I bought a Blues Jr. a few months ago and am very happy with it. It's my first tube amp and basically you can't get any new tube amp anywhere around the price of a Blues Jr. I don't usually get to crank it up in my apartment, but I've used it to jam around with a drummer and bassist and it's loud enough for that. I use a Rocktron Silver Dragon OD/Distortion pedal infront of it and it sounds niiiiice :cool: