Celestion Classic Lead 80 12-inch guitar speaker 8 ohms

General

The Classic Lead from speaker giant Celestion is a clear and neutral-sounding 12-inch guitar speaker, with tight bass and very defined mids and trebles. The ingredients to make your lead parts cut through the band mix. This speaker is often combined with Greenbacks or Vintage 30s in a 2x12 or 4x12 cabinet, for those coveted half-clean / half-crunchy guitar sounds.

Classic Lead: rated up to a whopping 80 watts

When it was introduced in the late 1970s, the Celestion Classic Lead was very revolutionary because of its fibreglass voice coil. Thanks to this heat-resistant material, this speaker could handle a load of as much as 80 watts. This was obviously a godsend for the guitarist who was always blowing up his 25-watt speakers. Today, the Celestion Classic Lead 80 is still popular with solo guitarists because of its fast response and articulate, punchy sound.

Excellent for use with both cleans and overdrives

This speaker produces a clear and defined guitar sound, even with a large amount of distortion. But the Classic Lead 80 also sounds great with cleans. Here it delivers that same articulation combined with plenty of headroom, for smooth and highly dynamic performance. This copy of the Celestion Classic Lead has an impedance of 8 Ohms, but a 16 Ohm version is also available. So when ordering, pay close attention to which one you need!

• Note: a 16 Ohm version of this speaker is also available!