Description
Some speakers force a choice: handle serious wattage or deliver real Celestion character. The G12H-150 Redback refuses that trade-off. Built around a beefy 2-inch voice coil and the heaviest magnet in the G12 range, this 12-inch driver is engineered to sit in front of a 100-watt head all night and never flinch.
Despite its high power rating, the Redback doesn’t sound clinical or sterile. Low end stays tight and controlled rather than flabby, midrange comes through with real detail and presence, and the top end eases off just enough to keep things musical under heavy gain. It’s the kind of voicing that lets a full stack breathe without turning harsh at volume.
Run it in a lower-wattage combo and it opens up into smooth, clean headroom—ideal territory for stacking overdrive and modulation pedals without the speaker choking first. Or drop a single Redback into a smaller cabinet paired with a 100-watt head for a leaner rig that still throws out massive, room-filling tone. Either way, this speaker is built to shrug off punishment while keeping the dynamics and playability players expect from Celestion.
- 150W power handling
- 12″ (305mm) nominal diameter
- 8Ω nominal impedance (also available in 16Ω)
- 100dB sensitivity
- 2″ (50mm) voice coil, round copper former
- Ceramic magnet, 50oz (1.42kg)
- Pressed steel chassis
- Frequency range: 70-5000Hz
- Resonance frequency (Fs): 75Hz
- Unit weight: 10.4lb (4.7kg)
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