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Speakers for good guitar sound? [message #18289]

Wed, 27 February 2013 09:12

trfan
Messages: 6
Registered: February 2013
Location: NY

Junior Member

Hey guys, I'm considering building a cab for my K200b and since I'll be playing a guitar rather than a bass, I'd like to get some thoughts on speaker(s) (probably 2x12 or 1x15). Would a celestion vintage series do well? I play mostly blues and classic rock, no heavy distortion or shred type stuff. I'd like to make it a 16 ohm cab to limit the power as I don't play out etc.
Any ideas?

Thanks for your input.

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Re: Speakers for good guitar sound? [message #18290 is a reply to message #18289]

Wed, 27 February 2013 09:29

stevem
Messages: 4775
Registered: June 2004
Location: NY

Senior Member

Since it seems like from your post that you will be getting whatever amount of distortion you use from a stomp box I would leave speaker impeadance/amp output wattage out of the picture, as this will leave open far more choises in speakers to use.
In light of this the other part of the question is how big of a cabinet do you what to have to move around to gig with, also a multi speaker cabinet lets you combine two or more different
drivers and get good use of both a american toned driver and a Brit sound into the mix.
For a 2-12 cab I would go for Eminence made drivers, like one model red, white and blue and one model private jack.
Another nice sounding cab that I have heard as of late at a jam'
had one Jensen C15N driver and two Eminence Ramrod drivers.
all three drivers are 16 ohms for a 5.3 ohm total, its a bit bigger cab than a 2-12 to hump around, but it sounds killer.
If you go with 2-12s use two 8 ohm drivers as this will let you install a switch to get a 4 ohm, or a 16 ohm load.

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Re: Speakers for good guitar sound? [message #18293 is a reply to message #18290]

Wed, 27 February 2013 12:27

trfan
Messages: 6
Registered: February 2013
Location: NY

Junior Member

Hey Steve, thanks for the reply. I don't gig out, just play for my own amusement (sometimes it's very amusing!)at home and space is limited so I want a smaller cab simililar to the T&R Kustom 1x15 or 2x12's I've seen the K100 heads on. As for the Altec 421's and CTS speakers I see folks looking for, would they be a consideration for guitar or are they more designed for bass applications?

Again, thanks.

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Re: Speakers for good guitar sound? [message #18294 is a reply to message #18293]

Wed, 27 February 2013 15:36

Kustom_Bart
Messages: 601
Registered: October 2010
Location: Greenville, MichiGUN

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The Altec 421is more of a bass speaker, but Kustom used the Altec 418 and they are nice for mians or guitar. It is like comparing a JBL D-140 to a JBL D-130. If it were me I would try to pick up a pair of 12" Jensen Mods the Jensens sound really nice with guitar or if you can pick up a set of the old Jensen C12N that came in the old Kustoms. They are sweet too.

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