Celestion Alnico Speaker Shootout: Ruby, Cream, and Gold - Clean - Fender Blues Jr. With Scott Sill

Scott Sill does one of his fun speaker shootouts with three Alnico Speakers from Celestion, The Ruby, The Cream, and The Gold.
Scott plays his 2012 Les Paul Standard and a Telecaster through a Fender Blues Jr III to give you that not so mean clean!
If you love a little pain and all kinds of gain then you can see the gain version of this shootout here:
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Signal Path: Les Paul Standard (Fender Telecaster), Fender Blues Jr III, V Boutique Vumble Cab, (Ruby, Cream, or Gold Speaker), Sennheiser e906, Zoom H6.
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[@jpromano_]

GOLD for the GOLD IMO, the Ruby sounded like there’s a blanket over the baffle.. Cream sounded in between the gold and the ruby

[@sillennium]

Thx for watching

[@liv2praz]

great video. personally, i don’t think any speaker period tops the Gold. hands down my fav.

[@sillennium]

That's a good one, it's gold for a reason

[@casseurpoisseux]

Which sounds better? The one you prefer. All three sound great for the job they’re intend to do. Personally, I have a Gold and a Ruby in a 212; put together, they sound amazing! They reveal the best of each other: the Gold makes the Ruby shine and the Ruby brings some warmth to the Gold.

[@sillennium]

I love the gold, but have been using the cream due to its high wattage threshold

[@cgavin1]

Great comment and very very wise words there. So many times I have loved a speaker or hated it in isolation but these guys that make these design them with a band in mind ..

[@camerond8176]

Don't waste your time with the Ruby speaker, muddy and undefined buy ceramic greenback and be just as happy. The cream was the smoothest, and dare I say creamiest (HAHA)...............the Gold was better defined, but on the verge of being harsh when played clean. The Gold are great for high gain stuff, lots of definition and tight distortion, and the Cream just sounds magical clean or on the verge of break up but can be muddy in high gain settings. Pick you speaker to suit how you set the amp mostly, Don't over think it..............The price between the Gold/Cream is a few bucks.

[@sillennium]

Thx for your thoughts

[@mastermollica2669]

Thanks for the comparison. Which Alnico speaker do you suggest for a dsl 20 combo?

[@sillennium]

You can't go wrong with a Gold on a 20 watt amp

[@danielwiedemann8545]

Thank you for your video - very helpful to get impressions of (over) tone from these alnicos!

[@sillennium]

Happy to help

[@miketaylor6053]

Gold!!

[@sillennium]

For the win!

[@miketaylor6053]

@sillennium originally, I liked the cream, then I relistened and found the gold slightly more aggressive. I was really unimpressed by the ruby. Too midrangey and no sparkle.

[@sillennium]

@@miketaylor6053 thx for listening and watching

[@HigherPlanes]

If you get a looper you can lay down a track, swap out the speakers and the only thing changing literally will be the speakers

[@sillennium]

Sure makes for a boring video

[@HigherPlanes]

@@sillennium lol. I feel ya mate.

[@shckltnebay]

I love GOLD

[@sillennium]

Yes!

[@donlessnau3983]

Perfect.

[@sillennium]

Thx

[@boparker4578]

I like them all. There are lots of speakers I like. And it changes from time to time. But for me and my style of playing .. if I was using a similar guitar and amp ... with what I heard on this well done video ... I'd go with the cream. Any of them would do with a little tweaking on any given tune ... a small smidge of compression and an eq pedal (lightly employed) ..... I tend to like alnicos myself anyway. thanks for the video

[@sillennium]

Thx much appreciated

[@mojostrat58]

Hell, they all sound good...I have the Cream at the moment. I'm thinking a drop in wattage to the Ruby.

[@sillennium]

Go for it, killer speaker

[@AnthonyStara]

They're all damn good. It seems the ruby and the gold are less compressed and more loud. I got a cream and I'm waiting to receive it and try it. I love the gold too. Great loudspeakers though...

