I've heard that John Mayer is currently using Celestion G12-65 and Century G12 speakers in his live setup. From what I understand he's got a 2x12" cabinet for each speaker (ie 2xG12-65 and 2xCentury G12), however I was wondering what your opinions were of a single 2x12" cabinet with 1 of each speaker in would be.
In case it's relevant the power handling of the G12-65 is 65W and the Century G12 is 80W, I would get both at the same impedance.
Cheers guys...
Opinions on speaker paring
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Re: Opinions on speaker paring
That's really interesting. I love the sound from his current setup. Where did you hear that about the speaker selection?
I wonder how the G12 Century compares to the G12H30? That's what I have in my cab right now, along with a G12-65.
I wonder how the G12 Century compares to the G12H30? That's what I have in my cab right now, along with a G12-65.
Re: Opinions on speaker paring
From the guy who made his current cabs....
http://www.alessandro-products.com/main.html
He said that John is using a mix of Celestion G12-65's, Golds and Century G12's. He said that John thinks the G12-65 works best alone and the other speakers add high freq detail in conjunction with the 65's.
Since John's currently using a 2 amp, 4 cab setup, I assume he's probably got 2 cabs loaded with the G12-65's and one of each other cab loaded with each of the other 2 types.
Since I'm aiming for a single 2x12" cab setup (eventually - man this saving is hard!!), I'll have to settle for one of each though the ideal situation would be to have 2 2x12" cabs and load one with 2 x G12-65's and the other with 1xGold and 1xG12....
Choices, choices, choices....
The good news is that I'm now sure I can get the tone I want from Celestions, and I'm in the UK so they're the easiest of the main brands to get hold of!!
http://www.alessandro-products.com/main.html
He said that John is using a mix of Celestion G12-65's, Golds and Century G12's. He said that John thinks the G12-65 works best alone and the other speakers add high freq detail in conjunction with the 65's.
Since John's currently using a 2 amp, 4 cab setup, I assume he's probably got 2 cabs loaded with the G12-65's and one of each other cab loaded with each of the other 2 types.
Since I'm aiming for a single 2x12" cab setup (eventually - man this saving is hard!!), I'll have to settle for one of each though the ideal situation would be to have 2 2x12" cabs and load one with 2 x G12-65's and the other with 1xGold and 1xG12....
Choices, choices, choices....
The good news is that I'm now sure I can get the tone I want from Celestions, and I'm in the UK so they're the easiest of the main brands to get hold of!!