my opinon is to keep saving money and get a mesa.i learned the hard way buying amp after amp pedal after pedal,and then u realize **** ive spent enough money buying all this crap when i could have just been patient and saved a lil more for the mesa or marshall tsl.but what ever you do do not get crate,i beg you not to. but the best lil amp ive played was a 50 watt peavy bandit that amp was insane i got mine for about 250 bucks.