Jensen sounds great. The gold sometimes sounded warm, but too many times it sounded too dark.

Both sounded great. The gold is nice and smooth. But overall I think I’d prefer the jenson

I wonder how that guitar sounds through a tuner.

I think Fender did a good job choosing that Jensen. More character in my opinion.

The Gold is definitely better but I think the takeaway from this video is if you are going to use a bunch of delay and reverb the speaker doesn't matter much.

Nice comparison. I think the real answer is putting the Alnico Gold in an open back cabinet and using it as an extension speaker. Then you'll have your choice of speaker at any time when recording.

Jensen all the way for me. The Princeton is just not an amp to be tamed, the Gold takes away too much bite for my liking. Useful demo though!

Thank you for this! For the purpose of comparison, however, I'd much prefer to compare sound vs sound, instead of going through several sounds before the comparison happens, it's rather harder to keep track and compare a sound when you are fed other sounds. Just a thought!

I'm a fan of the Gold, but the Jensen is a better pairing for this amp.

Jensen sounds so much better. Glad I came across this. I was going to buy a Celestion Gold. I just took it off my list.

I have an early 64 Blackface non reverb Princeton that I acquired about 1970. It has a reissue 12” Vox blue that I put in it about 1990 or so. It made a huge difference over the stock fender 10” speaker. It records well, even bass at pedestrian volume.

The second i bought my PRRI, I removed the inefficient ("crap") Speaker with a Warehouse G10C/S, a true WGS original, has become a favorite of players the world over. With its smooth cone and larger motor, it offers a slightly rounder top end and smooth breakup when driven hard while maintaining the punch and clarity you already love in a 10" speaker. It's really great for taming the top end in bright amps with its warm sound and depth in tone. The G10C/S also remains one of the most pedal friendly tens in our line. So whether you are trying to beef up your vintage combo or build the perfect tone platform, the G10C/S is the place to start.

Preferred the jensen. Classic sound.

jensen has more clarity sounds more hifi-3d , gold didn't sound bad, but preferred the jensen ...

I preferred the original. I believe fender got it right. Nevertheless, well done demo!

Jensen is more airy in the mids. My preference. Both sound great.

Good video. I'm believer in swapping speakers. I appreciate this. Sometimes a swap is worthless, sometimes it's amazing. This video did a good job demonstrating this.

I did exactly that with my two and gig them regularly. The Gold makes them so much more useable in my opinion, plus they sound a lot more smooth.

I have a pair of 16Ω golds in a 62 Brownface Bandmaster in a combo cabinet and they are wonderful. I have a 64 non reverb Princeton that has a G12 blue installed. It’s been in the amp for several decades.

I like them both, when clean, the stock speaker is very warm and the alnico is too dark, but when over driven with a pedal, I like the "flapiness" of the alnico. Great demo Thank you!

My amp tech in England Mike Hill (RIP) once told me 'UK-voiced speakers don't belong in US-voiced amps and vice-versa' and I totally agree. I think if anyone prefers the gold that they really should buy a Vox amp with one in it.

Love this demo! Personally, the gold is my favorite speaker… period. That said, listening to both of these, it’s pretty apparent why a lot of boutique amp makers will load a 2x12 with an alnico/ceramic combo. My cab is a 65 Amps 2x12 w/ Gold/G12H30 combo, and it’s a gorgeous blend. Also, when you made the amp EQ adjustments, it really made the gold shine and highlights the necessity of dialing in a rig to your individual elements, speaker(s) included.

I had the stock Jensen (mine has a C10R in a 65 PRRI) for 6 months and for the life of me couldn't get a tone I liked, using a Les Paul and ~7 pedals. The bass was flub no matter what, the treble was ice picky and brittle. Any overdrive sounded completely fizzled and brittle. I could not even begin to approach a clean sound I liked. I popped a Celestion G10 in there and just, wow, it immediately came to life. The bass response alone with the spring reverb is beautiful. I was playing for an hour, thinking my comp and Timmy were on for slight gain - and I looked down and everything was off. The clean sound was just awesome, allowing me to dial in pedals differently to sound even better. The highs are pulled way down into a nice british scream kind of thing, think Pink Floyd "Time" solo's, etc. Before honestly I could see the Jensen being great for country or jazz maybe (I don't touch the latter), but for blues or classic rock the G10 instantly made me love the Princeton, which I was quickly losing interest in. I have the Eminence GA-SC64 10" coming in to A/B, but I expect that will last 5 minutes honestly - the slight hybrid Princeton with UK speaker, specifically Celestion G10, sounds wonderful to me. Nice awesome bass response, a MUCH punchier mid range, handles gain and OD way better, and way less ice picky highs. It also feels like a tank - the Jensen feeling like a toy. I'm not saying that as people say about all speakers - my wife and I heard the difference immediately. It just rounds it out wayyy better, at least with my applications/playing style/genres. HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT - the Jensen sounds better in your video - different amp/speaker/guitars/pedals/environment/listening on a laptop :D of course.

