As a very amateur - though somewhat experienced - guitar player and wannabe gearhead, I've owned a number of solid state, tube, and modeling combo amps and switched them in and out as my needs and tastes changed.

I still wanted a solid state analog amp.

In fact, as much as I love my Vox Pathfinder 15 (a now discontinued solid state amp revered for it's affordable tube-like sound), the Core10 seems able to be pushed closer to its limits without degrading sound quality.

However, a true solid state without modeling is kind of hard to find.

It gets loud, but it's not ear blistering loud like other 15-watt solid states are capable of, rather it's a nice room-filling loudness that is suitable for recording or jamming with electronic drums

However, a true solid state without modeling is kind of hard to find.

Great!I have never had so much fun playing through a solid state amp in my

But the Core10 seems to avoid two key annoyances that plague most solid state amps with 8" or smaller speakers: (1) Unwanted rattling; and (2) Speaker breakup/distortion.

It's tube like sound, useful effects, state of the art options, stereo speakers, portability, volume levels and bargain price make it a winner.

They would then hook that up to whatever crummy solid state amp they could