i bought it kind of on a whim b/c one of the employees at the local guitar center was trying to get rid of it. not in the best condition, but i thought $900 was a pretty good deal. so far i am liking it a lot - it nails those modded jcm800 tones pretty well. i was worried how it would sound with my mesa cab with v30s since people seem to think they are a bad match for mid/top end of this amp but i think it sounds pretty damn good. def better than the shit marshall cab i tried it out with that had g-12Ts.
update: holy balls this amp is loud! i could barely get past 1 on the volume without murdering my drummer's ears. will have to experiment with the 50w setting...
btw, does anyone have an explanation of how a 100w tube head can be so much louder than similar 100w heads? is it just perceived loudness (due to the midrange character) or is it something else?