[@sillennium]

They are all good. In my opinion you can't go wrong with a Celestion alnico

[@AnthonyStara]

@@sillennium I can't wait to get it! 👍

[@sillennium]

Hell yeah!

[@seanrosedotcom]

I only have the Blue in an AC15 which is a legend. To me, the Ruby is the dirtiest, the Cream a little cleaner and then the Gold cleaner than both. I'd say if you want the Blue but need more power handling. Gold. But if you want a mix between a ceramic and alnico sound... the Ruby and Cream seem to do that to me...

[@sillennium]

Thx for your thoughts

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Very well put

[@terryboy777]

Did you use the telecaster with all the speaker choices or did I miss something?

[@sillennium]

No just the opening clip. I used the LP on all the speakers

[@sillennium]

Thx for your thoughts

[@hgostos]

Brilliant demo (and tones!)

[@sillennium]

Thx so much!

[@cgavin1]

Its so hard judging a modern high power speaker based on an out of the box demo isn't it? You just know these things require double digits maybe even tripple digits of break in these days. I have had so many pass through my cabinets over the years that ended up becoming "classics" ten years down the line..

[@sillennium]

🤘

[@philchapman1463]

Gold seemed fizzy on highs, the cream was seemed well balanced over all and the ruby seem tight (would be great for crunch)

[@sillennium]

Thx for watching

[@EternalRecursion]

Thanks for this demo. I have been searching for a demo of the Cream in a 15 watt 1x12 tube combo, and as a humbucker player, you touched on just what I needed to hear. I hear a nice mid-range sparkle in the Ruby, that gives a chime to the lower frequencies that the other two do not have. Perhaps it is because of the higher power rating of the Cream, but the lower frequencies and mids sound tighter (more focused but also less interesting), as if they need more power to realize the bell quality. I have heard demos of the Cream in high power rigs, and they do have the tintinnabulation in those. The Gold is just too harsh for my ears.

[@sillennium]

Thx for watching and providing your feedback

[@EternalRecursion]

@@sillennium I am now thinking the Ruby, rather than the Cream. Thanks again.

[@maxpeck4154]

I was thinking the exact same thing. I have a 23 watt el84 amp that is not a Vox but voiced more like a black panel Fender. It has a g12h 75 watt Creamback speaker in it. I can get a Vox-ish tone out of it with the right eq but it's missing something. Your description of the Ruby is spot on. I think it might be just the thing my amp needs.

[@sillennium]

Go for it, Dorthy is calling

[@wakjob961]

The Ruby my sound dull here by comparison, but I bet it rocks with an really bright JMP 2204.

[@sillennium]

I love the ruby on my Marshall class 5

[@stratocastermaster9]

I was thinking the same thing. That's why they used the old g12-65s to compensate.

[@drewmcdowell1622]

Nice!! I'm really thinking that ill swap my Creamback H with the Ruby to go with the Gold in my diag. 2x12. Should make my AC15 a bit richer. Between the two, it kind of sounds like they took the Alnico Blue and split it into 2 speakers.

[@sillennium]

Yeah the gold is a bit more modern and the ruby has a nice warm sound. Those would pair nicely!

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Haha very clever

[@drewmcdowell1622]

@@georgefromgreece4119 I have done this and it is awesome!

[@sillennium]

Nice!

[@georgefromgreece4119]

@@drewmcdowell1622 it's fantastic when a notion appears that finally isn't proved wrong when applied. I am so glad you had such a nice idea that, above all, really worked! Stay inspired!!!

[@bastardsonofretkillr]

This is what I heard I’m listening with a iPad Pro to me the Gold speaker sounds broken in more then the others but I like the Alnico Cream sound the best but at listening to the Ruby at one point with no speaker breakup it sounded really nice too….but if I was buying now I’d buy the Alnico Cream but I have a couple of old Celestion Alnico Blue speakers that I want to put in a Fender Princeton Reverb and a Victoria Vibrolux that I bought from Mark Bauer he said to order it with a 12” Eminence speaker but 9m going to install my well broken in Alnico Blue…..

