Could I get some thoughts on this Greenback? Basically, as a Greenback, how does it sound?
Edit: Made in England, Rola Celestion Ltd
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Edit: Made in England, Rola Celestion Ltd
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Thanks Alan. The reason I asked, and the reason I posted this, is that the speaker had been damaged in transit to me. I don't know how it happened, but I should have impressed on a friend of mine how fragile the thing is. Anyway, when he dropped it off and I opened the package, it had a huge tear in it. So I looked as various options, reconing, professional repairing, or DIY repair. Eventually settled on the DIY thing and felt that if it did not work, I would have it reconed.Alan Ratcliffe wrote: Sounds good to me. I know the Rola Celestions don't have the same mystique as the pre-Rola ones, but to my ear most of them still sound great - less edgy than the more modern ones. I do prefer a greenback in a closed back cab though to keep the low end tighter when it's being hit hard (listen to the bit on the low strings at about 0:38).
I'm not sure. Is it possible that the flub is caused post repair? Or would it be due to the open back nature of the cab as you mentioned? Benj gave me the choice between open and closed back and I went with the open back for the "open" qualities that those cabs offer, and a bit of flub in the lows was a possible compromise. But I hardly (if ever) play in that range.Alan Ratcliffe wrote: So what I presumed was speaker flub was the tear? :-[