Since getting my second VM (returned a 100Watter a year ago), this was my first gig with it. Lucky for us we were playing in a large theater so I had the master on half. This isn't a pure VM tone. I ran a split signal with a Mesa F30 head. Had them in a 2 full stack configuration. Most of the tone is coming from the VM. The mesa was set for a subtle addition to the lower end and for a little smoothness. I've never run these two together and I liked the results. We mainly play small clubs though so I doubt I'll be able to do this at the same levels too often.