je32ff wrote:
...I have 4 celestion 12c30s I bought kinda by accident on ebay. How lame are these speakers? I'm going to build a pair of 2-12's and put them in for starters. Jeff
Hey Jeff, Congrats on the build. I have no experience with the g12c30 but understand that they are about a 93-95 db efficiency speaker that sounds not bad. Other than that there doesn't seem to be much info out there. A message to Dr. Decible over on the Celestion web site might be in order.
As for the tone controls, they are unusual 'eh? Some of my favourite settings are:
Treble and Bass full off.
Then adjust to taste as little as possible from there. I usually up the treble a notch and the bass a half a notch. This setting seems to boost the mids considerably and sounds a little meatier with a less scooped tone. I like this setting for humbucker equipped guitars.
Volume and Bass 9 o'clock, Treble 12 o'clock and Master at 3'oclock
This is a sweet clean setting with the power section and PI starting to kick in some distortion. You can adjust the volume and the input you use based on the output of the guitar. For strats, I use the hi input and keep the volume below the point at which preamp distortion begins. This gives one of the sweeter strat tones I have encountered. (and that includes a couple of two rocks, twin and deluxe reverbs and even the venerable sIII.
With this amp it is possible to have too much treble or too much bass .... but I call that freedom. ("It is our worship word.....You shall not speak it!"). Also the more you crank it the looser the bass gets. Above 3:00 on the volume, I generaly find it necessary to cut back on the bass a bit.