Eminence 10” Speaker Info from
The Gear Page
Copperhead |
Ragin’ Cajun |
Ramrod |
All/Both |
Overall Coloration: Extremely balanced
vintage tone with a little country honk and a touch of blues. Genre
of Music: Country, Blues, |
Very loud, touch-sensitive and responsive
with nice bell-sounding top end and a little bite. Genre of Music: American
Rock, Blues and Country |
Overall Coloration: Very loud, gutsy,
and meaty tone with singing highs and nice, clear overtones. Genre of
Music: British Rock and Blues, Country, Jazz |
The Copperhead
and Ramrod are both excellent with lots
of power handling as a bonus. |
Copperhead=
deadly balanced 10" with great emphasis on the strat 2&4 position
(not usually my faves) and lots of "up
front" presence without harshness...again plenty of headroom. |
I
also got Ragin Cajun on my |
Ramrod, I
put those in closed cab, so it's hard to tell compare to Rajin
Cajun. I like this
speakers too. Maybe Ramrod got
a bit brighter? Both 10 inch speakers are great. I keep these too. |
The
Copperhead has more presence and the best balance I
have heard in a 10", the Ramrod
is thicker and gutsy with just enough top end
to "get it right". The Copperhead
and Ramrod also have a greater threshold before speaker
breakup than my Jensen clones, so your amp needs to provide a refined
breakup and not be asking for "help" from the speaker...they
deliver a fairly accurate rendering of your amps overdrive without adding
tones of texture. |
The
Copperhead 10" is balanced and nicely present
for clean tones although once again the
high volume cranked amp tones are a little raspy and rude. |
I
don't have the Copperhead, but the Ragin
Cajun makes my Princeton Reverb and Vibrolux Reverb
bigger and better sound. I really like the Ragin Cajun.
Ragin Cajun is sound like a beefed up Ragin
Cajun, 2 10 or 4 10. A bit heavy I think. But a single
10 like I
like the Ragin Cajun too. The RC got
more fat tone, bottom end (not muddy) . So
my taste, having 4 of these too much FAT? And plus a bit more heavy. |
If
you like British sound, you will like the Ramrod
from Red Coat. 75 watts, more headroom than V10. I have 2 in closed
cab. Nice tone! |
The
Ramrod + copperhead combo is very big and very open sounding, they are
close enough that you can mic either without
tons of mixing console EQ to make up for the
two different speaker responses. The Copperheads while still being my
favorite speaker for clean to mild breakup, add
that raspy top end to the ram/copper combo...so players who want
a sure fire speaker that goes from clean to mean should go for the ramrod,
for players that want the ultimate for clean with exceptional presence
the Copperhead is dynamite. Both the Copperhead and Ramrod
played very well with OD pedals, the Copperhead did not display the top end rasp when using
quality OD pedals. |
I
liked the Copperhead a lot. Great for
my funk rhythm, |
Yesterday
I installed a set of Ragin Cajun's in
a 65 Super reverb for a customer and |
Ramrod= thick/deep
and punchy 10" with a little less than normal detail, but still
plenty enough for balance...a touch of mids
and presence added does the trick from any competent amp. |
I
have old Jensen in my Vibrolux. Great tone when you play soft Volume,
but once turn up the volume, no good. The Ragin Cajun
handle the volume and very efficient. Great bass response. But
if you would like hear more crisp, clear top. I recommend the Copperhead.
I love funk rhythm a lot as well as overdriven soloing. I have both.
I prefer the Copperhead for 2x10. That's
for my taste. Another word, the Ragin Cajun
is too hot and spicy. Both are very efficient speakers. |
The
Copperhead has more something special too me. Full
tone, punchy, singing, I really like this. |
I
have the Ragin' Cajun in my '65 Princeton
Reverb and have been very impressed with the tone of it. It has the
perfect amount of low end and sparkly highs. |
The
Ramrod is pretty damn big sounding and handles clean
and OD very well, although needs a slightly higher treble push from
the amp to get things sparkling. |
I
have all three. The Legend 105 is very
vintage tone. More top end. Very even sounding. The Copperhead
is more headroom than the Legend 105 and
a bit more high mid? Very crisp. The Ragin Cajun got more bottom than
others. Big, full tone. Increase more headroom too. I wish the Ragin
Cajun has more top end (for me). |
The
copperhead is better than most anything for clean and
mild breakup. |
I
put two of these in my old Vibrolux Reverb and since they have broken
in I have to agree Doug. I love them. Very BIG sounding 10's. |
I also abso-freakin-lutely loved
the Ramrod 10"
! I put a pair in a 4 X 6V6 vertical combo, and it sounded
like a 50-W with the worlds greatest 12 in it. Lots of deep girthy
bass, a shimmering high end like a good ten should have too. Fuchsaudio You
should also check out the Ramrod 10 from
Eminence. I put them in our 2 X 10 combos, and they kill
! A 30-W 2 X 10 sounds like a 50-W (nice and efficient), a good
tight bottom (like an excellent 12), but with the sheen and sparkle
on top (like a good ten). I liked the Ragin
and Copperheads too, but my fave of the bunch
was the Ramrod. |
I
have the Ragin Cajun and the Copperhead and this is exactly what I am
finding...I wish the Ragin Cajun had more top end and I wish the Copperhead
held together and stayed creamy and smooth like the Ragin’ Cajun when
pushed... |
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My
Ramrod breaks up early, has a very strong bass and
midrange. It isn't spikey on top at all. Great
speaker in my Laney LC15. Acts like a much
bigger speaker. Not a clean speaker, it is all British. |
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I went with copperheads & wanted to just share my initial experience. First of all, the original oxford speakers sounded surpisingly great at low volume, but did break up early & lacked volume. When I first put the copperheads in, I spent a bunch of time comparing the amp to my '71 deluxe Reverb w/ Reverend alltone speaker. The DR had more sparkle, the vibrolux now sounded a little midrangey with less sparkle but had a fuller sound & did sound pretty good. Played on it a little while at home loud as I could, and played a gig with it, sounded nice & strong at the gig. Then I compared it to the DR again and folks, speaker break in is no myth. A lot of the boxy midrangeyness was gone. The DR still has a little bit more sparkle & a little less midrange (& less bass) but they now sound very similar. I should say I play telecaster in a rockabilly/ country band & play clean, getting just a bit of OD from the amp sometimes. The copperheads get me my twangy fendery tele sound & the they definitely gave the amp more volume. There is more midrange than a typical vintage speaker in an old fender, but it doesn't sound cardboardy or celestion-y (sorry, celestion guys). And they don't fart out on the low E. The original oxfords I think were still best at bedroom levels, but to gig with the copperheads make the amp more useable. |
I got a '79 Vibrolux myself, which also had some bad-sounding CTS ceramics. I have blackfaced the VR, which changes it's character considerably (less bright, more crunch/break-up) I went with the Eminence Ramrods in mine, they are wonderful...big bass, punchy mids, and a nice upper-mid sizzle. LOUD! |
For me personally, the Weber 10A125 alnicos, Weber Sig alnicos and Legend 105's are on my shortlist to try for my Rivera Jake. I wonder if the Legends will compress like an alnico (?) | |
I've used the Emi 105's and Ragin Cajuns in my SFVR. Both speakers provided tighter bass, more punch and increased volume vs the stock Oxfords. For the last several months, I have been using one of each. I really like the sparkle and punch they provide. The combination sounds great with my R7 and American Standard Strat. | |||
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