Best 8" guitar speaker?

[stobro]

For my home made 2X8 cab- I'm looking for an upgrade to the '80's era Peavey OEM eights from one of their smaller stereo chorus amps that I currently have loaded in there. I figure with all of the low wattage retro-style amps and cabs out these days, someone must make an eight inch guitar driver that delivers the goods. The cab is a closed box and the amp is a Traynor Darkhorse 15 (or 2) watt tube head.

I'm looking for a good clean(ish) to slightly overdriven tone. I have no interest in super high gain or super clean- I'm more interested in the "just on the edge of breakup" tone. With that in mind...

What's the Hamer of 8" guitar speakers?

[tomteriffic]

Before I switched out to a Copperhead I had a 10" Eminence Alpha series in my Fender Pro Junior. If I hadn't had the Copperhead around to begin with, it certainly wouldn't have been worth the switch since the Alpha sounded very good in there.

Can't speak to the 8" model, but the numbers look very good. http://www.eminence.com/speakers/speaker-detail/?model=Alpha_8A

[ib2010]

I don't know what's in it , but i've got an Ear Candy "bailey" ( 2x8) ?? that's shockingly capable. Much more clear capable than i would haVe imagined. (mine's wired for 16 ohm)

[django49]

I have a Mesa cab with 1 12" Celestion V30 and FOUR Celestion 8" "Vintage 8s". The smaller ones are rated at 60w. I like the sound a lot. I suspect that a pair might be closer to breakup than you want. That Eminence might be a good bet, but I have not tried one.

[stobro]

I remember trying to get a pair of Celestion Vintage 8s back when I built the cab about 12 years ago. At that time they were only available in 16 ohm. I'll check to see if an 8 ohm version exists today.