The P12Q is a lower power sibling to the P12N, with a smaller voice coil and a vintage steel basket, nicknamed the “hot dog” or “sausage” because of the shape of the openings in its basket frame. Warm and balanced sounding, with a nice bite in the upper midrange, it is a very interesting allrounder, for many different applications from the traditional country and jazz tones to the more aggressive rock and roll and blues application. Typically it was found in ‘holy grail’ amps such as the vintage Tweed Deluxe and other similar models as well as the Ampeg® Jet, Gibson® GA-20 and many more.

Guitarist Description: Very warm, mid-focused bite with clear bright highs. When presented with overdrive distortion it remains well balanced.

• Lows: Loose
• Mids: Firm
• Highs: Smooth
• Overdrive: Edgy

Product Measurements

Diameter: 12 in.
Voice Coil Diameter: 1.25 in.
Depth: 5.6732 in.
Outer Diameter: 12.0275 in.
Inner Diameter: 10.9055 in.
Mounting Hole Bolt Circle Diameter: 11.5551 in.
Magnet Assembly Diameter: 2.7559 in.
Magnet Assembly Depth: 2.1653 in.
Mounting Hole Diameter: 0.2559 in.
Nominal Overall Diameter: 306.00 mm
Nominal Voice Coil Diameter: 32.00 mm
Flux Density: 0.98 T
Voice Coil Winding Depth: 8.00 mm
Magnetic Gap Depth: 6.00 mm
Magnet Type: Alnico
Voice Coil Winding Type: Copper
Voice Coil Former: Nomex
Cone Material: Paper
Surround Material: Integrated Paper
Dust Dome Material: Solid Paper
Basket Material: Pressed Sheet Steel
Surround Treatment: No
Voice Coil DC Resistance (Re): 12.45 Ω
Resonance Frequency (ƒS): 90.00 Hz
Mechanical Q Factor (QMS): 12.68
Total Q Factor (QTS): 2.30
Mechanical Moving Mass (MMS): 25.90 g
Mechanical Compliance (CMS): 122.00 µm/N
Force Factor (BxL): 8.05 Wb/m
Equivalent Acoustic Volume (VAS): 41.20 liters
Linear Displacement, maximum (XMAX): 1.00 mm
Reference Efficiency (nO): 1.02 %
Diaphragm Area (SD): 490.90 cm2
Losses Electrical Resistance (RES): 56.30 Ω
Voice Coil Inductance @ 1 kHZ (LE): 0.60 mH
Rated Power: 40.00 W
Musical Power: 80.00 W
Sensitivity @ 1W, 1m: 96.10 dB