[@sillennium]

Thx for your feedback

[@RG-yz8ov]

Has anyone paired a ruby with a blue?

[@sillennium]

Nice I bet that would sound good!

[@AnthonySG0113]

Would like to hear that Gibson half stack!

[@sillennium]

I will have to do that. It's a killer amp and cabinet.

[@scampthelazycat9891]

really liked the gold, the cream was ok but the ruby sounded so lacklustre here.

[@sillennium]

That's what so awesome about today's gear, there are so many choices all are great and each one appeals to different people. We are in a good time when it comes to gear

[@charlesrawlinson429]

Blue

[@sillennium]

I wish I owned one

[@kimhansen6384]

He should have been a dancer :-)

[@sillennium]

You must have watched it all the way to the end!

[@profile_01]

Nice job good video

[@sillennium]

Thx much appreciated

[@davidgiles9378]

KZbin sent me here I’d because of the other red comparisons I’ve seen. That red thing some might be calling a speaker sounds horrible in other folk’s videos, but not nearly so terrible here, just moderately lame. Advise someone to check around if there’s any doubt. I’d rather put in a blue and risk blowing it every day of the week, or simply use a load attenuator, rather than use any of these, especially for anything not distorted and mid-scooped. If you really need louder than a 20 watts and a blue and only have 1x12 then gold is ok, cream is different, but also ok. A loud gig where 1 blue won’t work is where you’d have 4x12s and 2x12s or very heavily miked stages (which allows a 1x12) and inner ear monitors typically.

[@sillennium]

Thx, I think...but seriously thanks for the feedback.

[@chrisdee5032]

All bow to the speaker guru!

[@kosmicwizard]

Gold is better than creme and ruby, blue is better than gold

[@sillennium]

Would love to try the Blue sometime

[@camerond8176]

The best I have heard was an AC30 with one Alnico Blue, and one Ceramic (Made in England) Greenback......................Both these speakers compliment each other well when mixed together.

[@kosmicwizard]

@@camerond8176 cool, I think Celestion speakers with lower wattage ratings are more aggressive and dynamic. I noticed that the greens have a little bit more in the mids than the blues, but the greens give off a bwow that I absolutely hate. My favourite to pair with a blue in a 2x12 is a G12H30 70th anniversary. The H30 adds a low and mid foundation that allows the jangle and chime of the blue to perfectly sit atop. Cheers!

[@sillennium]

You can't go wrong with the Alnico blue

[@doncalloway136]

I can get that scratchy break up sound already..sorry , not trying to put anyone down..But why can't t anyone understand what fat clean is.. Like a cello/violin ( not distortion ) ..

[@sillennium]

There is no distortion in this video.

[@zzubuzz]

I tried to install a Celestion G12H 70th Ann. in my Fender D.R.R., but it has 4 holes in the frame, not 8 like the Jensen...and I realized "what a fool I am, I should have known, that speaker will never come out, as long as I'm alive, but that's not what's worrying me, it's how, these things must be done delicately". I think Fender should have painted the stock speaker ruby red.

[@sillennium]

That would have cool

[@bishlap]

Ruby was loud and nasty!!

[@sillennium]

Good Nasty I assume

[@bishlap]

@@sillennium indeed.

[@soundknight]

1

[@sillennium]

Thx for watching. Got to love the Ruby

[@doncalloway136]

For most part CREAM might be better..I really want to hear CLEAN..NO DISTORTION OR SCRATCHY BREAK UP..I Appreciate the guitarist is playing something besides wacky HEAVY METAL..I am searching for FAT CLEAN .If that's the clean sound then none of those speakers will work..So focus on on CLEAN for now on..

[@sillennium]

🤘

[@-rubbersoul-]

too much on speach. play more and talk less

[@sillennium]

Thx for the thoughts

[@bertagriese8282]

Why are always people who can‘t play guitar comparing speakers…??

[@sillennium]

Hmmm let me see your videos

[@macbaker2211]

What an asshat remark to make! Totally unnecessary!