I like vintage tweed sounds, such as a Fender Bassman or Tweed Deluxe. I like a warm sound with some clarity on the top end and a nice bottom end.
The stock Blue Marvel in my Peavey 30 seems a bit nasally and lacking a bit of clarity on the top end, and a bit flabby on the bottom end. Woudl a G12C 75W be a good choice? A Reaper? Thanks in advance.
PS: I like many kinds of music from classic rock (think Jimi) to alt/indie (Wilco, Decemberists) to Foo Fighters with Pat Smear, to 90s grunge MacCready to Kinks to warm, clean jazz tones. Not sure if that really helps at all. But a tweed tone seems always to catch me in an amp store.
One more thing. The original speaker is 16 ohms. I have heard of guys using 8 ohms speakers with some sort of mod. Any experience?
Stick w/ 16 ohms
G12C for classic Fender tone
Reaper if you want it to have a touch of Britt tone
Personally, an ET65 or Liberator would be my choice in that amp ... especially if you want to warm it up a good bit.