Surprised how much I like that Jensen. It's got a vibe ... hard to describe in words ... just sounds beautiful. Great video.

I feel like I could almost hear the wraps of the strings with the Jensen. It was incredible.

Jensen hands down. Sweetest cleans by a mile. Dirty I could go for any of them eckspecially the v30 but still favor the Jensen most for dirty too. The hempback was surprisingly good. Still I can't believe how much more I liked the Jensen than anything else. WAY more.

Swapping the vintage 30 for a greenback in my 1x12 closed back cab made all the difference! Zilla cabs does some really great sound comparison videos to help decide!

The jensen speaker is just perfect for these applications. Classic lead and v30 are also cool

I’ll save everyone 37 minutes. The answer is yes.

Awesome comparison guys!! All the Celestion had their own flavor but honestly the Jensen is just a flavor you can love and work with forever. It just sounds right and can be eq’d to work in any mix. Jensen is like the ns-10 in studio flat and translates

I liked the Jensen the most. It seemed the most versatile. Then again with my hearing loss I may not be picking up the treble issue. The Vintage 30 would be my favorite among the Celestions. Thanks for the video!

I’ve had a Princeton with a Jensen ck12 in it for two years now. The first year I spent scratching my head thinking it could be better and spending far too much time researching this rabbit hole. In the the end, I couldn’t make a decision so I kept it. People have commented on how good it sounds and besides, if I get a new speaker, I have to wait until it’s worn in until I can properly compare the two and by then I can’t remember how the original sounded and sod it. The original is more than good enough!

Speakers make more difference than actual amps, IMO. 3 different amps going through the same cab sounds more similar to me than 1 amp going through 3 different cabs.

In my opinion, it's what matters the most, specially old speakers

I thought the Jenson by itself sounded the best of all. But I think Pete is right, the Celestions are better for band settings because of the midrange. I liked the creamback for cleans and V30 for distortion. I prefer v30s overall. Great vid as usual.

Great comparison video chaps. I really liked the Jensen it's tough to beat for Fender clean tones.

Finally THE comparison between the C12N and the A-Type! Thanks guys!

The creambacks are still my favourite, lovely sounding things and just get better with every vid I see.

2 decades ago I had the Line 6 red bean. I noticed that the speaker/cab options made more of a difference on the tone than did the amp selections. I.e. amp A and amp B sounded more alike with the same cab selection while the same amp with different speaker/cab sims sounded way different. I asked around about it, but at that time a lot of people weren’t really hip to it. Now we know better.

I have two V30 and two A-Type in the 4x12 Redseven cab that I primarily use; the A-Type are so good, both in clean and overdrive, they fit very well in the mix and they complete the lacks of the V30's. I love them!

I've recently been thinking about swapping the speakers in my Laney 2x12 Cub-Super, so I'm glad this video came up.

The Celestion Vintage 30 stood out to me on all loops. I'll take two. ✌😃

Gosh well done for using loops, it really helps the comparison, though I know some folks don’t like the repetitive nature of the thing - which is the point! And well done for the direct back-to-back too.

I watched the video where you swapped out the speaker in the Katana as I was looking to change speakers in one of my practice amps. I was leaning towards the Celestion Creamback 12", but after your video I ordered the Boss Katana 100 watt MK 2. I love it! Thank you. You've also convinced me to get the Tone City "Sweet Cream". Also a great choice. Thanks again.

Thanks for a great vid guys, it brought back memories of me and a great bud of mine back in the stone age, well actually it was 1972 and we were listening to the lead player for Sparks playing a black Les Paul Custom through a Marshall Head and slant cab and we both decided at that moment that we were listening to the ultimate in Rock N Roll. Love that creamback sound, always have . Great stuff guys !

