Quick links to the models mentioned on this page: Celestion Greenback Speakers – An Overview Ceramic speakers (aka ‘greenbacks’) first appear around late 1964 to early 1965. They have a slightly more aggressive tone compared…
The Celestion greenback 20 watt G12M and 25 watt G12H are some of the most sought after pre-rola speakers. However it is easy to be fooled by the labels on these speakers, everything is not…
Quick links to the models mentioned on this page: Celestion Alnico Speakers – An Overview Alnico’s are easily the most collectable vintage Celestion speakers, and can be found in ‘holy grail’ amplifiers and speaker cabinets…
Pre-rola greenbacks are considered to be some of the best sounding guitar speakers ever made. They are highly collectable due to their association with 1960’s amplifiers, notably Marshall, and the guitar legends that used them…
All Celestion speakers have a model number denoting their specification, usually beginning with the letter T. This apparently represents the word ‘type’. Speakers with the ‘CT’ and ‘RT’ prefix are said to represent ‘Rola type’…
Very little seems to be known about the very early Celestion and Rola G12 speakers from the 1940’s and 1950’s such as the Rola / Celestion B025, the P74 and P44. Examples do turn up…
