Speaker for peavey 6505 plus 112

[man-in-moon]

I just picked up a 6505 plus 1x12 combo pretty cheap. It needs a new speaker though. I have been looking up speaker suggestions. So far the eminence governor and Celestion vintage 30 seems to be the most popular. I am intrigued by the eminence maverick with the attenuation built in. But wonder if a 60-75 speaker will be enough.
I know the general though is get a speaker double the wattage of the amp. But I don’t have much experience with higher wattage speakers. I tend to use green backs or recently creambacks.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Speaker for peavey 6505 plus 112

Ever look at the WGS stuff? Your close by brother and may have a couple nice speakers FS in the next week or so. Know I will let a ET 90 go 90 watter and would kill in a 6505. Have a bunch of unused stuff I'm cleaning out of my music room. The ET 90 came out of my 25 watt Zinky Velvet a couple weeks back in a swap for another WGS ( G12C) that was a little more efficient and had a more Fender like clean tone. The 90 watter was just overkill in that little 25 watt amp. Say $60 and I'm just over in Birmingham would give us a chance to hook up face to face.
One of these good and broken in but otherwise mint.
https://wgsusa.com/et90

The little 25 watt Zinky running unmiced in a huge room ( lobby of a former Hospital bout 2000 or SQ foot room!) with the ET 90.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Re: Speaker for peavey 6505 plus 112

I think a Creamback M-65 or a Vintage 30 would have no problem handling the power of the 6505+. Those two are my recommendations. Matter of fact, I use Creamback H-75's with my EVH, and it sounds killer as well.

I'd personally avoid the Governor like the plague. I hate those speakers and the Eminence V12's that try to give you the "tweaked V30" vibe. I think both of those speakers manage to be muffled-sounding and fizzy at the same time, somehow. Hollow, almos phase-y sounding mids, and they sound attrocious mic'd with an SM57. JMO

 

[80's_Metal]

Re: Speaker for peavey 6505 plus 112

G12 T-75 would be what I would put in there.
Next choice would be V30
Maybe a k100

 

[Ascension]

Re: Speaker for peavey 6505 plus 112

G12 T-75 would be what I would put in there.
Next choice would be V30
Maybe a k100

Also have a loose 16 ohm real Brit mid 90's G12 T-75 in great shape if your interested MIM. Was thinking about dropping it into my cab at Church to replace a WGS Retro. Retro is a wicked speaker for the heavier stuff but lacks a little on the cleans for what I'm doing there. Just have to much stuff that's just sitting round here gathering dust so doing some house cleaning this year.

 

[dave74]

Re: Speaker for peavey 6505 plus 112

k100

 

[man-in-moon]

Re: Speaker for peavey 6505 plus 112

Thanks for the input guys. I’ve been listening to sound clips. I’m leaning toward a creamback or a Redback. I know the 6505 is most a metal amp but I have had decent luck getting good blues and decent clean tones out of them before. So those speakers seem to be to more versatile.