If you've owned other solid-state amps, you know what I mean

It is a _hybrid_ of a solid-state digital modeling preamp with a tube power amp.

I didn't keep mine because I already have a fender champion 100 solid state and between the two I could not hear much of a sound difference other than this one sounded like a smaller amp, and that's because it is

Purchased the SCX2 after quickly determining that the two "budget" solid state Fender amps I'd tried were not to my taste sonically and limited in terms of features, though undeniably both represented a very good value at their respective price points

I particularly like the Princeton emulation, the clean channel, the Marshall emulation, and the Fender solid state emulation.

I have owned many solid state and modeling amplifiers, including a few of the Vox Valvetronix series.