Hey, I'm new to the forum, so I apologize if this topic has already been beaten into the ground. I have a 94' made in California Blues Deluxe (40 Watt, 1x12) and i want to switch the speaker out to get warmer and smoother tones. I am drawn to some of the jensen and weber speakers, but the ones I'm most drawn to are only rated for 50 watts. I don't think that is enough power for a 40 watt amp with pedals, right? I usually play with an ibanez tube screamer and a dunlop wah. Please let me know what you think. I play rock, blues, some jazz, and some pop and classic rock. I have a tele, les paul, and an es-335. There is alot of advice out there, but i really need help dialing it in. For the sake of suggestions, lets assume money is not a factor. Thanks for your comments!

The amp's rating is its maimum output power into a specified load.
The Blues Deluxe is rated at 40 watts into an 8 ohm load (the speaker)

A speakers rating is its maximum power handling ability, so a speaker rated at handling up to 50 watts should be just fine.
One rated for 30 watts might suffer a blowout. if you really kept the amp cranked.

You do need to match the ohms of the speaker you purchase to what the amp requires.
So in this case you are looking for an 8 ohm speaker rated at 40 or more watts.

The original in the BD comes with a "special modified Eminence" which apears to be a cheapened version of a Eminence Legend 125.

What you put on the input in ways of guitars and effects affects the signal going into the amp, it does not affect the output power levels.

Myself I like the Celeston Vintage 30 (rated 60 watts) or the Eminence Swamp thang (rated 150 watts) , and the Eminence Cannabis Rex (rated 50 watts). as cabinet drivers

They all sound quite different from each other so you probably would want to listen to them somewhere before decideing.

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The Celestion Vintage 30 is about the nicest and most responsive speaker I've used aside from the Celestion G-12-T-75 which is phenominal altogether.

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If money is not too much of an object, I'd go with a Celestion Gold, rated at 50 watts, or maybe a Weber Silver Bell, a bit warmer than the Blue Dog.

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