Anybody familiar with the Celestion G12-70? I picked up one kinda cheap to use in a nephew's wreck build. It's pre Rola. Does it like an open or closed back or either? I suspect I'll make it just like my other 12" cabs; that is to say it will measure like a D 1-12" cab, only in the '50s Fender style. 5/16" ply baffle, pine sides and top, 1/4" ply back. Oval or no cutout or convertible.
The four ohm bit is kinda complicated. I intended to make it a 6V6 amp and use a 20 watt 5.25K/4 ohm OT that I had laying around. But the kid is 14 and scary good so I might use a 6.6K 35 watt OT and get the thing just as close to real as I can. That OT has 4/8/16 ohm taps. I'll get a different speaker if y'all don't think much of the G12-70. I put one of those Chinese Vintage 30's (warehouse speakers) in my son's amp and I gotta say, it didn't sound too bad. I ain't buyin' nobody's nephew no Alnico blue though.
Ramble ramble, sorry.
Dan
4 ohm G12-70
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4 ohm G12-70
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Re: 4 ohm G12-70
I converted a blackface Vibrolux to 1-12" about 25 years ago and the only 4 ohm Celestion I could find was a G12-70, OEM from Marshall. I guess they used it in one of their solid state combos. It was way too bright; I converted back to two tens. On the other hand, I did put a G12-70 in a narrow panel tweed Deluxe with a sagging Jensen I wanted to preserve. I tried every speaker I could get my hands on, including the alnico blue that Celestion had just reissued, and the amp seemed grainy and dark. The G12-70 was my last choice because I had had such a strong negative reaction in the BF circuit. It was perfect in the tweed Deluxe. Maybe it will work well in your application with 6V6s.
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Re: G12M-70
Well that's encouraging Rocknroll. I wouldn't want an overly bright speaker on a wreck. But maybe it's just a silly question. Like you said, hook it up and see what it sounds like. I've already decided that he's gonna get a multitap OT, so I've got lots of choice.roknroll wrote:As we all know, sound is in the ear of the beholder, but my opinion is the 70 is a dark sounding speaker.
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thanks guys
Dan
The Last of the World's Great Human Beings
Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.