The Redback is also a great choice if you want to replace a 4x or 8x cab with a single speaker. This stocky combination gives the speaker a dark, meaty sound that’s well suited to down-tuning or for taming a bright amp. To handle the power, and resulting heat, the Redback features the aforementioned 50oz magnet, together with a supersized 2” voice coil. Use it with a lower-gain amp though, and you’ll never run out of clean headroom. Match it to a similarly rated high-gain amp and it’ll take all the pummelling you can throw at it. Paradoxically, if you shy away from the dirt to live a life that’s clean and pure this could be the speaker for you too.
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Fitted with a humongous magnet more powerful than the gravitational pull of the sun (OK, we made that stat up) it’s rated at a whopping 150 watts. If your djent is more thunderous than the hooves of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse then the Redback is a devilish choice. Apparently, the heavier magnet produces a tighter low-end – here’s hoping Celestion reintroduce it. Originally, there was a G12H in Celestion’s catalogue too, fitted with a ‘Heavy’ 50-ounce magnet. In case you’re wondering, the M in its name refers to its Medium/35-ounce magnet. Perfect if you’re after a speaker that will deliver no-nonsense, aggressive, vintage lead tones. The Greenback has changed a bit since the swinging sixties, but it still retains its characteristic mid-range punch and restrained top end. Which just goes to prove that there’s no shame in choosing a speaker with a ceramic magnet.
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A little later on Angus Young also championed the Greenback, and it was allegedly a favourite of Van Halen’s too. OK, we’re aware than Jimi was from the US, but he was famously into British amplification, so I think we can be forgiven for including him here. Think ‘60s British rock – Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Page – and a key ingredient of that classic tone will be a dash of Greenback.