I put a Celestion A-type which is their relatively new American voices speaker in mine and really like what it did to the amp. It took away the slight fizziness I was experiencing, and suddenly the bright cap on the volume control actually made sense. I had mine on a small switch to defeat it...
So in terms of speakers, I have one of the light magnet Celestions in my Laney Lionheart and love it there.
But back to the Boogie, I put a Celestion A type in mine and really, really like it. I bought my amp used and it had a Jenson P12N in it which was great for cleans with humbuckers, but...
TC G-Major 2?
It won't do the modelling but you could always add their Nova Drive pedal. Add a MIDI footswitch and the GMajor should be able to control amp channel switching too.
I bought my Studio 22+ used a few years ago and at the time it had been fitted with an alnico Jensen P12N which to my ears didn't really work. In fact it made the amp pretty much unusable with a Strat, but did sound absolutely wonderful clean with humbuckers. Drive was too fizzy though. So I...
Like you I always wanted a Boogie and the object of my desire was the Studio22. I found a 22+ used in a local music store a few years ago for a good price so snapped it up. I've also picked up a H&K GrandMeister last year with the idea that it would give me the massive flexibility that a modeler...
I put the reverb control in a small box screwed to the side panel at the back to avoid drilling the chassis. The lead mod makes the amp way more flexible.