20 vs 25 watt celestion greenbacks

[Ruben]

I had a couple of 60's 20 watt greenbacks years ago, but remember not liking them that much compared to 003 pre-rola's 25 watt greenbacks.

Does anyone use 20 watt greenbacks with their Marshalls?

[shakti]

They are the bees knees with anything JTM45 IMHO - whether JTM45, JTM45/100 or JTM50. Slightly more scooped than the 25W version, kind of an upper mid/high presence thing and a faster response. The 25W ones are a touch softer sounding, so I tend to prefer those with the later 68-69 style amps. They also seem to prefer cleaner sounding amps where the organic "feel" of amp and speaker interaction is a fundamental part of the tone.

[Ruben]

This is a GREAT 20 watt greenback tone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taZ74fXaqlY

I wonder; Are the EVH Celestions based on 20 or 25 watt greenbacks? Do they sound the same as the Celestion Heritage 20 watt or the 25 watt Heritage model?

[Littlewyan]

Well I've never heard original Greenbacks in person, but I do have some Heritage Greenbacks and love them. When I was reading up on them before I bought them pretty much everyone said they were too bright compared to the originals. HOWEVER, they were all comparing them to late 60s/70s Greenbacks, which I believe are 25W and I think I'm right in saying they are a bit darker than the 20W? So the Heritage Greenbacks could be based off of the early 60s Greenbacks.