Interesting to hear the Eminence 1028K and SC64 back to back, and realize they sound so similar. I have a 1028K in a 1963 Fender Princeton and it sounds great but was thinking on switching to the SC64. Now I think you saved me some money… thanks!
I liked the Celestion Gold and the G10R that followed it. nice well balanced tone... Years ago, a friend had a 4 x 10" Hartke bass amp, and their roommate smoked the speakers by overdriving it with a keyboard. We replaced them with Celestions and it greatly improved the overall amp.
Alnico Gold, Warehouse G10C and Eminence 1058 are my favorites. Couldn't say which one is the best overall, but you can't really go wrong with an Alnico Gold.
Excellent presentation and lots of work providing this demo. Honestly if the speakers were babes they would all be 8s-10s. Fella couldn’t go wrong with any of them. Truthfully we all have different amps including cabs so to find that exact speaker that truly is that 10 would be a crap shoot at best but I would say your experiment shows me they all would get the job done tastefully. Thanks for sharing and I’m going to check out some of your other content. Great job sir.
The Jensen is my least favourite too. Especially when overdriven. Quite thin and scratchy. I can see if being useful for a bright clean sound, in certain situations.
I thought that the overall winner was the Warehouse G10CS. It sounded the best to me on the first two riffs, and still sounded good with the Tweed Vibrolux, although all three alnico speakers sounded great on that one, with the Celestion Gold winning.
@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 yes i agree but believe me older celetions ten inch speakers are far better these 2. i have g10l-35 and g10s-50 there are much similar to 12 counterpart.
I'm going with the Creamback for recording and the Blue for live work and that's before I've watched it. I'll see and report back in 10 mins. The Jenson's I love but what if they're not in this video! Half way through and Warehouse, for me at least are fuller, warmer and best. Eminence have always been awful, at least for me. So they all sounded good on a clean sound but the Eminence were decent but the rest were better. I think on a high gain the Eminence speaker sounds fizzy but the Warehouse were best. Good work, that must've taken ages to video this!
Funny I just recorded a similar video but with 10" British flavoured speaker. I still have to edit the video. I also think that clean sound is not that great for comparison, crunch is the best to reveal all the differences when not in front of the cab (through a RU-vid video for exemple 😊). Your video is great, an reamping is to me the only way to really compare them. Mine are : wgs retro 10, wgs et10, emminence ramrod, celestion greenback, creamback, g10-l35 and tone tubby 40/40.
My three 10" favorites, the G10 Creamback, VT-Junior and the Jensen Silverbird are missing here unfortunately. (the CB sounds surprisingly good with high-gain amps and has a very unique character, which also differs it from the 12" Creambacks, the VT is the allrounder and the Silverbird has a very balanced sound, apart from the - Jensen typical - for my taste still a little too thin and shrill treble.) Next thing, a single 10" speaker usually does not really sound excellent, for me 10" speakers sound best in 210 cabinets, in the best case with semi-open costruction, which you can alter to closed. The 210 also has the advantage, that you can combine different speakers, which really can improve the tone, if they harmonize well. But the best combination for me is a 12" 10" combination, which gives you the faster attack of the 10" plus the better low end of the 12". If I only had to choose one of the speakers here, I took - even surprising for myself - The Ten 30. Already had it once, it replaced the scratchy sounding Eminence in my Crate Vintage Club. Big improvement! I like the 12" Greenbacks, but the 10" version does not convince me so much, sounds too boxy to me and most other speakers too thin and shrill. But the for me by far best sounding 10" speaker is a 1960's Elac Alnico, if you find one anywhere. A little similar to a 12" Alnico Silver Bell, but even a liitle more intense, but not boxy sounding mids, not too shrill treble and sufficient bass. Nevertheless a nice comparison.
Thanks. Definitely not an all inclusive comparison. You’ll probably find this interesting. I was a little surprised by the results. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UqbYDRuDfQc.html
@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 I believe that most people like their guitar sound to be heavy on treble. I am the opposite, I like a full-sounding speaker. Great video, btw.
@@scottmotown Too many high frequencies often sound cheap to me. The treble frequencies definitely make them appear louder. I’ve just uploaded a video comparing 10” & 12” speakers and the 12s have how’re high end. Made it harder to balance the levels with the 10s, as they stood out more.
@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 I couldn't agree more. We used to say that people that liked a lot of high-end had a "tin ear". I have heard some people call balanced speakers "muddy" and having heard muddy before, I find it funny. I am looking forward to more vids. I will give the comparison video a watch today or tomorrow.
Nice video. Well thought out! I'm looking for a replacement for my 68 Princeton Reverb. It's such a bass heavy amp. I made a new baffle and installed a 12" Cannibis Rex. It handles the bass frequencies great but I find myself longing for the character of a 10". Which of these speakers would you say best handled the bass frequencies? The Celestion Gold sounded best on my phone.
I’ve just made a video, that will be up in a few hours, comparing 10s to 12s. When you say the Princeton is bass heavy, do you want more or less bottom? Did yours have the Celestion Ten 30? The Gold is great. I have the GA10-SC64 in my ‘68 Princeton, which I’ve been fairly happy with. I’m mainly a Celestion user, so was going for something a little different.
@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 Yes, I had the Ten 30. I found there's too much low end and it kind of flubbs out because the speaker can't handle it. I've always wanted to try the GA, but now the Gold has also piqued my interest.
@@aphekrecordingstudio4274 ive tried several 10s in my 68 princeton reissue, ragin cajun, 1028k, ga10-sc64, g10 vintage. i like the stock speaker at lower volumes. the ga sounded dead/dull when i first put it in. the g10 vintage was all low mids and didnt sound good in the princeton. i have the 1028k in now it sounds ok. the ragin cajun sounded ok in the princeton cab, lots of lower mids and mids but i have it in another cab i built out of pine and it sounds big and full like a 12 and sounds best with overdrive i think. i think the stock speaker sounds best overall but i wish i could have that sound but louder. do you know what speaker might have the same sound but more efficient?
@@jhue73 Have you seen this? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vI7pQ8R6gIU.html That’s my only experience with different 10s in a Princeton. I usually need to turn down the bass a fair bit, as I turn it up. I’ve also swapped the stock 25uf cathode bypass cap on the first gain stage, for a 10uf, which reduces the low end and tightens it up.
