Originally Posted by: maggiorSorry..I'm in work mode :-). By hard requirement, I mean it's a necessity. So, on stage, it's critical that you can easily switch between the different sounds you want/need and not feel pressured. So the ease-of-use of your current amp, I would think, would outweigh any sonic differences with a tube amp. This assumes a tube amp setup will require other stuff (stomp boxes, etc) to acheive the sounds you are using from your modeling amp.

Ah. Okay. In that case, I agree completely. Whether or not it's actually loud enough, though, I don't know. For gigs it'll have to be pretty loud, and when I practice at home, I usually either have Master Volume at 2 or 3, or I use headphones so I don't get problems with my neighbors.

As for using effects, I only use a few pedals, as I prefer to be able to walk around freely and not just be stuck in a corner, playing my guitar. Right now, the only one I have that can't be replaced with Fender FUSE is actually my Wah-Wah. My overdrive and Distortion can be added in Fender FUSE, to give better results, even, compared to using my actual pedals. I don't know how good that would look during a gig, though, having someone standing in the back of the stage with a laptop so I would be able to run effects through FUSE. People would probably think it'd be playback, which I want to avoid, so a laptop with FUSE would have to stand behind the amps, so others wouldn't even know it is there. Still, before that becomes relevant, I need to become a better guitarist first, and I also need to have a bunch of songs and a band to play with.