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CELESTION CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY
OF ITS VINTAGE 30 SPEAKER
NAMM WINTER SESSION, ANAHEIM, CA, January 19, 2006 — Celestion, a pioneer in transducer technology and raw frame drivers for guitar and bass amplification for over eight decades, marks the 20th anniversary of its Vintage 30 speaker in 2006.
The Vintage 30, originally introduced in 1986, was developed after extensive research into crafting a speaker that could reproduce the classic Alnico sound with a ceramic magnet — a more cost-effective material. It was hailed as an instant classic both by those who were familiar with Celestion's legendary quality, and new players alike.
Its 100 dB sensitivity was apparently twice as loud as anything else at the same power level — the Vintage 30 was able to handle massive overdrive sounds with plenty of headroom and ease. Featuring tight bass, fat mids and a smooth, harmonically rich top end, its superior tone has made the Vintage 30 incredibly popular. With around one million speakers sold worldwide, Celestion believe the Vintage 30 is likely to be found in a wider range of cabs and combos than any other premium speaker on the planet!
At a time when Alnico was prohibitively expensive, Celestion found its ‘H’ magnet came closest in performance to Alnico. Pioneering methods like Laser Doppler Interferometry were employed to analyze the cone behavior of an original Alnico Blue, and Celestion’s R&D Department was able to capture a precise model of the vintage speaker characteristics and apply it to this new speaker design. A new cone was used (similar to that of the Alnico Blue), and a new coil assembly was added, utilizing modern materials with similar mass and physical properties to the originals, yet better able to handle the extra heat generated by operating with higher power equipment.
The result was an authentically vintage sounding speaker, released during a rising demand for classic loudspeakers such as the G12H30 — this is why the speaker became known as the Vintage 30. On the 20th anniversary of this enduring favorite, Celestion players the world over are still celebrating the truly distinct tonal quality of the Vintage 30 speaker.
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