CELESTION BLUE RAW FRAME DRIVER:
OVERVIEW:
Celestion Blue Originally developed in the 1950s from a successful Celestion radio speaker, the CT3757, the Alnico Blue is the world's first dedicated guitar loudspeaker. Its use in early Marshall and Vox amplifiers helped to define the sound of '60s British popular music and it remains today one of the most desirable guitar loudspeakers in the business. 'Alnico' refers to the composition of its magnet material, an alloy of Aluminium, Nickel and Cobalt, and when combined with an overloaded tube amplifier, the Blue distorts easily, with its unique response smoothing the sound into gloriously creamy overtones rich in quality and sustain. The Blue also benefits from an exceptional dynamic range, making it a highly expressive speaker. Load a Celestion Blue into a single 12" or 2 x 12" vintage combo and the sweet and bright tones lend it ideally to a range of playing styles including jazz, blues, country and indie.
The unique sound of the Celestion Blue loudspeaker was the overriding factor in its popularity. When combined with an overloaded valve amplifier, it produced a sound which distorted easily. However, with the speaker's slower response, this distortion was smoothed into the gloriously creamy overtones loved by the Beatles and their contemporaries. Sustained notes were easily achieved, and finger and plectrum noises became less obvious. Used in the Vox AC30 and Marshall guitar amplifiers, the sound of the Celestion Blue was to change the voice of Rock & Roll in the decades to follow.
With the development of Rock & Roll, audience sizes grew. And as a direct result, greater amplification was required - we needed to design loudspeakers which could cope with this increase in power. Our general purpose G12 speaker became available with different magnet sizes - from light to heavy. With much experimentation with different cabinet and driver combinations, we had produced a range of high quality guitar loudspeakers, used throughout the decades by leading artists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones and Van Halen.
Today, we manufacture guitar loudspeakers to suit every musical style and technique. From lead to bass guitar, and from eight to fifteen inches in diameter, our drivers are designed for the ultimate in sound reproduction.