Celestion G10 Gold guitar speaker

I bought a 65 Princeton PRRI months ago and could never get it to sound right with my Les Paul. I kept trying to mess with all the tone knobs on the amp and pedals with the terrible stock Jensen speaker and was contemplating selling the amp because I just couldn't get any sound I liked out of it. Before it was ear piercing terrible highs, flubby bass, ugly mids. This speaker, though heavy, fixed every issue I had. The Princeton is known as being bassy, and I would say this doesn't "add" any bass, but instead takes the bass and makes it sound great, especially in my situation with humbuckers. The bass with the reverb now sounds wonderful. The mids are also a lot more present, giving a nice little british growl, and the highs are tamed and sound much more musical. Overall the Princeton with the G10 Gold is a perfect combo for what I was looking for -- I don't love EL84 amps that are just too grindy, and I don't love stock Fender amps that are too piercing, this allows me a nice hybrid type sound that I can't complain about at all, and allowed me to enjoy my Princeton amp.

This speaker is amazing. Very warm and full sound. A great replacement for an old boxy stock speaker. Highly recommend.

This speaker was about triple the price of other speakers but WOW the sounds coming out of my amplifier are awesome. This amp is now the perfect amp for recording in studios. I never give a perfect score of 10 out of 10 but this speaker is a 10 plus! WOW!! The sounds are warm, rich and clean. I can't even hear a buzz sound when I turn the amp on. It's dead quiet. Maybe that's because of the vintage tubes I bought for it? I would take this amp any day over my new Fender Deluxe Reverb. This speaker was made in the U.K. so hats off to those in the U.K. who make this speaker!! All in all I have just spent about $1,100.00 on this vintage amp ( new tubes, caps, resistors, speaker etc. ) but it was well worth it! By the way, I bought this amp and Fender Mustang the same day in 1966. Paid $189.00 for each. Best guitar and amp I have ever had, they have stood the test of time. Wish we could bring back the 1960's. Oh, and please bring back vintage style frets, I hate tall frets!!!

Simply the best!

Bought this to improve the sound quality of my Vox modelling amp.It is an improvement, but not a world of a difference. Subjectively, I'd say it's a $20-40 worth of sound quality win, for ~$200 paid. Not a great deal.Would likely get both better sound quality and value by buying a used high-quality guitar cabinet off a marketplace and wiring up my amp's output to an external jack (which is easy enough).Considering a return based on the value.

This speaker TOTALLY changed (improved) the sound quality of my amp. Go listen to the riffs on Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing, on a really good stereo.... that is exactly what this speaker sounds like. And my amp isn't even a tube amp!I highly recommend this speaker, even at the high price.

Great for my Fender Princeton Reverb reissue

This is the most perfect guitar speaker (for me) period. I can not believe what I have been missing on my Fender Mustang 1 amp. I had read many other reviews that mentioned the extra harmonics that are unveiled with this speaker. It is a totally different experience playing through the Gold. It is like the notes fly off magically and the guitar just disappears and you become immersed in sonic bless all around you.The bass is very strong and the speaker has a very balanced distribution with no mid humps or spiky highs. The Gold is the least fatiguing speaker I have used yet. I love the bell like tones on the upper frequencies. Others have commented on this but until now I did not understand. I also love the attack, very responsive but not annoying. I can not find words to describe how much more tone and swirly nuances float out and around you with this speaker. It makes you want to play your best for many hours at a time. Inspiring. Oh, I highly recommend open back with this speaker. I tried with closed and a lot of the magic was muted.This speaker works extremely well with modeling amps. It is very neutral and does not add any color of it's own and makes the intended tone shine.I am buying the 12 inch version right now for my other Fender Mustang 2 amp. I have had a many great amps in the past and now just play at home with family and friends. I know it might not make sense to put such an expensive speaker in a low cost amp but the Mustang V2's are fantastic and with a Celestion Gold in them, I don't need anything more.Also - The Gold sounds great right out of the box. I have not given it time to break in yet an I am totally blown away. And... it sound great even at lower bedroom levels. I have spent a ridiculous amount of money trying different speakers in the past and always thought the Gold cost too much to try. I wish I would have started with the Gold. It would have been a much cheaper quest.