I have been putting celestion speakers in my fender amps for years. I have always thought they were a match made in heaven. I’m a big fan of the G12H30 especially in the 55hz variety in them

Purchased a Hotrod deluxe IV a few years back loaded with a A-Type. Was really impressed by the speaker. Ran my other amps through it to see if it was just the Hotrod in general but they all sounded better through the A-Type. Non harsh highs, tight low end and loud.

really interesting to hear how similar they are when clean and how much the differences come out when pushed.

Love these comparisons. Definitely have to try swapping the neo speakers in the Tonemasters.

All the variation. I love it! Of course, close mic makes the differences so clear, and that’s generally, how we hear guitar sounds.

the more I listened the more I liked the Jensen it had a character I felt the creamback is a really nice all-rounder feel like it'd go well in many amps cool vid man I love it

Creamback all the way for me. Chiming cleans and clear overdrive. I can see why the V30 is so popular for hard-rock and metal though, there's a bite to the upper-mids when dirty that would cut through really well in a mix or on stage.

Celestion Cream back!! Those are in the Fender Tone Master Blond Deluxe and I have really liked that speaker. (Warm with mid/bass tone). Its completely different than the Eminence Tone King 33 in my Tone King which I also love as well for different reasons (brighter and cleaner).

My two go to speakers for Fender, Marshall or Vox are Greenbacks and/or V-Types. They just work for me, especially when blended.

Very good review and comparison. I'll keep the Jensen in my Tweed Blues Junior

Excellent and really well done. imho, the mic and preamp (any) really put a sound contour of their own to the overall sound making the speakers sound more the same than they really are. This is why you thoughts on anything you demo is so valuable, because the recordings, as scientific as you can be, only tell part of the story. Again, very well done.

I've been considering swapping the Seventy80 in my amp for something else and have been watching a lot of speaker comparisons. My takeaways: Most speakers tend to sound pretty similar when played clean, the biggest differences are found with how they handle higher gain. Most differences between speakers can be compensated for by adjusting the equalization, especially with say a multiband EQ pedal or dedicated EQ. The Celestion Classic Lead had the most differences from the other speakers, which makes sense since they are intended for a specialized purpose as opposed to being general purpose all around speakers. I would have liked for the Greenback to have been included in this comparison, since along with the Classic Lead it has the most distinctive frequency response curve, but in a very different direction with a rolled off high end instead of a bumped midrange. Thanks for the video.

Thank you for this informative video. As all the comments show, the choice of a speaker is a very personal decision. I would like to add another factor: One and the same speaker will sound different in a different enclosure - which makes the choice even more difficult.

I LOVE the alnico blue in my Vox. Was a bit harsh until I broke it in. But wow, it sings! Honorable mentions for me (dont have much experience with many others) would for sure be the greenback, and cannibus rex. Creambacks are cool too!

I wish Peavey sold their speakers separately. Years ago, I had a Peavey Classic 2x12 with 2x 35 watt Scorpion speakers. When I plugged my 100 watt Marshall into the Peavey speakers it transformed the tone for the better, compared to the greenbacks I had. Sweeter top end, tighter bottom end, midrange had lovely vocal quality. Got a really sweet high harmonic bleed through on bends. Gorgeous.

I've discovered recently that speakers are arguably the part of your setup which will make the most significant difference to your sound. More so than pickups, like for like different guitars or even pedals. They're not the sexiest or even visible part of the rig though so I think people tend to overlook them in favour of other products.

Very informative video ... thanks for the comparison guys! The ironic thing is that we are all listening to this speaker comparison on different speakers.😂

Fantastic job guys !

I had never heard of nor heard the Hempback before, but I think it might be my favorite here. To my ear, it seems to be the most crisp and clear while retaining the low end and not sounding too harsh in the top end.

this was a great demo guys really liked the way you did this

Nice 🤘 love the speaker shootout videos. Very informative !!

I swapped the V30 in my Carvin V3 combo amp to a Cannabis Rex to tame the sizzle/fizz. Transducers (pickups, speakers, mics) have a HUGE effect on tone. They could have had similar results swapping out the mics or even just changing mic position. It's great fun experimenting with this stuff using amp sim software and/or modelers. It was interesting that the gained up tones showed more differences between speakers than the clean sounds.

