There is a guy (who's name I can't think of now) that does a mod for this where he replaces the crappy circuitboard Fender uses in these and makes it a point to point handwired amp for around $300 or so. This makes it much more reliable, and much easier to fix if you ever have a problem. Even stock, these things sound great, especially the vibrato channel, the reverb & tremolo (both footswitchable) are amazing. My next big purchase, (though my Boogie amp isn't going anywhere).