i have a little piece of junk 2 watt amp by some korean company called Axtech. the speaker is a piece of shit, it can't give me any clean tones, and the overdrive just makes it some like shit....... so what I do if I lay speaker down onto a rug or something and blast that little punk. surprisingly, I can get a decent heavy metal tone out of it. you might want to try that.... just get a good little amp, then put a blanket over it or just lay it face-down on carpet or rug or blanket or whatever.