Over 45 years I’ve tried everything, American and British speakers in different configuration cabinets, I believe the Celestine Gold are the best sounding speakers I’ve ever heard, crisp chime to creamy crunch, it’s rich and complex it’s among the most expensive they make but worth it.

Excellent comparison video - about as good as it gets! As far as these are concerned i also liked the Creamback. For my Blues Junior IV (also tweed) I use an external 1x12 cab with the Celestion Alnico Blue , but as mentioned its not a good fit. But it was worth it in every way. Plus, for studio use its more versatile to have it that way.

Listening on my studio system, I definitely prefer the V30 most followed closely by the Creamback. I personally didn’t think the V30 was very similar to the Jenson, but that could be a result of the recording process.

Such an awesome and informative video. These are always one of my favorites videos from you guys!

Managed to get a Celestion Blue Back in my Fender Blues Junior Tweed, its tricky but can be done, sounds awesome.

I think I like the Cream back the best on both low and low gain. Thanks for the video guys. Keep killing it!

Thanks for the impeccably run comparison video guys. Looper and same amp was perfect. Feels like those celestion lead type speakers would sit beautifully in a mix/band situation. I have recently been running my tweed Jensen version with bass and mids down near 0 so it doesn’t fart out with humbuckers. Sounds good to me but I need to try some OD pedals now. It can sound spikey and harsh once you push it (and not great with drive pedals).

Its funny how timely this is for me. Its like you read my mind again Mr Anderton.

Cheers Cap 'n' Pete for this great video ! The direct loop comparison works brilliantly. I'm not a professional guitarist, but chose the Fender Blues Junior tweed with the Jensen C-12N speaker twenty years ago just as a home amp. I have some lovely guitars and they all sound great with the FBJ and C-12N. Yes, I can hear the difference with all the Celestions, but have concluded it's my fingers which need the upgrade and some more dedicated practice. Will put myself on the waiting list for a Strymon 'Cloudburst' which will be good enough to cover up my fretboard fumblings ! 😄

Really useful video chaps. Wow what a difference they all make. Maybe we don’t all need two amps, just one amp out to two cabs with different speakers.👍

I concur with what most people have already written. It's probably the most important Factor when it comes to guitar sound, even before Amp and Pickups. The same amp and pickup combo WILL sound different trough different speakers.

I liked the stock Jensen overall the most, particularly for clean.

The Celestion Alnico Gold in my Orange TH30 sounds killer.

The Creamback is definitely my favorite the way it sounds thru my computer. Suggestion would be to do this with a British style amp.

Big fan of this sort of content. Lack of "like for like" comparisons is one of the things which annoys me while looking into options. Admittedly it's a lot easier to do with speakers and amps than it is pickups or guitars but it's great to have for reference.

I love my vintage 30’s in my 1998 Trace Elliot Supertramp Twin Reverb. Obviously they are 25 years old and they are British made not Chinese (that seems to matter to some people). I just love the mid drive they have while playing live and recording. You just can’t beat them, in my opinion. You do say Celestion V30 are what they are known for, but have only been around since the 80’s. Made for the higher gain scene that was evolving. They have been making speakers a lot longer then that. Great video and reinforced to me that celestion make the best speakers.

Always fun to watch you guys, nice video. Would like to see Greenback in comparison, one of my favorite and iconic.

Holy crap, the first comparison was night and day different (Jensen vs Celestion) while the next, with the Les Paul loop, I couldn't hear much variation. Loved the Classic Lead 80 also. The Hempback sounded hi-fi, cool! Great demo.

if the Greenback is a tight fit the plastic magnet cover is only for cosmetic reasons and can be removed with some effort it's held on with some very good double-sided tape. I had this problem on the Marshall Bassbreaker 15w amp got in touch with celestion and they gave me the ok to remove the plastic cover.

