I bought this back in December, but can't for the life of me figure out how to load photos from my iPad 1. I wanted something for my rock, cover band since we have to be versatile. I also wanted to change less tubes, as this is my first 50watt head. When playing guitar only (no band) the amp is just a bit too compressed for me, however in a band environment, it sounds awesome. It is very versatile, and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, the fact that you can have the effects loop turned off for some channels/modes and on for others. This allows me to keep the ISP noise decimator always on. I like that feature a lot. I also love the Master Volume 2 for solos. As a gigging amp, this amp is hot shit, and bitchin.