Sorry but I prefer the mids of the Jensen. The celestion doesn't sound Fender at all..

I’m a fan of the Jensen C10R in Princetons.

I prefer the jensen speaker. Trouble with most guitar players getting a new amp ,they don't wait long enough for the speakers to break in before they change them out. The difference to me is minimal not worth the money .

I leave everything stock = that's the reason it's become a Legendary Iconic guitar amplifier . . . the sparkle and chime. I love mine. I keep amp-Volume on 4, and use pedals for my drive: Barber Gain Changer SR > Fulltone OCD > Thorpy Fallout Cloud. Listen to the You Tube Demo from Jon Parker Simpson on this amp. Nice comparison brother. Enjoyed it.

The Jensen sounds great on it's own, but in a mix give me the Gold all day.

Nice comparison. I like the stock Jensen better.

I have Golds in a few of my amps, Love em. That said i also have a quad of vintage1965 Celestion T652, A rare sought after speaker, The golds sound almost identical to the T652 which in turn is a good thing. I like your amp better with the gold.

I dig how into the technical side of things this dude is. Very cool video...like a hanging out in the studio feel. This is what it's all about. Keep rockin on man, and keep making videos. You're a natural in marketing but overall a badass musician.

I think Fender have been making amps long enough to put the best speaker in an amp. The Gold is just dark and wooly. The best sound at home, won’t be the best in a band situation.

Jensen for me

The hand-wired version of this amp is perfect the way it is.... For best results, Don't fuck with it!

Maybe my ears just got used to it but i prefer the Jensen on this amp.

Ignazio Vagnone here from Jensen Speakers! I know I'm one year late on this video, but hey, it's a great one! The Princeton Rev is such a magic amp... it's one of the key reference amps we use in our R&D lab. The one we have is a 1966, blueprinted and carefully maintained, with a 12" baffle. But we also have a cab with same dimensions and a 10" baffle. The P10R match nicely with the Princeton Reverb, and so does the Celestion Gold. Very different though. If you are mostly interested in cleans and pushed cleans, the Jensen may be more appropriate. If you are more into gainy tones, the Celestion has its typical British rock tone, in large part due to the different cone membrane and the larger Voice Coil (1 3/4", v/s the 1" of the P10R) that delivers that typical midrange aggression. May I say it will sound less "traditionally American", but still it delivers great tones. If you want to have a tighter bass, more midrange focused tone, and still be in the American sonic landscape, you may want to try the Jensen P10Q (1,25" Voice Coil) which sits somewhere in the middle of these two. And if you want to shoot for the top, check out the Jensen Blackbird 10/40... it's like a P10Q on steroids, louder, tighter, bolder. Not by chance, it's been picked by Mesa for the California Tweed 2:20 10" combo, and by Gibson for the Falcon 5 amp... Worth a try, and a check of our new Jensen Tone Sample Library on SoundCloud! soundcloud.com/jensen-speakers/sets Always ready for a nice and nerdy tech/tone chat! Hit me up!

Jenson is perfect in that amp, gold is too dark in my opinion.

Jensen all the way

Both speakers work well. I just found out that Jensen also make those bell covers so it looks like the olde ones. Celestion is great but the P10r is no1 for Fender Princetons and there is a P10r (L) which breaks up at lower volume like the older Jensens. If my amp needed more mid then the Celestion has to be the best especially with a Tele/Esquire style Guitar.

