I'll never admit that there is such a thing as having too many speakers. And even though I needed another pair of speakers like a fish needs a bicycle, I just couldn't pass these beauties up.
I got an email from Brian Wampler at www.indyguitarist.com telling me about this company that was blowing out Celestion Vintage 30 clones for $21 each. Evidently he had purchased some and was astounded at the killer tone for such a cheap price. Of course, I had to hear this for myself so I found the auction on ebay that he had mentioned and I ordered a pair for myself.
The company, Warehouse Guitar Speakers (WGS), evidently started when the owner bought a warehouse full of Celestion clones that used the same soft parts (cones, etc...) as the pre-Chinese made Celestions. The speakers are brand new and still need to be broken in to sound their best, but now that I've heard them myself I'm totally blown away. I compared them in an A/B test against my 2x12" speaker cabinet loaded with an Eminence Red Fang and a Weber Blue Dog and I have to admit that while there is a tad bit less high end, the overall sound is much more pleasing to my ears. I totally did not expect this to be the case, I just figured that at $21/each I would have an extra set of speakers lying around in case I wanted to build another cabinet. Now I'm going to pull the Eminence and Weber out and replace them with the WGS V30 clones.
Anyhow, if any of you are thinking of upgrading the speakers in your amp or cabinet I would highly recommend checking these out.
