Hello,
I searched the site, but couldn't find what I was looking for. I'm looking for a lower efficiency, balanced speaker for my tweed 5E3. Price is an issue, so alnico probably won't work. It came with a Hellatone 60 (which I think is a Cele V30 in disguise). It's loud. More importantly, it seems like midrange overkill. The amp has a very focused midrange sound. I am looking for something that will sound and feel a little "softer" and provide a more balanced tone. I basically want to set the amp to overdrive and ride the volume knob on the guitar for semi-cleans. I don't need all out cleans at high volume, but I'd like to be able to get over a drummer when driven. Stones to Neil Young, maybe? I play mainly a Hamer with HBs and a tele with hotter-than-vintage pickups. I'm thinking G12C, G12C/S, or maybe Green Beret?
Thanks!
Robert
Probably sounds like the G12Q: http://wgs4.com/12-g12q-20-watts
Or, you have described the ET65 to a "T": http://wgs4.com/et65
And yes, the Hellatone is a "pre-broken-in" Celestion Vintage 30 ... which seems like a bit of a strange choice for that amp ...
Thank you, sir! I watched your vid where the G12Q won the shootout and that kind of opened my eyes to it. I think I'll pick up one of those and a G12C to try them both out. I have an ET65 coming for my Dr. Z Mazerati (currently has an Emi Tonker, which is way too efficient for an already loud amp). So, I can try the ET65 with the 5E3 as well. Thanks again!
How about in my old GA-19RVTs, GA-20s, and GA-40? It's been tough finding something that sounds decent in all of them...and it THIS solves the problem....cool.
Just wanted to follow up on this. I took your G12Q suggestion - great call! I ordered from the site and it was at my door in 3 days. I've played the amp with the G12Q the last couple weekends, and it's exactly what I wanted. Volume is tamed, tone is more balanced - Tweed goodness. Thanks again.
Yea ... the G12Q would probably work ... IF you like the original tone of those amps with stock speakers ... but I haven't heard any of those in a few years ... so I'm going by kinda rusty memory here!
Awesome! And thanks so much for taking the time to come back and post your results here!