Celestion G12H-150 Redback 12" 75W Guitar Speaker for Electric Guitar Amps & Cabinets - Perfect for Rock, Blues & Metal Performances

When a 4x12 cabinet is too big and you need something smaller for your Marshall head, this speaker fits the bill. Purchased this with a good speaker cabinet and it handles anything the amp can throw at it, with clean sounds and no distortion. Love the 150w max power in case I need it. Well built and has great weight! This is the first time I "built" my own cabinet and I'm glad I did. Both speaker and cabinet was as much as some small amps but the sound is much better!I bought this speaker to mount into my old Peavy Mace 320T… It really sounds awesome!!!I put one of these into my Boss Katana Artist combo amp and it really gave it a lot more punch and low end clarity at high stage volume compared to the Waza speaker.The only real drawback is that this can sound a bit dull and lifeless at low volumes. I think that in a gigging 2x12, they would work well or even a 1x12 but I don't know how 4 of them would work unless you could really get some insane stage volume moving some air with them. Even if I did have a 4x12, I'd have heritage greenbacks or 65w Creambacks.I like this speaker. I wanted something that will handle all of my Marshall 100 watt head so I could leave my 4x12 at home most of the time. It fills that need. It's light weight in a small 1x12 cabinet. I have both the 8 ohm and 16 ohm versions. The 16 is a bit brighter so I prefer the 8 ohm unit. To me, it sounds more like a Greenback. Having both gives me a lot of flexibility. I can use them with both 16 and 8 ohm amplifiers. I can also parallel them to get 5.33 ohms. That allows me to use a transistorized amp that's rated for 4 ohms for maximum power.I put this speaker in my orange 1x12 cabinet. It had a celestial vintage 30 in it originally. But that wasn't enough to handle my PV invective 120 head. It sounds and works great. This speaker's a definitely a good idea it can handle any 100 watt head easy without risk. Works great for metal and clean stuff.Best sounding speaker for the type of music I play (metal). Haven’t even tried it clean yet. This speaker is an absolute monster. I’m using a 1x12 peavy cabinet with this installed and only a orange micro dark amp (20w) but it is so loud. I couldn’t imagine a 4x12 loaded with these.I wanted to like my vintage 30s in my half stack but I always had to tweek the amps eq or try different electric guitar strings and even change the pick ups. I heard the celestion redback live and I had to have it. I replaced all four vintage 30s in my half stack and dam, it roars. My half stack is louder and clearer than my friends full stack its insane. Another cool thing is the way it sound when using stomp boxes (delay flanger overdrive etc. in front of the amp you feel the effects.I got this because my Marshall JCM2000 rig and my aggressive playing fried my vintage 30, which was housed in a 1x12 peavey cabinet.I play with my volume and gain at 22 o clock, and I've got my gain at 12 o clock on the dirtiest channel. I boost the amp with a tube screamer, and I boost the tube screamer with an Xotic Ep Booster.I'm also rocking high gain dimarzio pickups in all my guitars.So in short my signal hits the amp hard when all is said and done.Bearing this in mind, I didnt want to fry another V30 (getting then re-coned is 95$, I'm not Brian May i cant afford to fry speaker after speaker).So I wanted something that could handle the abuse that I put my cabinet through and have plenty of headroom.And it does the job.Pros:very high wattagesounds like a greenback (breaks up quickly)easy installationCons:It's not a V30: I fell in love with those icepick mids of the V30s. Man could I punch through the mix with that speaker.speaker distortion is a bit too much. hopefully this will abate once i break the speaker in more