Speaker between a 30 and EVM12-L

[changeofaseason]

My Boogie MkV:35 usually plays through a EVM12L cab. In the day, it was a MkIII or MkIV and Boogie metal grill 4x12 with 2 EVMs and 2 C90s. Amazing. Sounded like a blanket was lifted off my V30 cab in prior.

Today I swapped cabs on my MkV and Soldano SLO50 which has an Orange PC212 (v30 loaded).

MkV+1xEVM12L - Lacks gain and midrange honk. Creamy smoothness though.
MkV+ 2xV30 - Holy gain, but the leads don’t clean up.
SLO50 + 2xV30 - Perfect speaker for it. Crunchy, warmth and creamy with less gain.
SLO50 + EMB 12L - Too hifi. A bit brittle. Tons of punch though. Would never pair these guys.

But it made me wonder—for the MkV, what is a speaker between the EVM and the V30. That has some midrange punch for the gain, but also retains the creaminess of the leads? Is that the Celestion CL80/C90 (that I had in the top part of my Boogie 4x12)?

I plan to acquire a greenback 2x12 soon for another project, but I get that’s a step in the wrong direction from this question…

Or, if not one speaker, wonder if a CL80/C90 + V30 could be a good mix as a 2x12 for the MkV?

 

[JR-OZ]

I’m gonna try a redback 150 for that reason.
I think it has something in the highs that allows some creaminess but the mids are “gainy” or reminiscent of the v30

Plus tiny more clean push in the low.

I’ll let you know ordered a new wizard cab loaded with them

 

[Speeddemon]

Yep, the CL80 will do the trick. You may miss the thunderous low-end of an EVM12L tho. Egnater had the Elite 80, which was a modified version of the CL80. That one sounded a tad beefier than the CL80.
Another one to consider may be the newer Creamback G12M-65.
With Greenbacks, while they have that nice 'syrupy', and 'woodsy' quality, especially the 25W 'M''s will sound too thin for a Mark circuit. At least get the 30H's and ideally the 55Hz versions.
I went through a few vintage ones, including Greybacks and once I got my hand on a pulsonic-cone version (30H, 55Hz, Rola) I noticed what the fuss is all about. Sold that one, once I acquired a pair of april/june '70 pre-rola versions. Those are the shit! But moreso for a Marshall-ish circuit than a Mark series, methinks.