12" G12C - 75 watts

I've had a few Fender amps in my years of playing and toured with a Fender Bassman and a Fender Vibroverb reissue. I now have a Dr Z Z-Lux, which sounds like the Fender Bassman on 40 watts, and a little like a Deluxe Reverb on 20 watts. It also sounds like a Vibroverb if I sweep the mids all the way up. I wanted a speaker to pair the Z-Lux with, that would get that Fender sound I grew up listening to. So, I chose the WGS G12C, looking for some sparkle in the highs. The Jensens I've had are famous for the high end, but don't hold the bottom very well, and certain ones can sound downright flabby on the bottom end. I had just purchased a WGS Retro 30 from a dealer in Germany and love it so much that I immediately got this WGS G12C at 8ohms, to match it with a Dr Z Z-12, which is an Eminence made American style speaker (8ohm). I run them in a Z-Best cabinet that I've insulated slightly and closed the Theile port out on. The cabinet still has an open sound.

When I play through the WGS G12C speaker, it takes me back to the old days of playing through Fenders, but the tight bass end is the big difference. It's not an overwhelming and huge bass response at all - not an EQ poker in the lows, but when I play on my neck pickups on my Strats and my Tele, this speaker responds with a tight and slightly punchy bass end that puts a smile on my face. And if I turn up the bass on the Z-Lux MKI, which is notorious for having humongous bass when the Bass knob goes up past 9'Oclock, the WGS G12C represents that increase with a tight, punchy output and no flab. To get both that chimey and sparkly high end, and then a tight, puchy bass response is new territory for me. The Z-12 does the tight, puchy as well, but doesn't quite hit the highs that the WGS G12C does, and that's intentional in the design of the Z-12. The whole EQ spectrum of the WGS G12C speaker sounds more refined than the old school American Eminence and Jensen speakers, in my opinion. The highs aren't shrill, but present.

And as I stated previously, I can dime the mid range on the Z-Lux and the WGS G12C sounds great! The mids are perfect. I have also tried it with my Marshall Studio Jubilee, with variations of overdrive level, and it shines. It sounds great. No fizzy overdrive. It sounds nice! It also sounds nice overdriven with the Z-Lux. Perfect. It gets on well with the mid range when you focus it that way. Great all around speaker, especially for an American voiced style speaker. Very impressed with Warehouse speakers. I've got the WGS ET65 on my list for the next speaker I get!

I bought this to replace the speaker in a Fender SC112 enclosure that had a bad voice coil. It sounds great in this cabinet. I suspect it would sound great in any cabinet. This is a big improvement over the Celestion G12P-80 that came stock in the Fender cabinet, even when it was in 100 percent working condition.

I just think warehouse makes the best speakers for the money. Maybe even better than the money! I have used Jensen speakers for 30 years and I am now a full convert.

Great speakers. I put it in my Suhr Hombre and it really came alive! I also have one in my non reverb 64 fender deluxe. Both amps sound great.

This is a perfect match for my '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue