jamme61 said:
I put a red fang in my 5:50 1x12 combo and fell in love. I did try a GB in there but it turned to mush really fast. If you mix the GB with another in your 2x12 it might sound great but in the combo alone it got overpowered.
I got my g12-65 yesterday, I turned my amp on with the Tonker in my cab and played for about ten minutes and then put the g12-65 in. It was like night and day, I am sure it is not broken in yet.
I played with single coils and on the bottom on the E and A strings first thru fourth fret it sounded a little harsh but I think that was my EQ and I kind of liked the tone.
After that this speaker gets better. I played with my Fender Showmaster, humbucker pups and solved a great part of the problem I have had with brightness in that guitar. I played the 24th fret on the high E and the icepick tone was gone, man am I happy, I was so disappointed with all the other speakers in addressing this, and I couldn't dial it out but now I can.
I don't feel qualified to give a great detailed analysis of this speaker but I can tell you without doubt it is far superior to the Tonker even if I turn up the volume.
I will try the Red Fang with the 5:50when I get it. when I play it with the amp (5 Watt octal amp running a very sweet el34), it gets loose on the bottom a bit and I don't like that but it is a very nice speaker.
My 5:50 just arrived while I was typing this Woot! But I might be in trouble because the Celestion speaker is 15 ohms and there are only 4 and 8 ohm connections on the 5:50. Can someone chime in about that.
Thx
Burnie