Celestion Vintage 30 12" Speaker 8 Ohm 60W
Back in 1986 a new breed of hard rock player was on the rise. To meet the demands of the players and their increasingly ‘hot-rodded’ amplifiers, Celestion set out to develop a modern speaker, capable of handling much more power and overdrive. To achieve this, Celestion coupled their ‘H’ magnet (the closest in performance to Alnico) with a new cone and voice coil employing contemporary materials.
Celestion's most revealing speaker, the Vintage 30 features enormously detailed and complex overtones, a warm low-end, a famously rich vocal mid-range and a beautifully detailed top-end. Used singly to reveal the complexities in hand-wired boutique amps, or in quartets for a wonderfully intricate vintage 3D crunch, the Vintage 30 sound has been captured on thousands of recordings from a diverse range of notable players including Slash, Steve Stevens and Peter Frampton.
Celestion's most revealing speaker, the Vintage 30 features enormously detailed and complex overtones, a warm low-end, a famously rich vocal mid-range and a beautifully detailed top-end. Used singly to reveal the complexities in hand-wired boutique amps, or in quartets for a wonderfully intricate vintage 3D crunch, the Vintage 30 sound has been captured on thousands of recordings from a diverse range of notable players including Slash, Steve Stevens and Peter Frampton.
General Specifications
Mounting Information
- Nominal diameter: 12", 305mm
- Power Rating: 60W
- Nominal impedance: 8Ω and 16Ω
- Sensitivity: 100dB
- Chassis type: Pressed steel
- Voice coil diameter: 1.75", 44.5mm
- Voice coil material: Round copper
- Magnet type: Ceramic
- Magnet weight: 50oz, 1.42kg
- Frequency range: 70-5000Hz
- Resonance frequency, Fs: 75Hz
- DC resistance, Re: 7.3Ω & 12.9Ω
Mounting Information
- Diameter: 12.2", 309mm
- Overall depth: 5.3", 135mm
- Magnet structure diameter: 6.1", 156mm
- Cut-out diameter: 11.1", 283mm
- Mounting slot dimensions: 0.31", 7.9mm Ø
- Number of mounting slots: 4
- Mounting slot PCD: 11.7", 297mm
- Unit weight: 10.4lb, 4.7kg
Ratings & Reviews
7 reviews
2/17/2021 1:12 pm
1000028
by anonymous
Bought two of these bad boys, and put them in the top slant of my 1960A cab. Disconnected the lower two 75s, and BAM! 100% improvement in tone. Really brought the cabinet to life. Had I known they would have made this much difference I would have done this years ago. The stock 75s are flat and lifeless by comparison. A real eye opener.