Deluxe Reverb Speaker comparison
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Deluxe Reverb Speaker comparison
Here's a comparsion of a Celestion Gold, a Celestion V-Type, and an Eminence GA-SC64
Recorded on a Duet 2 with a Heil PR22 pointed on axis mid cone.
Guitar: Fender HotRod '52 with Keystone single coils into a Deluxe Reverb Vintage/Vibrato channel with bright cap, settings Vol 3.5 on clean, 5 dirty, Bass at 6, Treble at 6, reverb on 5
Order goes:
Clean
Bridge, Middle, Neck
Clean with Reverb
Bridge Middle Neck
Dirty (No reverb)
Bridge Middle Neck
Apologies for the mic distortion, I picked it up too late
https://soundcloud.com/user9069719/sets ... compariosn
Recorded on a Duet 2 with a Heil PR22 pointed on axis mid cone.
Guitar: Fender HotRod '52 with Keystone single coils into a Deluxe Reverb Vintage/Vibrato channel with bright cap, settings Vol 3.5 on clean, 5 dirty, Bass at 6, Treble at 6, reverb on 5
Order goes:
Clean
Bridge, Middle, Neck
Clean with Reverb
Bridge Middle Neck
Dirty (No reverb)
Bridge Middle Neck
Apologies for the mic distortion, I picked it up too late
https://soundcloud.com/user9069719/sets ... compariosn
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Speaker comparison
Great demo! Covered lots of different styles. No doubt there will be some equally good quality Silverpistol demos coming soon too?
They all sounded pretty good, not sure I could pick one over the other if I had to choose a favorite.
They all sounded pretty good, not sure I could pick one over the other if I had to choose a favorite.
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Thanks!Reg18 wrote:Great demo! Covered lots of different styles. No doubt there will be some equally good quality Silverpistol demos coming soon too?
They all sounded pretty good, not sure I could pick one over the other if I had to choose a favorite.
That's your gold btw
Yeah, they're all pretty sweet but I settled on the GA-SC64 as a happy medium - still has nice mids but not as upper mid heavy as the celestions, with fewer highs than the Gold and less wooliness compared to the V-Type. All were quite nice in the amp, and the Gold lost because it was more expensive without adding much I wanted in a Fender. If I had a Vox though...
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Speaker comparison
The differences were too subtle for my computer speakers but anything with Mr Alessandro's name on it is probably a good bet.
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Speaker comparison
kinda hard to compare as they appear to differ in vol and attack the last one has a lot more drive and fuzz but I like the brightness of the gold, the middle one sounds more reverby and distant,
the samples look different is that just because of the speaker change?
the samples look different is that just because of the speaker change?
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I think they may differ in efficiency but yeah, any difference is down to the speaker itself.
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Re: Deluxe Reverb Speaker comparison
What's interesting is that in the room with it, the Gold is bright with a bunch or upper mids that make it lose all its "Fendery" goodness. It just sounds like a Fender attempting to be a Marshall – a nice noise but kinda weird at the same time. It's also fearsomely bright in person.
The V-Type has a lot in common with the GA-SC64, with the V-Type having more Celestion upper-mids and looser low end.
The GA-SC64 just sounds "right" – solid but not wooly lows, nice fat mids without an apparent spike, and slightly reduced treble that suits the fairly bright amp well.
The V-Type has a lot in common with the GA-SC64, with the V-Type having more Celestion upper-mids and looser low end.
The GA-SC64 just sounds "right" – solid but not wooly lows, nice fat mids without an apparent spike, and slightly reduced treble that suits the fairly bright amp well.
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I wonder what the Celestion A type speakers would sound like?TmcB wrote:What's interesting is that in the room with it, the Gold is bright with a bunch or upper mids that make it lose all its "Fendery" goodness. It just sounds like a Fender attempting to be a Marshall – a nice noise but kinda weird at the same time. It's also fearsomely bright in person.
The V-Type has a lot in common with the GA-SC64, with the V-Type having more Celestion upper-mids and looser low end.
The GA-SC64 just sounds "right" – solid but not wooly lows, nice fat mids without an apparent spike, and slightly reduced treble that suits the fairly bright amp well.
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