"The ceramic California 12 with paper dome would give you a big, broad tone with lots of punch and dynamics, and little to no breakup."
Before I go ahead and take the plunge here, one last question -- can we discuss the difference between distortion generated within a tube amplifier versus speaker breakup? If, say, I put this speaker into the GU-12, do I end up with an amplifier that's clean all the way dimed, or is a smaller amp's overdrive characteristics (if it has them) a combination of the amplifier circuitry and the speaker or speakers?
In other words, (loosely speaking) am I going in the direction of a Twin or a Tweed Deluxe?
C.K.