Jensen all the way, have that Fender crisp sparkle and raunchy ratty breakup that goes very well with the loose Princeton nature, the gold sound darker like a blanket over, too dampen, too thick and blurry mids, sparkly lush fender clean is gone on a smoky foggy honk, if you don’t like amps going to explode a.k.a cathodyne phase inverter falling apart, put the grid stopper 470k or even 1Meg and will give you the articulation and clarity of any other cranked up blackface but the Magic of the Princeton will be almost all gone…maybe you’re looking for any other blackface long tail phase inverter that a speaker swamp will not provide…

Golds sound great. Specially if you can pair it with a 12 inch like a g12 GB25 for width or an alnico blue for super sparkle.

I like the heavier and more efficient magnet .... and it's letting the amp break up more, before the speaker joins in, and that's better too IMHO.

My lifetime make or break project is fitting the Gold 10 into my 1959 Gibsonette.. hell of a task. Even after ungluing the bell, there is soo little precious space left for the speaker to clear the 6V6s.. the slanted speaker board doesnt help it one iota... and who would want to deconstruct that 64 yrs old redwood cabinet.. made with such a natural craftsmanship in those days gone by, that it NEVER rattles, no matter the volume.. and adds to the sound, as if finely tuned ... But I NEED to get the Gold there... in worst case as an extension cab... but then it would not be be my favorite grab and go anymore...

The Jensen sounds so much better.

before you upgrade speakers, how about investing in a intonation setup?

Jensen has a much sweeter jangle like a tweed Bassman; both need to be broken in a lot more to open them up. The Gold gives that kind of dry high sparkle of an AC30 but it doesn’t fit with the mid scoop of a blackface Fender in my opinion.

Then Jensen sounds better in situations where the amp would be played solo. The Gold offers much better recording and live mix tones for those who would be using it in that context. The tighter, narrower focus allows it to occupy a specific part of the mix without spilling over into the keyboards or second guitar turf. In my estimation, this makes for a better overall mix.

I love a compromise; best of both worlds, so to speak. Jensen Blackbird 40. It’s got the quintessential Jensen Fender tone, but with increased headroom, more lower mids, and more upper mids, with a reduced top treble, compared to the P10R. It’s like the increased fatness of the Celestion, but with a touch more bass and treble, more balanced in my opinion. Sounds like a blend of these 2 speakers. I’d accept either one of these choices in a heartbeat- I love the AlNiCo magic! Great video! 🔈🎶

This demo not only sold me on a Princeton but damn that Duelist sounded killer! I preferred the clarity of the Gold for sure, but that Jensen wasn't bad either! Great tones all around thank you for this!

A second listen confirms my original comment. The Celestion takes away all the sound of it being a US-voiced amp. The Jensen is perfect in it. The Gold sounds like there's a blanket over the amp. You have to dial out all of the muddy frequencies below 200hz. Vox and Marshall amps sound great with Celestions. Fenders are perfect with Jensens.

I'd stick with the jensen

Jensen all the way for me. Fenders and Jensens have always paired nicely.

Both speakers sound great the guitar would too if you tune it! What I really don’t get is how he can’t hear it?

I bought a Princeton Reverb RI and it had a Celestion G12 Alnico Blue in it. Great speaker, but not in that cabinet. Kind of destroyed the character of that am. I switched it out for a Jensen P12Q8 and love it. I use the Blue in another amp and it sounds great. All good.

It's interesting because to me, putting a Celestion in actually *stops* it sounding like a Fender. It moves closer to Marshall territory. There's however one Celestion speaker out there that's REALLY common and great on a Princeton (especially if you pop it in a second cabinet or replace the existing baffle), and nobody ever shouts about it. The Vintage 30. Really, really nice with a 65 PRRI.

Did you break the speakers in first ? I usually play a month through them before I make my decision. (especially if the speaker has a high watt rating).

Gold is money. You should try the Blue as well with the Princeton!

Jensen is more "open". Celestion gold is too dark for my taste

Jensen doesnt have the 200-400hz boost to my ear which makes it more good for me.

I like the Jensen that comes in these. They need a little break in time but once broken in they're one of the amps strengths. If I was ever going to replace it, I think it would be with an alnico tone tubby.

What would a Greenback sound like in the Princeton?

Great chord progressions. Can you do a video of those?

