2017 Celestion Guitar Speaker Catalog
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Guitar Loudspeakers Please note that Celestion adopt a progressive policy and we reserve the right to alter drive unit specifications celestion.com Find out more and/or appearance without prior notice. E&OE celestion.com LIT0705/1215 Celestion Guitar and Bass Loudspeakers At Celestion, we’re proud of our rich and unique heritage in guitar tone, indelibly linked to countless groundbreaking players, sounds and albums. And we’re just as proud of our track record in pushing the boundaries of speaker technology to innovate bold new designs, after all, the history of the electric guitar has been built on constant innovation. In 2016 we have multiple reasons to celebrate. The Vintage 30—a radical new design conceived in 1986 as a vintage speaker for modern rock styles—sees it’s 30th anniversary: comfortably securing its place in the annals of guitar tone history alongside the Alnico Blue and G12M Greenback. At the same time, we unveil the Neo Creamback, a landmark new neodymium magnet guitar speaker designed to deliver the same glorious tonal signature of its G12M and G12H ceramic magnet cousins, while tipping the scales at a fraction of their weight. And for those players dedicated to bringing the rumble and thunder, we’re also delighted to introduce our new PULSE bass speakers: three powerful ferrite drivers built to help bass players redefine the bottom line. This year as always, we’re proud to be the people that make the speakers, but it’s you that make the music. Thanks for making Celestion the undisputed voice of Rock & Roll. The Speakers Alnico Series: Cream, Blue, Gold, G10 Gold ......................................................................................................................................................................Pages 8-9 Heritage Series: G12H 75c/s and 55c/s models, G12-65, G12M ......................................................................................................................................Pages 10-11 Signature Series: G12EVH, G12-50GL Lynchback ............................................................................................................................................................Pages 12-13 Classic Series: Neo Creamback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12H-75 Creamback ..................................................................................................................Pages 14-15 Classic Series: G12M Greenback, G10 Greenback, G12H Anniversary ..............................................................................................................................Pages 16-17 Classic Series: Vintage 30, Classic Lead 80, G10 Vintage.................................................................................................................................................Pages 18-19 Classic Series: G10N-40, G12 Century Vintage, G12T-75, G12K-100 ...............................................................................................................................Pages 20-21 Classic Series: G15V-100 Fullback, V-Type, A-Type .........................................................................................................................................................Pages 22-23 Originals: Eight 15, Ten 30, Rocket 50, Seventy 80, Hot 100 .............................................................................................................................................Pages 24-25 PULSE Bass Speakers: PULSE 10, PULSE 12, PULSE 15 ..................................................................................................................................................Pages 26-27 Bass Speakers: BN10-200X, BL10-100X, BN10-300X .....................................................................................................................................................Pages 28-29 Bass Speakers: BN12-300S, BL15-300X, BN15-300X, BN15-400X .................................................................................................................................Pages 30-31 Partners in Tone Meet the players who turn speakers into legends 4 Celestion Guitar Loudspeakers 5 Partners in Tone Alnico Series From the 60s to the present day, from the British Invasion to modern pickers like Brad Paisley - the unmistakable, musical sound of the Alnico magnet guitar speaker, as pioneered by Celestion, continues to shape popular music. Back in the late 50s, our friends at Vox and Marshall identified the need for a dedicated guitar speaker to handle increasingly loud and raucous performances. In response, Celestion designed the G12 T530 – the now famous ‘Blue’. The rigid construction and Alnico magnets made them ideal for a new generation of electric guitarists, experimenting increasingly with volume and overdrive. The Blue was joined by the Gold and G10 Gold as we begun developing new and innovative ways to deliver the essential and much-loved Celestion Alnico character in a speaker with greater power handling capability, for use in more modern amplifier designs. The culmination of our continued dedication to the unique sound of the Alnico speaker is embodied in all our speakers, but perhaps best exemplified by the Celestion Cream – built to bring authentic Alnico class to all kinds of amps from 1-watt to 90-watts. 