I also purchased the VOX Ac30 this weekend and I love it. If you dial the gain way down and the volume way up, it's possible to get a decent clean sound from it. The bad part is that with the volume so high there is a lot of "hiss". Maybe a good pair of head phones will help, I don't know. I do agree, though, that if you want heavy distortion go with the metal version. I have a Schecter Hellraiser and even it doesn't get real heavy distortion. I realize the amp has more to do with it than the p/u, but just as an example. Over all I really like it. I wish the knobs were labeled with a contrasting color. They are molded in the same black plastic that the rest of the amp is made out of and it's hard to read them unless in direct light. Granted after you use it a time or 2 you know what is what, but still..... :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, I paid $39.95 at my LMS.