(12-23-2015, 04:37 PM)RuckyDigital Wrote: [...]I am looking for a Mick Taylor sound from 69. I also do some white stripes stuff with a big muff. I have an attenuator that works really well but i don't use it 50% of my practice time. I mainly use it when other people are in the house. the V4 is gnarly loud and i want speakers that can handle it but also can be run clean and quiet.
Speakers that can be clean and quiet as well as handle the V4 - Eminence line. Can't speak for what would help yield a Mick Taylor c. 1969 sound.
The Eminence line breaks down into British Style and American style, and "other"...with a LOT of variants in there.
Eminence speakers tend to be really efficient, i.e. things seem "louder" compared to most other speakers all else being equal.
Speaker plots show a lot, and there's some good comparison videos on youtube, soundclips on their website, etc.
Mixing up 2 different pairs of speakers isn't a bad idea in a 4x12--just try to get speakers that have similar dB ratings so one pair don't drown out the others, all speakers are the same impedance, and that each speaker can handle at least 1/4 of the ampeg's power. In a sense, two different type of speaker pairs will be different "volumes" at different frequencies (EQ), which is the idea anyhow, so you'll get a unique sound, or have at least two micing options for live/recording (in a 4x12, you'd arrange the two pairs of speakers in an "X" pattern, probably). As long as one speaker type isn't louder than the other at ALL frequencies, (noteworthy differences in overall efficiency dB), or in power handling capability (a pair of speakers start breaking up way earlier than the other pair) you'll usually be OK...
Celestion and Weber both make some or only great speakers, too, as do some other companies. I'm an Eminence fan, especially for 12" speakers driven by a V4.
While a "true" celestion Greenback might be risky even in a 4x12 configuration, if you crank a 100(+!) watt Ampeg--and that's the one Celestion speaker I'd say "get a Celestion" IMO--you might still be able to get away with it...maybe. There are also Celestion, Eminence, and Weber's speakers that are "based on" the Greenback but will handle higher power and of course each sound different than a greenback and each other. Otherwise, every company offer a wide array of speaker variations worth exploring to get "your sound." And the speakers one uses plays a huge role in tone.
Speaker choices abound--which makes it fun, but also hard to choose unless you know exactly what you want and how to get it.
On the end, very few high-quality speakers would be a bad match with the Ampeg. I will say, a speaker that is bass-shy is a sad match for the Ampeg, though--the Ampeg can pump out massive, clean, low end power in spades. I vastly prefer guitars speakers that don't rob all the lows.
As I mentioned above, I'm a big fan of the Eminence "Swamp Thang", and if you prefer 'British' sounding speakers, the Tonker is the "British" sounding companion to it. the Tonker is Eminence's unique spin on the Celestion 65. A lot of people like the Texas Heat which is comparably more lo-fi / "midrange focused" (less less low end and high end rolloff starts at a lower frequency) than the Swamp Thang speakers (and hence likewise with the Tonker).
Be sure to get and to wire up the new speakers in a way that match at least one of the impedance settings of the V4.
Lots of info out there with frequency plots, specs, etc.
Good luck!
