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A Masterful Tribute to Celestion’s Iconic Alnico G12 Speakers





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To celebrate 100 years of speaker-making excellence, Celestion reaches back to its roots with the Celestion 100 12-inch speaker, a spot-on tribute to the landmark Celestion G12 alnico speakers that fueled the British guitar tones of the 1960s. This 30-watt, 12-inch speaker sports a classic alnico design modeled after Celestion’s extensive in-house collection of true vintage examples. Naturally, this results in a masterful sonic re-creation of the original alnico G12s. Well, what does it sound like? Celestion tells Sweetwater that this lofty speaker delivers a wonderfully rounded-over attack and a punchy-sounding compressed overdriven voice, in addition to rich, chiming trebles. What’s more, the Celestion 100’s dust dome, magnet assembly, and rear label are all painstakingly designed to mirror the looks of an original alnico G12s, making this speaker an ideal choice to refresh the tone of your treasured vintage amplifier. Inspired by one of the most heralded speakers in guitar history, the Celestion 100 is all but destined to become a classic in its own right!





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Generation-defining tone





Tracing back to the late 1950s, guitar amplification was still finding its footing. Rock music was gaining ground at a record pace, and guitarists required a louder, more powerful sound than the day’s speakers ? initially designed for radio use ? could provide. Thus, Celestion began to reinforce and refine their general-purpose alnico speakers, eventually resulting in the G12 family of speakers that would change the course of rock music forever in the hands of the British invasion and blues-rock groups of the 1960s. The 100 12-inch speaker is Celestion’s tribute to this group of speakers, taking its inspiration from the historic G12 alnico family, including the T652 and the Alnico Blue ? the latter of which is the first-ever dedicated guitar speaker.





Cutting-edge cone construction





While the Celestion 100 is unabashedly modeled after the greatest tones of the past, this old-school speaker comes complete with an innovative modernized cone construction. This speaker’s all-new cone was benchmarked using Celestion’s pristine collection of vintage speakers to ensure the most authentic tones possible, then enhanced with exceptionally thin edge treatment to improve the cone’s resiliency during excursion. The result? A wonderfully high-performance cone that blends the best of vintage sound and modern efficiency.





Celestion 100 12-inch 30-watt Guitar Speaker Features:


Celebrating Celestion’s 100th anniversary by capturing the tone of the iconic G12 alnico speakers of the late 1950s and 1960s


Modeled after the legendary sounds of the Alnico Blue, T652, B024, CT3757, and T530, resulting in a rich, rounded over attack and a pleasing compression when overdriven


Benchmarked against Celestion’s pristine collection of original vintage speakers to ensure the utmost sonic authenticity


Cutting-edge cone design crosses vintage tone with modern efficiency and performance


Dust dome, magnet assembly, and label designed to remain as period-correct as possible