Trivium, Celestion and the Lifelong Quest for Tone
“This obsession with gear always has been to find something new to inspire you to come up with new ideas, and you never know where it can lead you.”
Freshly Remastered Live at Pompeii Film Premiere Erupts with Pink Floyd’s Original Analogue PA, Using Celestion Drivers
Over half a century from its original filming, Pink Floyd’s iconic concert film, Live at Pompeii, has been digitally re-mastered in 4K with a new high-resolution, Dolby Atmos audio mix by Steven Wilson. Thanks to the meticulous restoration efforts of author and audio historian, Chris Hewitt of CH Vintage Audio, a once in a lifetime […]
The Celestion Interview: Hans Thomann, CEO of Thomann Music
Growing up under the strong example that my father set, this passion for music is something that I, along with my brother and sisters inherited. We keep it alive within the family and within the company.”
The Peacekeeper: 100% Celestion Tone, Only Quieter
The Peacekeeper is a revolutionary new attenuating guitar speaker: it’s the simplest and most toneful way of being able to dial your amplifier right up to its sweet spot, while keeping the decibel levels down. As any guitar player knows, a great amp sounds at its best when you turn it up loud but unfortunately […]
The Celestion Interview: Jay Peabody, Founder of Loudspeakers Plus
25 years ago, Loudspeakers Plus found a unique niche for themselves, supplying music dealers all over the U.S. with loudspeaker components. At the time, there were few outlets for dealers to buy replacement and repair parts, and often major manufacturers would not stock these items. Loudspeakers Plus became the “one-stop shop” that supported all the […]
Celebrating a Legendary Guitar Speaker
The Celestion 100 Meticulously hand-crafted in the UK, the Celestion 100 celebrates the world’s first purpose-built guitar loudspeaker which, in various guises, has voiced some of the most legendary and memorable riffs and solos of all time. Invented in 1936 as a radio speaker, the general purpose ‘G12’ was used in many applications. Several versions […]
A Century of Sound: The Story of Celestion
On the occasion of our 100th anniversary, A Century of Sound: The Story of Celestion is a detailed and engrossing history that tells how Celestion grew from a company building radiograms in a tiny factory in South-West London to become the internationally renowned loudspeaker brand it is today. Covering 226 pages, this hard backed volume is […]
The Celestion Interview: Brian Weafer, Yorkville Sound
(Pickering, ON) — Canada’s Yorkville Sound has come a long way since its beginnings in the back room of the original Long & McQuade music store in downtown Toronto where, in 1963, co-founder Peter Traynor built the now-iconic Traynor DynaBass bass amplifier as a rugged, reliable alternative to the models of the day. Today, Yorkville […]
The Celestion Interview: Andreas Hecke, Founder of Tube Amp Doctor
Established in 1993 as a guitar amp repair shop in Worms, Germany, the Tube Amp Doctor has grown to be a world-leading company providing electron tubes as well as many other parts for both musical instrument and home hi-fi applications. If nobody else has it, chances are they do. Needless to say, the guitar amp […]
G12M-50 Hempback: True American Flavoured Tone
Part science, part dark art: cone design is perhaps the most artisan element of a guitar speaker’s manufacturing process. It relies on the formulation of a cellulose mixture (paper pulp) that’s in balance both chemically and tonally. The paper mixture requires various additives, the correct beating process and the appropriate shape forming method; all of […]
