I have one and love it! As a beginner, I am certainly glad I spent the little bit extra on this amp from the get go. I was looking at a few others, but then when factoring in adding all the effects that you can play around with, I think it was a huge bargain. It is almost a bit too much at first. I spent a nice long rainy weekend with it (well, that was when it did rain in Wisconsin) to get to know it and all its settings.

I would recommend getting one of the pedals with it as well, either the express or short board. As well as getting a cheap memory card for it. You'll need that for when they have firmware updates, or if you want a bit more of recording time.

The only complaint that I do have with it is the size of the digital display. Could be bigger, but then again it's a friggin amp, not a laptop! ;-)