Yup they really do! I put a V30 Anniversary Edition and e Creamback H in my 2x12 Marshall Cabinet. They're now both broken in and they sound fantastic!

I’d like to see a shoot out of all the Princeton models and speakers. Would be cool for me. Wanting to get another for a stereo deal.

This is the first time I've ever heard a Hempback, and what I'm hearing is very impressive. I'm going to have to look into this one more.

I swapped out the Vintage 30 in my Mesa Boogie Recto combo with a Celestion G-12 Neo (Neodymium magnet) and didn't detect anything audibly different than when a brand new speaker is a little tight and needs broken in... but my SHOULDER noticed that the combo was nearly 10 Pounds (over 4 kg) LIGHTER! Love LOVE that speaker! ☮❤🎶

This was probably meant as a Celestion ad, but all it did is just proove Jensen is better. Thanks for the video!

I like the Jensen in my 65 deluxe reverb. I want my Fender to sound like the original fenders. Love the sound.

Love the video boys!! Feel the same as the great Dane! But would love to hear the difference, even ever so slightly but with a prs, and/or through a 800 4×12!

For my entire 30+ years of playing guitar, I have always played "American" style amps with Celestion speakers. Even the British amps I've played over the years have actually been based on Fender designs, but still with Celestion speakers. My current main guitar amp is a Mesa/Boogie F-50 with a Celestion Vintage 30.

I'm surprised that you're willing to do a speaker comparison after the grueling one you did last year! Glad you did.

Fricker has proven this several times over on SMG. However, he was more concerned with just outright metal tones rather than clean and slight overdrive. Nice video and well worth at least a listen for the sound tests

I have a variety of speakers in my studio and in my experience the speaker cab has more impact on tone than wood, pickups, and tubes. I had been toying with the idea of swapping the neo creamback in my tonemaster, and after viewing this i'm going to shop Jensens.

I have a favorite jazzy amp Harley Benton Mosfet Lead, and it has a Celestion G12T-100: so tons of headroom and really warm tones! I was REAL surprised it being a cheap amp and all!

Great video thanks for all the work. The Katana video came out right after I bought the amp. I watched that one and now this one. To the "casual" listener (non musicians, what they sound like in a mix, what your amp sounds like after playing it for over 10 hours) Celestions pretty much sound the same and you will get closer, when you EQ them a tad. What I would like to see is a Jensen, Celestion, JBL.... other speaker mfg comparison. Are they all pretty much the same like a Gibson, SD, Dimarzio.....vintage PAF pickup??

That lead 80 sounds really good. It had the V30 attack but a but higher up. That jensen has a really nice tone too, super mellow. Creamback was pretty mellow too. I expected the hemp to be mellow, but it was really the opposite. Super scooped and clacky highs. That A-type had no highs and sounded like it has the flu.

Acquired 20 + years ago a pair of celestion g12h pre rola speakers (the hendrix one) taken from a 4x12 cab where the other 2 where damaged for £25 each and made a 2 x 12 cab half open back and they sounded absolutley amazing with a marshall dsl can't believe how ridiculous prices have recently gone to though killer speakers though 👍

To my ears, the Creamback and Vintage 30 were the best 'all rounders'. They seemed to offer a balanced sound across all three sound clips. The Jensen was great right across the board. The Hempback was ok but didn't wow me and my least favourite was the Lead 80.

really liked the hempback and the creamback in this comparison. 👍

I clearly remember my Dad's original 1956 Fender Super amp...it had an original pair of Jensen gold foil 10" speakers in it's tweed covered pine box! They had such the sweetest sound with extreme definition when playing clean through them....compared to 12" greenbacks in a closed back 4 by 12!!! So....alnico magnet 10" speakers (Jensens') sounded REALLY different than the ceramic magnet 12" speakers (Celestions greenbacks)!!! Massive difference. The Jensen's had that classic Eric Clapton "White Room" and "Strange Brew" tone to the "T" !!!

