speakers Neo V

By Gary C. from Pittsburgh
Music Background: Weekend Warrior

Speakers are bright, crisp and clean.
Handles distortion with ease. Physically light in weight.

July 12, 2023

Great Speakers

By Jason L. from Wisconsin
Music Background: Guitar player

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.

June 28, 2023

Light weight, killer sound

By Dimitri P. from LUBBOCK, TX

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

February 1, 2023

Sweet Tone!

By Rick from Valley Forge, PA
Music Background: Cover band

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!

May 25, 2022

Celestion G-12 Neo V-Type

By Robert T. from Humble,Texas
Music Background: 60 years playing guitar

Ok....first let me say I've never been a fan of Celestion speakers. In every amp I've had in the last 10 years I've always gravitated to Jensen to get the tone I was looking for. About a year ago I bought the Fender Twin Tone Master which comes with the Jensen Neo speakers and it sounds great. So when I sold my Tube 65 Deluxe Reverb RI, I decided to buy The Deluxe Reverb Tone Master, and at 72 years old, with a not so good back, you'll understand why. I got the Blonde version open box from Sweetwater, thanks to Jim Watson at a great price. I played it in a live un-miked situation a couple of times and it sounded good BUT with the creamback neo, it had a little too much fizz on the high end and I couldn't turn the bass past 4 without it booming . So I tried the Jensen Neo in it, which sounds great in the Twin, so why not. Well it was ok but that little bit of growl, for lack of a better word, wasn't there. The bass was tight and the treble smooth, no fizz, but it just wasn't the right sound for this amp, to me. So....I listened to some videos of the Celestion Neo V-Type and since Jim Watson said I could return it if I didn't like it, I ordered one. Well all I have to say is Fender should have put this speaker in the Blonde DR to start with. The fizz and the boom are gone and playing the amp on the 12 watt setting with the volume, treble, and bass all set on 5 it sounds great. So I highly recommend this speaker if you are thinking of replacing the Creamback or even the Jensen if you have the black version amp. And even in the tube DRRI to make it a little lighter. I can't say enough about Sweetwater's service and fast shipping. And Jim Watson, you're not getting this speaker back! Thanks!

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February 21, 2022

Smooth pleasing tone

By KIPP from LOS ANGELES, CA
Music Background: Professional

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.

June 1, 2021

Recommended

By Hippy J. from Madison WI

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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