New Celestion Importer

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Re: New Celestion Importer

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GrantB wrote:This is good news.

AlNiCo Creams would be nice. Greens for sure. Good ole G12H. Blues n Golds. Do they do the Neo's?
They asked me for some suggestions so I'll pass all of these on. They said they'd let me know what was in the first shipment too so I'll post an update when I have it.

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Guitar & Bass magazine did a Celestion shoot-out a year or so ago. The A-Type came out on top (it was in a Fender amp if memory serves).

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GrantB wrote:This is good news.

AlNiCo Creams would be nice. Greens for sure. Good ole G12H. Blues n Golds. Do they do the Neo's?
Alnico Creams fo sure. There's a Creamback Neo which is claimed to do a greenback thing but I remain to be convinced from the clips I've heard so far. They also have a Copperback (?) which I think is lightweight. Also interested in trying the Redback which is a 150 watt mofo H style.
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A-Type, V-Type, G12M-25, G12M-65, G12H-30, G12H-75, V30, Gold, Blue
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bender wrote:For some reason I thought the V30s were out of favour? Jensen might be a bridge too far for them, but someone needs to take it on!
Nope, hard rock and metal crowd they are still the most popular.
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M & H magnet Creambacks

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Tbh, they should be bringing in 70/80s and rockets for cheap upgrades and diy cabs/amp. That way, they can bankroll the wanky stuff we like.
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+1 on the 70/80s - actually a great speaker for the coin.
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Looks like they’ve got the following coming in the first shipment:
Celestion Blue 8 ohm
G12M-65Creamback 8 ohm
G12M 16ohm
G12H-75 Creamback - 8 ohm
G12M-65 Creamback 16 ohm
G12-65 15ohm
Vintage30 8 ohm
Vintage30 16 ohm
G10 Greenback 8 ohm
G10 Greenback 16ohm

I’ll pass on the suggestions on the other models

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Looks like they've managed to cherry pick the range. I remember when Ryan was doing them that they insisted on dealers taking the whole lot which meant having to stock all the harder to shift models too.
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bender wrote:Looks like they’ve got the following coming in the first shipment:
Celestion Blue 8 ohm
G12M-65Creamback 8 ohm
G12M 16ohm
G12H-75 Creamback - 8 ohm
G12M-65 Creamback 16 ohm
G12-65 15ohm
Vintage30 8 ohm
Vintage30 16 ohm
G10 Greenback 8 ohm
G10 Greenback 16ohm

I’ll pass on the suggestions on the other models
Do they have a forum discount? If they don't it would be a nice way to say thank you for the free marketing and market advice maybe?
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Or we could just support a local business that's doing something for the local supply chain of a commodity that's bloody hard to come by ...namely speakers for upgrades. Happy to pay the ticket price here.

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Reg18 wrote:I was talking to John at live sound about a year ago and he was in negotiations with Celestion at the time. I don’t think they wanted him to keep Eminence but he was keen to have both, looks like he won that argument!
Great to have an NZ dealer again!


Celestion should consider themselves lucky to have any representation in this part of the world as I would expect the prices will be pretty hefty.
We'll see what John does with that :winky:
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Did anyone ended up getting one?

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Can't find any reference to Celestions on their site today.
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