Celestion Alnico Gold 12" 8 Ohm Reviews

vintage tone

loud , verry loud :-)

Really good speaker

Accentuates every little detail of the guitars characteristics, with a very musical and dynamic feel when played, especially when pushed a little (>10Watts). I use it in a 1x12 open back cabinet. It sings with a strat/tele and howls with humbuckers. Cleans and crunch/overdrive is perfect, distortion is not it’s thing (it’s alnico). Well worth the price. The character is there “out of the box”, but it gets even better over time.

This is a very good speaker

I play mostly at bedroom volumes and I really love chime in my clean sounds.

I currently have a 4x12 set up made up of various speakers (I'm a bit of a speaker freak, it turns out. I think that what the sound comes out of happens to be tied at number one with where the sound 'goes in' , the pickups, in terms of tone-importance). The Gold sits beautifully in with the other 3 drivers; contributing but not dominating.

However, If I needed to pick just one to do a gig, it would be the Gold. It can give you great cleans and snarling overdrive. It's a fabulous all-rounder which makes me believe that, though it is expensive, it is a good investment.

Amazing

Never I have heard such a good speaker combination with a DRRI! Be aware that the speaker has only four holes in case you have more screws holders for speakers in your amp cabinet!

Very good, best Celestion product.

In my opinion simply the best sounding Celestions.

Speaker which work with many amps

I bought this speaker to my handmade tube amplifier which has two 6V6 output tubes. Works great and the sound is excellent. I planning to use this or this 10" version also with my 6L6 based amp which has originally Jensen Alnico sound. My test with this speaker has proven to be much better. Only thing you could claim is the price - to be more affordable

Tried many and this is my sound

Fantastic, simply fantastic (Compared to Greenback and GH12s)

It's a celestion.

It's a Celestion and a good one. What more do you need to know except that it is expensive. As long as you're willing to pay you'll get a superb loudspeaker suitable for all musical types.

Best speaker for VOX amps

This, together with the Alnico Blue are the best sounding guitar speakers i've heard. True, they need a reasonable time to break in but after that the sound is creamy, crisp, warm and full. Recommend this especially for a tube VOX amp users.

great speaker

These Gold Bulldogs are great speakers, a little pricey but worth it for the voxy chime in a higher power amp