Update:
FIrst, I appreciate all the feedback I read in response to this post and in all the other areas of the forum...a lot of great experience out there...
I narrowed by immediate search down to the cleaner amps (for the particular clean 12 string tone I was going for). I sure wished I could have found a Vox Pathfinder mini-stack (thanks Todd for your input on that one) that was near by and in good shape to check out. Decided that a JC-120 was too much for my needs (and damn, I just can't get by how ugly those amps are
) - same with JC-77. I finally picked up a Fender Princeton Chorus - pre-"made in Mexico" - though not sure of exact year yet. In excellent shape, very cost effective ($150 on Craigslist) and a nice compiment to my '79 Champ (I am the original owner of that baby). Also got the JB2 going so I am zeroing in on "the sound"... So here's the new rig: 2003 MB 381/12V69, Janglebox2, Fender Princeton Chorus (and Fender Champ for the "ROS effect).
(P.S. - had the 381 fully checked out and set up with new TI flatwounds by Steve Soest.... what a difference with the intonation dialed in, the neck adjusted ideally and the action nice and low)
But I still would love to pick up a nice AC30 or AC15 down the road,,,,