Description
Fane Crescendo 12AE Anniversary Edition 12 Inch, 100 Watt Ceramic guitar speaker.
A smooth and tight guitar speaker, well suited to both vintage and high gain amps. The Crescendo AE offers a tight low end, detailed high end and a touch sensitive responce while avoiding harshness.
Fane's description:
Introducing the Crescendo Anniversary Edition (AE) – a 12" ferrite magnet guitar speaker with a 100-watt power rating, crafted to honour the legacy of Fane’s iconic Crescendo series. Inspired by the elusive tones of the legendary A and E models—famously debated as part of David Gilmour’s rig—the 12AE combines the best characteristics of both.
With original parts now scarce and original vintage units rare to find, varying in tone and aging, we've reimagined the classic design to deliver the unmistakable Crescendo voice to a new generation. Dynamic, and rich in harmonic detail, the AE stands not as a replica, but as a worthy evolution of a true classic and a fresh Fane flavour for guitar players.
Whether paired with a vintage tube amp or a modern high-headroom rig, the AE offers a smooth, articulate tone with tight lows, the classic musical Fane midrange, and a detailed top end that avoids harshness. Its touch-sensitive response and aluminium dust cap enhance clarity and high-frequency detail, adding textural complexity and edge without becoming overly bright. Voiced to sit naturally between the warmth of vintage speakers and the punch of modern drivers, the Crescendo AE delivers the soul of the original with a distinctive Fane character—perfect for players seeking something harmonically rich, expressive, and unique.
Specifications
- Series: Crescendo
- Nominal chassis diameter: 12"/304.8mm
- Power rating (AES): 100 Watts
- Frequency range: 70Hz - 5kHz
- Impedance: 8/16Ω
- Sensitivity: 100dB
- Magnet weight: 2.1kg/74.08oz
- Magnet gap depth: 7mm/0.28"
- Flux density: 2 Tesla
- Coil winding height: 11mm/0.42"
- Voice coil diameter: 50.8mm/2"
- Voice coil material: Copper
- Former material: Glass Fibre
- Magnet material: Ceramic
- Chassis material: Cast Aluminium
- Cone material: Paper
- Front gasket material: Foam
- Surround/edge termination: Paper
- Dust done: Aluminium - vented
- Connection: Solder tabs
- Overall diameter: 330.2mm/13.007"
- Flange height: 7.8mm/0.31"
- Overall depth: 137mm/5.39"
- Magnet structure diameter: 180mm/7.09"
- Gaskets supplied: Front and rear
- Baffle cut out diameter: 280.1mm/11.08"
- Mounting hole info: 4 x 5.5mm on 317.5mm PCD
- Net weight: 7.7kg/16.98lb
Roost Amplification is part of Soundlite Equipment and has been dealing in Fane products since 1991