6 Celestion Guitar Loudspeakers 7 Celestion Cream Celestion Gold With a 90-watt power rating, the Celestion GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Building on the platform of the Blue, the GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Cream is purpose-built for vintage tones, Nominal diameter ............. 12", 305mm Gold is a higher-powered, Alnico-magnet Nominal diameter ............. 12", 305mm whatever kind of amp you use. By applying Power rating ........................ 90W speaker that recreates the unmistakable Power rating ........................ 50W new technologies and manufacturing Nominal impedance .............. 8Ω & 16Ω sonic signature of a ‘well played-in’ Nominal impedance .............. 8Ω & 15Ω methods developed during the creation Sensitivity ......................... 100dB original. Over time, the high frequencies Sensitivity ......................... 100dB of our Creamback speakers, we’ve been Chassis type. Pressed steel of a Blue soften and become less chalky Chassis type. Pressed steel able to deliver a higher power rating while Voice coil diameter .......... 1.75", 44.5mm as the cone becomes more flexible – a Voice coil diameter .......... 1.75", 44.5mm preserving the very essence of an alnico Voice coil material .............Round copper much sought after characteristic that the Voice coil material .............Round copper guitar speaker. Magnet type ........................Alnico Gold exhibits straight out of the box. Also Magnet type ........................Alnico Frequency range ................75-5000Hz present in the Gold sound from the outset Frequency range ................75-5000Hz Delivering a glorious, laid-back attack, the Resonance frequency, Fs ...............75Hz is an added warmth and complexity in the Resonance frequency, Fs ...............75Hz Cream exudes warm lows and a brilliant DC resistance, Re ............ 6.7Ω & 13.1Ω midrange which, coupled with the classic DC resistance, Re ............ 6.4Ω & 11.8Ω bell-like chime. It has smooth and organic Alnico qualities of a laid-back attack, mids, further characterised by a fine- MOUNTING INFORMATION rounded low end and brilliant bell-like MOUNTING INFORMATION grained detail that adds a high-definition Diameter ................... 12.2", 309mm highs, deliver huge rhythm voicings and Diameter ................... 12.2", 309mm quality to the vocal range. Overall depth ................. 6.5”, 165mm saturated vocal lead tones. Overall depth ................. 6.5", 165mm Magnet structure diameter ...... 5.0", 128mm Magnet structure diameter ...... 5.0", 128mm The Cream has been specially created to Cut-out diameter ............. 11.1”, 283mm The Gold is a wonderfully expressive and Cut-out diameter ............. 11.1", 283mm 8 Ω FREQUENCY RESPONSE 8 Ω FREQUENCY RESPONSE bring alnico class to all kinds of amps from Mounting slot dims ......... 0.31", 7.9mm Ø revealing loudspeaker, affording guitarists Mounting slot dims ......... 0.31", 7.9mm Ø 1-watt to 90-watts. It conveys a satisfying Mounting slot PCD ............ 11.7", 297mm an unprecedented degree of dynamic Number of mounting slots ................ 4 warmth, detailed expressiveness and Number of mounting slots ................ 8 control. It has already become a favourite for Mounting slot PCD ............ 11.7", 297mm exceptional musicality, even at low power Unit weight .................... 9.3lb, 4.2kg many working players worldwide whether Unit weight .................... 9.3lb, 4.2kg levels. picking and bending with Brad Paisley, rocking with Carl Verheyen of Supertramp or grinding with Bill Kelliher of Mastodon. Celestion Blue Celestion G10 Gold This classic guitar speaker actually started GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Following the great reviews we received for GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS life as a radio speaker that was modified Nominal diameter ............. 12", 305mm the Gold 12", we realised there was also a Nominal diameter ............. 10", 254mm specifically for use in electric guitar Power rating ........................ 15W need for a speaker that conveyed the Alnico Power rating ........................ 40W amplifiers. In its original incarnation as Nominal impedance .............. 8Ω & 15Ω mellowness of the original Blue, with the Nominal impedance .............. 8Ω & 15Ω the G12 T530 it appeared in