Take for instance my WGS Veteran 30 speakers. I had two of them. I traded one for a different WGS speaker to use in my Epiphone Valve Jr. custom made combo amp. So I put the other one up for sale, and got nothing.
Not one person wanted to buy it. I had one guy who lived 100 miles away try to trade for it, but nothing came of that. I had another guy who was sketchy as hell. Then, he wanted me to drive over to his place. I said, that was not going to happen. Then, I never heard from him again.
I mean, does no one want a perfectly good speaker?
So, as I was browsing Craigslist, I noticed a seller trying to sell a WGS British Lead speaker. I thought about it. My Sunn Alpha 212R amp has played well with the Celestion 75 speakers I have it in. However, both are bass heavy, and I thought it might do well with a single speaker change. That way, I can keep one Celestion speaker in it, and add a different speaker to balance it out.
First up, here is the Sunn amp.
And added the WGS British Lead.
And here's the amp with the new speaker.
You can see the new speaker on the left. Once I started testing it, I could hear that the guy I traded with was telling the truth. He said it only had two hours of playing time on it. After testing it out, I could hear that it was still pretty stiff. Most speakers need at least 20 hours of playing time on them to start sounding like they should.
I have to say, it didn't sound that different from the Celestion 75. At the moment, I can hear that it is not as bass heavy, but it is still a bright, British sounding speaker. But after some playing time the sound will open up, and I can tell if I want to keep it, or trade it back out for the Celestion it replaced.
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