Originally posted by pstring
... so I would say my best advice to anyone amp shopping is this, find as many amps as possible in your price range that fit your bill as far as features,wattage, speakers etc, and play them all and buy the one that sounds the best to you, regardless of brand name, vintage, etc, etc, no one knows better than you, trust your ears

"Let that boy Boogie Woogie. Cause' it in em' and it got to come out." -John Lee Hooker-
There's no substitute for expeience. So get out there and break some strings on stage.