I am going to return this cabinet in the morning.

I will eventually get a solid state amp with a 12 inch speaker, with 60-80 watts at 8 ohms!

Thank you for that answer.

And does that mean that the 50 watt solid state amp with the 8 ohm ouput would now have more clean headroom than the 5 watt tube amp would have?

Today I got an Epiphone Valve Junior Cabinet, with a 1 x 12 inch Eminence Lady Luck Speaker, 70 watts RMS at 16 ohms.

I was hoping to use a solid state head, to get more clean headroom. 

Then I realized, do I have to use a head which has a 16 ohm output socket.  This would limit me to the Ephiphone Valve Junior, or the Blackheart, both of which are 5 watt tube heads.

I am trying to learn all of this, and I don't really understand ohms yet.

Any help would be appreciated!

My name is Robert, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  I love the sound of clean blues, and dream of building a simple amplifier.

I am here to learn, as I know almost nothing about it.

Thanks a million!