Would love to a selection of Jensens. I think the Jensen wins over all Celestions. Always the same. GREAT video concept, guys! 👍👍

Excellent demonstration! I swapped out a couple Celestions and Electro Voice and JBL’s in my Deluxe Reverb. I prefer Celestion but can’t tell much difference between various Celestions. Re: greenback, Creamback, Vintage 30, etc.

You should showcase the Celestion G15v-100. I have a cab with two in and it is THE sound I've always been looking for. Like a greenback.... but BIGGER 😁

Put a V30 in a original US made HRD really liked it. Played a special edition HRD with a Creamback and was wowed by the sound. But this shootout has me thinking about the Hempback a lot! Thanks guys

That was really interesting! About 3 years ago I was up to 9 cabs! I mixed/matched them with my collection of heads. Now I'm down to 5. I also have a Blues Jr. with that Jenson C-12 N and like it a lot! I had 2- 1X12 5/4 pine cabs built at MojoTone, each has a made in the UK Celestion Alnico Blue. A Celestion 50th Anniversary 2X12 (Made by MojoTone) w/ 2- Creambacks. A 2X12 that I over-built with Greenbacks, and a Mutt 1X12 with a Vintage 30. Those are the ones I use on a regular basis, and give me everything I need. I am always amazed at the amount of air, and sound that comes out of a 2X12 w/ just a 20w all tube head!! It is more than enough for a 150 person capacity bar!! Even a small outside venue!! JMHO's Peace --gary

Years ago back in mid eighties to early ninties, I had a Marshall open back combo with Vintage 30. Was my dirty sound.

Speakers can make such a big difference, even between say a 12 and 10 inch version of the same speaker. I own 22 different replacement speakers for this reason. Celestion, Jensen, Warehouse Guitar Speakers (WGS) , Eminence. Love mixing a couple in a 2x12 cab and also mixing a 12 with a 10 inch.

The Creamback and Hempback were my favorites. The clarity in those speakers sounded great.

Very interesting I enjoyed this show!

I bought a Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 36 Combo from Anderton's 4 years ago, It was my first valve amp and i was very excited. But, when i first played it at home, i was very dissapointed. The sound was terrible (to my ears, of course): it was thin and spikey. The clean channel was lifeless and sounded horrible with pedals. Crunch and Lead channel were a little better, but not as good as i was expecting. It was loaded with a Celestion Vintage 30. I tried to sell the amp a few times. Then i decided to change the spealer for a Celestion G12H-75 Creamback. The result was incredible. The clean channel sounded way better, not incredibly good but better. Both the Crunch and Lead channels were amazing!!. A very rich tone, beautifull overdriven sound and very defined. Yes, the speaker can make a huge difference. Great video guys. Best wishes from Spain!!.

Perfect timing for me guys !!

Speakers make the biggest difference to overall tone I've found. I have a Marshall DSL running into a 2x12 loaded with a cream back on top and a v30 underneath - the mix of warmth and chime from the v30 makes the amp unbelievably easy to dial in.

Great video guys, Going to replace the Cannibis Rex in the tolex jr I have. Creamback all the way. and you know the way sometimes a guitar video demo the player will have like all their pedals on some vintage Dumbl and be like , this is an awesome sounding guitar. and you cant even hear the pickups, just the rig. Your video however is uber proper with the a/b switch thru the same pre and a loop too for consistency. most excellent got skillz

Great video you guys are the best in the biz

If my new amp had the Jenson I would be quite happy. Least favourite was the A-Type, I'm thinking the Hemp sounded a little compressed but would probably be the best of all after a few hours use.

If i were starting a jam band i’d call it The Hempback Wails. 🙄 The Hempback and Creamback both sound gorgeous, maybe i need to get one. 👀

Thanks for this vidéo ! The différenciés was more interesting in the katana vidéo because of his clearish cleans !

