Originally Posted by: z0s0_jpthe peavey is the only tube amp of the 3 you listed... crate has a 30 watt tuber...can't remember the price but it sounded bitchin' it was a light tan looking color and is a new model they started this year
the other 2 are hybrids, tube preamp, solid state power amp.
and the mesa boogies are tube, but I've decided that the mesa F50 is like a $1000 amp new.
haven't figured out what the rect-o-verb costs yet though