I don't understand all the hostility towards a piece of gear. Some instances could use a BBE, some not. My experience has been that some amps sound good with it and others don't.
Actually, I disagree. Quite strongly. Anytime anyone has ever stuck one of those in thier rig they get OWNED live. I mean it's like the amp just gets put in shitty mode.
I think it stems from guitarists (and I am a guitarist) inability to see themselves in the big picture sonically.