What most changes a tone is always the speaker. On clean are very similar, although I really like Hemp and Classic 80. With distortion: V30, C80, Hemp, Cream Back, Jensen and A-type in this sequence. There's a very good video that even shows a test changing only speakers and how they influence the tone compared to changing tubes, guitars, pickups. By far the most influential is the Speaker.

Long story short you made me order the Celestion Hempback. I am not sure how did that one passed by me to be honest. After watching this video for the first time I have almost ordered it directly. Than decided to watch all videos about the Hempback and got disappointed by the other videos and lack of the quality of those. After it watched this one, once more, on my studio setup with 384KHz 32bit 129 dB signal to noise sound card and pair of Adam A7X Studio monitors supported by Adam Sub7 (small room so it is not even really needed). First time was on my TV setup with Sound bar few days ago. I thought, from what I have heard first time, Creamback and Hempback did best job and gave most of the resolution and sound the way it should be. Mind you I love Creamback H and Creamback Alnico. I have played Bartel cab with 8 Ohm Alnico Cream with my amp and it was glorious. Now, some or most of the Celestion Speakers will sound bit harsh in the beginning. Break in is real thing. Highs become nicer, more precise and less harsh and both midrange as well as lows get more balanced. Also Not all speakers are created/designed the same. Some are ment for loud playing. Some are made for closed back cabinets. Some are made for open back cabinets. Some need bigger cabinet and the others work good in the smaller cabinets as well. Also some are made for 4x12 cabinets. Like do the Classic lead in 1960B 4x12 and suddenly bass is there if driven loud and with good amp. Disregarding that speakers have their name and type same speakers do not sound same in 8 and 16 Ohm versions. One are most of the times darker. Each speaker fits certain amplifier and certain application the best. Now I own few speakers and have owned and played so many speakers over the decades I am playing electric guitars. Speakers and cabinet it self can break or make the amplifier. Even great boutique amps can sound poor with bad cabinet. I have had the testing session in the rehearsal room and I have used a cab that was available there. I could not even recognise the amp. I thought something was broken but amp was loud and was working normal. To be able to hear a difference best possible one should have everything on the very high level or the other gear might hide the nuances of the tone. That means highend guitar, really good pedal board if possible with something like G3 and Great amp. Next to it cables make huge difference as well. Whole rig has to be set up properly regarding to buffering as well. I also test a lot using just guitar, cables, amp and cab. Always testing on different levels of gain and different levels of volume. I build amps and I have a nice rig with G3, great amp, few very good guitars, few cabs with different speakers. When designing an amp you have to make sure it is going to sound good with common speakers. Like V30. With average mid priced tube amplifier V30 is sort of the upgrade. It's extended top range and British type of midds as well as nice powerful bottom in 2x12 and 4x12 application. But be vary about their beam projection of the top end. Now take the same cabinet with that V30 and connect it to a real high end 6 grand plus custom built amplifier. Suddenly, when compared to proper high end cabinet, details are simply not there. Gain structure sounds cheap and top end is spiky and harsh. Even speaker like 15" Celestion Fullback has way more richer sound. Way more layered structure and more details. Both on clean and the driven. I have tested with cheap 2x12 V30 from Framus and with really good Kool Amplification Vintage open back 2X12 loaded with Creamback M and Creamback H. Difference is day and night. Creamback H has top and bottom and richness and M model ads midds. In good cabinet ist sounds awesome. Suddenly V30 is good for high gain application with high gain amps. It does not do good in blues nor it does a great rock sound when paired with epic amplifiers. If you have top guitar like Murphy Lab Gibson or Private Stock PRS or some boutique built axe. Also you have awesome pedal board too. Still if you do not have really epic amplifier with a great cabinet you have no idea what you are missing. You think it sounds good but actually you have 0 clue. Once you hear it on point to point handmade custom boutique amplifier with very good cabinet you will just understand you have to make money for it. Only then you can also hear the real difference between speakers to. While then you are listening to a speaker and not to all the rest dragging the tone down. Great amplifier and great cab is very addictive. Once you hear it and feel it you will never be the same again.