Hey- Just picked up a mid to late 90s Super Tramp 1x12 combo. It's 100% solid state and runs 80 watts rms and 110 peak. It sounds great (clean, bright and articulate) but lacks some ooomph.
It has a Celestion G12t-60 which was "custom made for Trace Elliot" but looks dead like a G12t-75, label scheme and all. Maybe just a 60-watt version. Anyway, it is SUPER bright in mids and highs but not very robust in the bottom end- even with the bass pots turned all the way up. It just lacks a depth and resonance in the lows.
I rather like the clear and bright mids and highs but need to beef up the low end. I understand the G12t-75s are great for lead and typically used in 4x12 closed-back cabs where I can see they might sound fuller as a gang and bassier in a closed back cab but just a single one of these in an open back small cab doesn't sound right to me.
I play mostly blues and classic rock (Allman Brothers, Stones, Zeppelin, etc.).
I like clean headroom in a speaker too.
Your suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks.
Ha! "it is SUPER bright in mids and highs but not very robust in the bottom end" ... man, how many 1x12 combos sound that way? Most of 'em!
Definitely sounds like an ET65 for you ... or maybe the new ET-90, but I don't really know that speaker as well yet.
Ok- I found that it requires a 4 ohm speaker. Not any WGS options, right?