Celestion g21m greenback speakers, any good?

[Dills]

Hi there

Sorry its a g12m, Just wondering if anyone has used these speakers in their amps or replaced them in their amps before? I was thinking about changing the stock speaker out of my hughes and kettner 20watt tube amp which is basically a closed back combo.
I am after something smooth, fairly tight in the low end and definetly not harsh in the midrange or high frequencys. I hear the term "woody' being described with this speaker can anyone explain. Your help would be great

Cheers Dills

 

[JumpMarine]

Re: Celestion g21m greenback speakers, any good?

I've got one in my 2x12(mated to a G12H30) and have done a test by close micing each speaker seperately and here's what I heard:

G12M(25w)-Darker, warm, earlier cone breakup(In a very good way)

G12H30(30w)-A little brighter, but NICE warmth, great lowend and no spiky highs, tighter. My personal favorite as a single speaker for a lower wattage combo.

Someone else will have to add to the mids issue. I do know that one gets the lower mids and the other gets the upper mids and together sound perfect.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Celestion g21m greenback speakers, any good?

+1 with the GH12 30 watts speaker on its own, the greenbacks sounds best being at least two and in a closed back cab

 

[Stevo]

Re: Celestion g21m greenback speakers, any good?

Big sounding mids for distorted sounds. Very responsive. Tigh bass and smooth highs.
Good all-round speaker for rock. I really like them for Marshall amps.
I agree with Rid - more is better