celestion v30 with vented voice coil

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Hello

Are these common?
Took it out of my Marshall Studio 15 to replace dust cap that fell off and realized it has a vent on the back like some older Celestions. Never seen V30 / Vintage like this before.
My amp is from 1985. I think the speaker is one of the earliest V30s.

Does the vent have an influence on sound?

 

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Re: celestion v30 with vented voice coil

Thats a Marshall Vintage, their special batch order version of the UK V30

Comes in 1960 AV/BV cabs


Actually no scratch that, it's 8ohm so it must be from a combo or 212 cab

Seems like amp companies like adding venting when special ordering speakers, iirc the Mesa/Celestion Black Shadow C90 adds one too

 

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Re: celestion v30 with vented voice coil

This speaker was stock in my Marshall Studio 15 combo, that's for sure.

 

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Re: celestion v30 with vented voice coil

Marshall Vintage speakers in other amps don't seem to have venting

 

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Hmm interesting... checked mine out of curiosity, and it is HALFvented???? Small hole no mesh, Celestion v30 Ipswitch Suffolk England label, 444 cone, no side stick3r or trace thereof, beige-ish frame stamped "26AL 13903/2." or maybe "26AL 73903/2."

Or wait....probably "26AL T3903/2."

That would at least make some sense

 

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Re: celestion v30 with vented voice coil

code on the frame of my speaker: