Why , oh why did you have to mention Dr. Z amps...... I had forgotten about them (thankfully). They give me GAS. I dont know why, I have never played through one. I would love to try one out but nobody has one around here. AFAIK. Lt. Bob thanks again for your input. I like your technique of usingwetting an amp without the EQ. I can get nice tones from my Boogie without the eq for clean, crunch but for lead or heavy stuff the Eq. is really helpful. Since I record mostly I have the luxury of setting amps up for a specific tone and can re-adjust as necess. But I do want an amp that I can "grab and go" that also performs well in "studio...chuckle" environment. I guess I should just be happy with the Tweed, Blackface, Boogie, Marshall setup here already. But I still want a "grab and go" that covers a lot of territory. Think country, jazz, blues to NIN. Dream on sir.