I hit the mother load , indeed headache once again you are correct. They have had every speaker made.
1978, the Altec-Lansing speakers were dropped, in favor of the British-made Celestion speakers. Carvin's MagnaLab speakers were still the standard, but Celestions could be ordered in the concert stack amps, and JBL's could be ordered in combo amps. More changes would occur in
1979 - specifically, Gauss speakers were added in addition to MagnaLab and JBL speakers in Carvin's combo amps. The standard MagnaLab's were the least expensive; the Gauss' were the high-end. The concert stack amps were offered only with MagnaLab or Celestion speakers.In
1981, Gauss speakers were dropped in Carvn's combo amps, and replaced with Electro-Voice speakers. MagnaLab speakers were still the standard, and Celestion speakers were still offered on the big amps. In
1982, JBL speakers would also be replaced with Electro-Voice models.The MagnaLab name was dropped in
1986, and Carvin simply put their own name on the
speakers they produced, and in 1986, the "HE" (High Energy) series was the standard in Carvin guitar amps. Electro-Voice and Celestion speakers were still offered as optional equipment.
1989 saw another significant change in the speakers Carvin used. Celestion speakers were dropped altogether, and Electro Voice speakers were only offered as optional equipment in the
XV112E Tube-X Amp. But the big news was the introduction of the Carvin British Series speakers. The British Series was designed to replace the British-made Celestion speakers, and had similar sound characteristics. Also, 1989 was the last year the EV speaker would be offered on the XV112 - it would only be offered with the BR-12 in the future. This was significant because this was the last non-Carvin speaker that would be offered in a Carvin amplifier, until the Celestion Greenbacks were used in the Vai Legacy Series amps.
In
1995, the BR-12 speaker would be dropped in favor of the new Vintage Series speaker. All guitar amplifiers would rely on these new speakers in 1995. However, the BR-12 would return in the MTS combo and stack amps and SX combo amps in
1996. Also in 1996, Carvin would begin using their PS series speakers in the new AG100 acoustic guitar amps.Celestion speakers would to return to Carvin in
1999, in the form of Celestion Greenbacks which were used in the Vai Legacy Series amps. Vintage Series, British Series and PS series speakers would continue to be used in Carvin's other amps.
GT Series speakers were added to Carvin's lineup in 2002. These speakers were standard in the SX series amps, as well as the Vintage Tube combos and MTS series.
