Celestion g12h 100...Thoughts Opinions Experience

[billboogie]

Have a chance to get a Mode 400 cab on the cheap......Always been curious about these speakers........Recently played a 1960 Lead cab and thought it was dark and a little muddy when overdriven...I do however like the cleans from the cab......I play hard rock/classic 70's style.........

Bill

 

[thegame]

If stock, the mode 4 cab will have G12K100s, not H100s. They are very similar, with the harder to find H100 being the better sounding one, slightly, due to a bit more midrange and not quite as scratchy a top end. They both need to be at explosive volume levels to sound decent IMO.

 

[billboogie]

If stock, the mode 4 cab will have G12K100s, not H100s. They are very similar, with the harder to find H100 being the better sounding one, slightly, due to a bit more midrange and not quite as scratchy a top end. They both need to be at explosive volume levels to sound decent IMO.

Older cab with H's......Scratchy?? Different from Fizzy??? I hated the top end fizz from the 75's, want to avoid that.....

 

[ericsabbath]

If stock, the mode 4 cab will have G12K100s, not H100s

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[billboogie]

If stock, the mode 4 cab will have G12K100s, not H100s

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Must not be stock then...........I opened the cab.......def. H

 

[thegame]

If stock, the mode 4 cab will have G12K100s, not H100s. They are very similar, with the harder to find H100 being the better sounding one, slightly, due to a bit more midrange and not quite as scratchy a top end. They both need to be at explosive volume levels to sound decent IMO.

Older cab with H's......Scratchy?? Different from Fizzy??? I hated the top end fizz from the 75's, want to avoid that.....

I see now, its not a Mode 4 cab from the 90's, its a JCM 800 1982 cab from the early-mid 80's with G12H100s, right ?

If you play 70's classic hard rock, I wouldn't recommend either of the 100s, or 75s, all of which are in the same ballpark. Scratchy as in, they don't have the warm, singing highs of a Greenback, smooth chimey highs of a 65, or even the midrangy vocal tone of a V30. The 100s are a hard, not very compressed speaker that doesn't cream up much even when pushed, and its high end has a particular grain that isn't very pleasant compared to the others I mentioned IMO.

 

[billboogie]

If stock, the mode 4 cab will have G12K100s, not H100s. They are very similar, with the harder to find H100 being the better sounding one, slightly, due to a bit more midrange and not quite as scratchy a top end. They both need to be at explosive volume levels to sound decent IMO.

Older cab with H's......Scratchy?? Different from Fizzy??? I hated the top end fizz from the 75's, want to avoid that.....

I see now, its not a Mode 4 cab from the 90's, its a JCM 800 1982 cab from the early-mid 80's with G12H100s, right ?

If you play 70's classic hard rock, I wouldn't recommend either of the 100s, or 75s, all of which are in the same ballpark. Scratchy as in, they don't have the warm, singing highs of a Greenback, smooth chimey highs of a 65, or even the midrangy vocal tone of a V30. The 100s are a hard, not very compressed speaker that doesn't cream up much even when pushed, and its high end has a particular grain that isn't very pleasant compared to the others I mentioned IMO.

Definitely an oversized Mode cab..........Owner is no.4 so I guess anything is possible.........Based on your discription I think I will pass on it.......I love the vocal quality of a v-30 and was looking for more clarity........Thanks for the help guys it is appreciated.

Bill

 

[Anonymous]

you'll get more clarity from h100's.

but, you're going to have to push them really hard. IMHO they're good for high gain sounds. big and clear, and not much color coming from them. a bigger version of the t75.