8 bitches in a bitch boat to move though.

I like the concept, gotta admit. Totally useless for my porpoises, but I suspect it of sounding slightly awesome.

I don't find the 4x10 Super Reverb combo that much of a bear to move around, no more so than my AC30 at least. Both still beat a 4x12 cab.

Big tube combos are, well, big. Nature of the beast really.

I have always found 4x10s (and 4x10 combos) to be surprisingly light. The standalone cabs are so cute and small too.

Of course i never really had any beef with the 4x12 cabinet either. Except for the one oversized Crate one i had that i got for free after it had been in a flooded practice space. I am pretty sure it was still slightly waterlogged when i finally gave it away a year later.

Otherwise, i prefer using a 4x12 for everything. Particularly with a lower watt maphead.

I still need to build a sweet 2x12 though. Probably just rip off the Emperor style oversized shizz and see what it gets me. Theoretically, i suspect that it might do what i wish it to.

Aye, that has been my fuss with the 2x12s that i have experimented wif thus far. They get ugly with low end. I have only used Fender style pine ones so far though, also. Which sounds great for cleanish, but the low end gets goofy cranked out and kind of goes mud. Too much resonance for the form factor and wood type. Not to mention the fact that if i use the things in a vertical arrangement, the vibrations can make the cab crawl around the floor.

Is your current cab pine?

If it isn't a real Avatar, it may very well be pine. Fender's own official 2x12 design, was quite similar to what Avatar uses, and was traditionally, made of pine ply. They are good sounding cabs, especially for cleanish stuff.

Chances are that if what you have is not Avatar, it may be actually a Fender copy.

Also, it may be pine regardless, for the same reason that all of my homebrew cabs so far have been pine. It is sooooo much less expensive than proper baltic birch.