I'm a gigging musician and over the past 5 or 6 six years I have been trying lots of gear to run direct to the PA.  I am just tired of lugging the tube amps.  This amp is analog not digital.  I like that. I have gigged it mic'd up with a SM57.  It was great.  It is taking the place of my direct setup. This is supposed to be a practice amp but I use it as a pro gigging amp.  No issues.  My present setup is minimal: Strats or p90 guitars to Boss tuner->TC Helicon voice harmonizer->Cry Baby->Xotic SP Comp->Voodoo Labs Micro-vibe->Mad Professor-> Simble Overdrive->Xotic EP Booster->Boss DD6 Delay->Hotone little delay pedal (forgot name)->Vox Pathfinder.  It loves all of the time based pedals.  You really have to work and tweak the overdrive pedals to get it to work for you. I'm not a distortion guy. SRV, CCR, Hendrix, Trower, KWS covers etc. Beats lugging the real Fender amps and only I notice the difference in sound.  It sounds good enough for the small 100 people venues. I will be buying a second one soon to run stereo chorus and delay.