I got the Fender Amp, because now I play with my church band, doing alot of mellow stuff, maybe some bluesy rock stuff. But as far as the clean stuff, that amp sounds FANTASTIC. The pedal I went with was the Roctron Zombie, it has what almost seems to be a bias control on there, changing the type of distortion, I have that on full and the distortion turned down quite a bit and it has a great bite to it. And in case I get in the mood, if you turn the distortion up to half way, its Bolt Thrower meets Carcuss. Thanks for everyones input!!