The Ultimate Speaker Tonequest ... I need YOUR input!
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So, my blogging has taken a bit of a backseat to life the last two weeks, but things are fixin’ to heat up! I’m going to assemble a group of my fellow Nashville guitar tone affectionados for some serious black-belt speaker tone shootouts.
Will you all help? I want some "outside" opinions. Let me know what speakers YOU want to see compared. I promise, we will get to as many as possible. You can post your requests here as a response to this blog, on my YouTube channel, my Facebook page, or email me directly.
Oh, and give us as much detail as you can, follow a form something like:
Speakers I want to see compared:
Amp type I’d like to have used in the comparison:
Guitar type I’d like to have used in the comparison:
Music style I’d like to have used in the comparison:
Any other pertinent tidbits:
There you have it. Let’s go! We’re all in this quest together :-)
See ya next week! -Vaughn-
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WGS speakers are so good, you really should A/B them with the speakers they are cloned from. I think WGS will come out on top!
I paired a Green Beret with a Celestion Anniversary in my Vox ac30. I swear the Green Beret kicks butt ! Love your stuff on Youtube as well. Just got a Peavey T-15 with amp in case after your review. What a great guitar, my new favorite player !
Thanks, Henree DeBaun
Cool beans Henree.
Yea, I still love my little T-15; so much so that I've been on a craigslist Peavey T-series quest. So far, in addition to the T-15 I now have a T-25 "Special" (Special means it has an ebonite fingerboard, like the Aluminum neck Kramers of the late 70's). The T-25 is simply amazing. The implementation of a tone control that rolls from single coil to humbucker is actually flawless ... and I was sooo skeptical of this feature.
Oh, and I actually did a bunch of WGS vs Celestion vids way back when I started ... you can find them on this blog or my youtube ch.; but they are by and large kinda lame :-( Sooo, I'll try to redo most of them.
Thanks for your input!
Like the dude who posted on your YouTube Chanel ... I'd like to hear as much alnico vs ceramic as you can muster.
hey, thanks!
So I'm a huge fan of the ET65 and the Retro 30. I love the way they respond in almost all situations. BUT I know they aren't perfect for everything and every amp. I'd love to hear them both put through a kind of "Pairing" shoot out if you will. Wine and cheese kinda deal... Diferent kinds of amps, Diferent cab options, different guitars and playing styles.
Thanks
Brad
Hi Vaughn.
Im really looking forward to the 15" shootout.
I own a peavey delta blues 1x15 and I like it alot but would love to hear the blue marvel(stock speaker) compared to the WGS G15C & G15A.
I play mostly blues and rock/hard rock with either a les paul or sg3.
Ta very much.
Jas.(N.Z)
Vaughn,
I'm looking for the most verstile combo yet. Let's say something that can hit us with SRV type blues, 90's rock and maybe something a little more modern indie. What do you think?
Thanks,
Cory
So far I've used three WGS speakers. In our 5E3 - like demo/bench circuit, which we have dubbed the Royale, I removed an Eminence and replaced it with a WGS G12C. The G12C sounds so good, it makes me tear up. We are a new amp company, so I take this amp to jams all over Charlotte, and everybody who plays through the thing wants one. It's a good - sounding amp, no matter what we've played it through, but to our ears, the G12C is THE tone we're going for. I haven't tried any of your alnico models yet, but am looking forward to doing so.
In our single - ended model, 5 watts, (think 5F2, wired point-to-point instead of a turretboard, which we are calling da Hornet) we have used both a Veteran and a G10C. We figured we like the G12C so much we'd give its little brother a shot. We like both speakers and will continue to build with both, but we give the G10C the edge. Its greater sensitivity gives it a lot of complexity and warmth. It has the sparkle, and it moves into breakup territory very smoothly and comfortably. Think Keith Richards - Sticky fingers tone. It's got oodles of it, and is unexpectedly loud.
We also love the Veteran's authentic vintage sound in the Hornet - think Ron Wood's tone on "Stay With Me". It nails that sound perfectly.It's a couple of dB quieter than the G10C, but stick a mic in front of it, and it can go from warm and clean to roaring and everything in between.
I'm going to build a cab that has both a G10C and a Veteran in it - should give us the best of both worlds. The quest never ends...
Ha! I got so excited talking about what I'd done with your speakers I forgot to tell you what I'd like to see. Since you recommend putting an ET65 in a cab with a Veteran 30, I'd like to hear those two in a SBS comparison. I like the samples I hear of the Reaper, too, so maybe you could SBS it with other speakers in the 30 watt range? Also, like a lot of other guys, I'd like to see comparisons between AlNiCo and ceramic models, especially a G12C and a G12A.
BFSR: Veteran, G10C