Why didn't you just buy a guitar amp, Dirt? I really like the low end and mid response and good tone at all volumes of this amp. It's designed to amplify keyboards, which go both lower and higher than guitars, so it can handle very high and very low frequencies better than most guitar amps. Plus it can get loud as hell (played a 750 person auditorium on volume 3). All around good amp, just no built in distortion.
Another answer to why do I use effects - I just think it sounds better! (and others do too, I've been complimented on my tone a lot.)
"You must stab him in the heart with the Bone Saber of Zumacalis... well, you could stab him in the head or the lungs, too... and the saber, it probably doesn't have to be bone, just anything sharp lying around the house... you could poke him with a pillow and kill him."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster