Twin Reverb Speaker options

[motorcityrocker]

My Twin needs new speakers. Im thinking Celestion Greenbacks. After a good indie/britpop rock sound. Any thoughts?

[The Radium King]

my email to eminance:

Hi There, I need advice on the proper Eminence speaker for me. I play a Fender '65 Twin Reissue. I like the Twin tone (100 watts, open back, two Jensen C12K 12" speakers, 8 ohm, 99.1 dB SPL) but have the following issues:

- ice pick treble with my Telecaster
- beamy; even with the volume on 2 the sound will blow past me and kill the guys on the other side of the room
- speakers can't handle the bass excursions when my NFB loop is disconnected (it can 'fart' out)
- sounds thin with distortion

Can you recommend a pair of Eminence speakers to fix this up? Something that can handle a flabby bass input, tame the telecaster highs, not be too beamy and breaks-up warmly?


their next day reply:

Thank you for emailing Eminence. I recommend Swamp Thang from our Patriot series. It is a very popular Fender upgrade speaker. It has a big, thick, chunky tone overall, very efficient, good sustain, touch sensitivity. The bottom end is well pronounced with warm mid detail and a smooth top end. This is mainly impart to a 2" voice coil diameter. It also handles pedals/effects extremely well. The only down side is that it will make your already heavy Twin even heavier.

http://www.eminence.com/guitar_speak...2&SUB_CAT_ID=4

Regards,


Anthony Lucas
Sr. Lab Technician
Eminence Speaker LLC
anthony.lucas@eminence.com
(502)845-5622 ext. 341

[Dacious]

Originally Posted by motorcityrocker

My Twin needs new speakers. Im thinking Celestion Greenbacks. After a good indie/britpop rock sound. Any thoughts?

My initial thoughts are you have the wrong amp. For Britppop you need somethng Voxish with a top-boost type sound. Certainly something brighter. I would be looking at G12-65s.

Greenbacks are not recommended because they are only 25w or 30w RMS speakers.