First off this has no clean channel, so why would anyone want this

an this little amp delivers a great clean channel.

However, as much as I love eating British Crunch for breakfast, I consider myself a versatile player who needs a bright and heady clean channel AND that classic punch'n'crunch we all know and love AND a solid distortion for metal and beyond

I personally was looking for an amp that had a good clean channel

If you're not cranking your full tube amp loud enough so that the clean channel is breaking up, then you're not getting power tube distortion.

This leads me to my final point: if the intent is to purchase this as a bedroom practice or garage rehearsal head, then for the price you could get a much better product that has two GOOD channels instead of one simple (but GREAT

I like to work with a clean channel and then use my stomp boxes to get my distortion and overdrive.

distorted as you go.

Great sound l, crispy and crunchy in easy way with simple controls, no pretentious at all