I've had that Cream. It was fantastic. I'm not sure if this video is successful in comparing the speaker elements, but I just couldn't stop watching. That JTM 45 sounds just amazing. And your playing is fantastic.
I have just put Celestion Ruby in my Tone King Imperial MK II and it already sounds very vintage: warm and articulate, rounded highs and lows..Cant wait to break it in!
The Cream is more expressive and warm. It’s a bit more clear over my iPad speaker. I wa t to love a Ruby for a 2x12 combined with something ceramic. Just not sure Rub6 or Cresm…but NOT gold, ironically. Too….gritty? I want sweet compressed alnico to offset the edges of anything ceramic. Have an open back tweed cab with an original Naylor Alltone 1250 and a 1960 p12n. It’s an awesome combo.
I have Marshall SC20 head and SC112 open cab coming soon. I'm considering replacing the stock speaker with a celestion alnico either a gold,cream, or ruby. I won't be able to test them. Any suggestions? Great sound and playing.
I definitely wouldn't spend a dime on any speaker until you've played and broken in the stock one. Can't tell you how many times I've bought "upgrades" for things I haven't received yet and I just ended up liking what came stock. The ruby is a darker speaker, so you may like that with the SC which is a bright amp, but it's not very modern sounding. I never loved the cream, but plenty of people do. No experience with golds. I suppose it depends on what tones you dig the most (vintage vs modern). My favorite single speaker is a UK made V30. While the alnicos are very cool, they lack a certain presence and immediacy that ceramics have.
Hyunil Kim Pretty sure it was the delay setting on the source audio ventris along with some reverb since you can run two engines at once on that. Not 100% sure of which reverb mode it was.
Both alnico speakers sound great with your setup and your playing style! I am not as enthusiastic about the V30. The Ruby and Cream are very similar, but the Cream's low-mids are bit bolder. and the Ruby is a bit more articulate. I'd love to hear them both in a mix or band, with other instruments. I suspect the Ruby would cut through better in that context. Personally, I'd be cautious about using the Ruby as a single speaker with an amp like the JTM 45, since I tend to push my amps toward the upper end of their power rating. The JTM could be flirting with exceeding the Ruby's power rating, depending on how you dial in the amp. The Ruby and Cream have identical sensitivity, so they'd probably sound fantastic together in a 2X12 setup. What microphone were you using on this?
Slide Guitarist Thanks and yea I agree with you. The Ruby is a little sketchy power wise with the JTM45. Then again, those old combos came with 2 blues. I find the Ruby to be a little more aggressive and overall satisfying, especially with gain. But yea- they’re close. Just using iPhone here
@@blakemansfield2356 recently, i buy one for my blackface amp project...i will compare with alessandro GA SC64...BTW, have you put the ruby in your Deluxe reverb?..i think it will be awesome...cheers from indonesia
Ya, I was really responding to the one comment. No probs with personal preferences. I do a lot of recording and was looking at different speakers, so just want to hear them dry, so I can hear the differences in their voicing: every reverb does different things to the original sound but it’s definitely not the original sounds.. Very nice playing and vibe!:)
@@blakemansfield2356 I know that! The point of your video is to showcase the difference between two speakers, at least that is what the title suggest. And hearing those differences is made more difficult when you drench your sound in delay/verb, even if is coming from THE SPEAKER. It's sound engineering 101.
@@f.d.t.f.d.t.7310 Most people play with reverb and delay. I never play my alnico cream or any speaker by itself. It sounds anemic once you've heard them with reverb.
@@blakemansfield2356 I understand and that was certainly easy. I record all the time and to me to get hear the differences in just the speakers, no reverb would be better and one mike like a 57 at the same place on each speaker would be best. But thanks for making the video as it does give you some sense of the differences
@@matthewblue7839 For most of us that use reverb it gives the best sense of the differences. Without some verb they sound a little anemic. Don't you think? To each his own.
The point of this is hearing the speaker and its frequency profile, reverb just obscures and alters that, so no, I disagree and just want to hear the speaker dry.
