These amps have great tone, I really liked the ones I've tried. However, please be warned. I bought a used one from Guitar Center, it sounded awesome when I demo'd it for about 1/2 hour. So I put a deposit down and bought it the next day. However, within 5 minutes of playing it, it started this weird crackle. At first, I thought it was one of my cables. I went though each cable and the problem never went away. An amp tech I knew took it home for the weekend to fix it. At first he discovered the V1 tube (1st 12AX7 preamp tube) was bad. He replaced it and the amp sounded good for about 1/2 hour. He came back a few hours later and discovered the amp blew that tube too. He tried a third tube and it also blew up. I took the amp back and had them look for another. The few I could find, also had the same problem. I would be very careful purchasing this amp, at least buy the extendened warrenty. You may need it! I also checked with Peavey's forums and found this to be a common problem.
