At first I was sceptic about buying a fender amp, the only reason being I play lot of metal, used to have a Marshall MG 10 CD at some point of time but never got the sound I was looking for, but when I got my hands on this I was amazed to see the clean buttery sound it has, and when it comes to the distortion I finally got the heavy sound I was looking for, killing it with parkway drive, bullet for my Valentine, Metallica, RHCP, this amp can give you any sound you want straight from blues, rock to heavy Metal. Best amp in this price range Hands down.