Great video , thats a fantastic amp and both speakers sound great, the Jenson at 4.40 is minblowingly good , fantastic playing

I’m surprised, I usually prefer Celestion speakers? The Jensen sounded very spanky for the first, in a good way. Really nice cleans, and edge of break up. The Gold definitely needed the readjustment of the EQ. It sounded much better after that. The overdriven sounds were very pleasing, without the harshness in the top end of Jensen. By the end of the post, I probably still prefer Celestion?

P10R sounds better

The stock Jensen sounded great. Not sure this is one of those "value for money" things tbh.

I prefer the Jenson.

Hi, do you remember in which TPS episode Mick uses the 2x gold10 cab with the Princeton?

Is a Celestion Gold more midrangey than Fender's stock Celestion G12V-70?

i could live either speaker. I’m leaning toward the P10r. just a bit more chime or whatever you want to call it. great presentation. 🔈

Jensen sounds more Fender-y. Celestion Golds are outstanding in a Marshall.

Italian Jensens are super bright

Put a cloth on jensen and you’ll get the gold sound

I felt the gold has this smoothness to it. Maybe even a more “round” sound compared to the Jensen. I preferred the gold

Gold or a ceramic hemp cone as well as an upgrade output transformer is needed. Just the speaker is not enough IMO.

O K. This started out with making patches with that amp. Would those Helix or any of the others sound pretty much the same as the amp? And would any of you use these pre recorded sounds to test speaker cabs?

I put a Gold in my Louis Electric Columbia, love it vs. the stock Jupiter

alnico all the way , those mids are what a guitar amp should sound like for me preference wise

jensen suits the fender sound better i feel, give me the attack and breakup sound i associate with fender sounds, i feel the gild tries to make it something its not

Surprisingly, I prefer the Jensen.

Thanks for doing this video. When you did the Kemper pack did you use the new speaker or stock? I'm full Kemper but contemplating getting the Princeton HW and pairing it with an UA OX so I can drive the tubes in the amp and still stay at conversational volumes when I need to be. Have you ever paired it with you OX?

I use an old 70s pr at church all the time with just a ts9dx the onboard reverb and trem with a Dallessandro ceramic 10 and I just finished a mojotone pr kit. I think you have just pushed me over the edge on the gold for the kit amp to replace the Jensen ceramic 10 in it

Alnico speakers are the bee’s knees!

Based on your clips through my studio monitors I would prefer the Jensen speakers without a single doubt. The Celestions sounds less "alive", almost muddy in comparison. The dynamics of the Jensen are straight into your face whilst the Celestion sounds rather bored and boring...

Your Princeton IR pack are the best I’ve ever heard.

I THINK A 12 INCH SPEAKER IS THE WAY TO GO ,

I liked the Jensen for cleans. It had that nice top end tinkle and recessed mids i dig. The gold excelled at the overdriven tone. I wonder what a Blue would sound like in that Princeton? I have an Eminence Alessandro Ga-64 12 inch in mine Nice speaker too.

How many hours did you play the speaker to break it in before the demo?

Super interesting, I wasn't expecting it to shift the EQ quite as much. I've got two friends that swapped golds in their princetons so I was thinking about trying it with mine (which is also the '64 HW). Definitely sounds more pdub ready after the swap, but I don't really use the princeton for church stuff so I'm torn. Thanks for the solid vid

The Celestion sounds creamier to my ears. I like it.

Anemic Celestion. QI is in Jensen

the Celestion Gold easily. the Jensen sounded stiff and ratty. brash and some unpleasantness on the top. the Celestion retained all the chime (its an alnico speaker, no shortage of chime there) but was much more pleasant. that riff @4:50 sold me on the Gold. people will vote for the Jensen purely because its whats in their amp. should have been a blind test.

How convenient… been thinking about a hand wired Princeton and just happen to have a Gold laying around. 😎

I think the celestion is marginally better, but the jenson is a great speaker, and the difference doesn't justify the cost.

Wow- I can't believe I'm saying this but the Jensen sounds better.

Fender do their homework before offering us their amps. Jensen is a great pick for this amp.

Now 2024 would use the other 10” Celestions like the V-Type. Gold bottom end is too fat. I know because it was a part of my collection. Also many Weber 10” that would be good for PR.

The P10R is the Tweed Bassman speaker.

Jenson sounds better to me

Tone match! Yes please 🙂👍