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It depends on which one you buy but this one is an older Flextone II XL 100 watt combo (50X2) that I could play just about any gig (live or studio) with and it would sound great.

Some guys are "tone purists" so they insist that any amp that doesn't use use tubes is junk and for a great majority of amps I would agree with them. The higher end Line 6 amps, like this one (although it's old), were (and are) state of the art in software modeling of guitar tones and effects.

Are they better than amps that cost 2-3 times as much? That depends on who you ask... but it seems to me that if I am paying $1000-1500 for an amplifier... does it really pay for itself in terms of tonal quality vs investment?

I have owned some of the best amplifiers made and I like the flextone series of amps (and the new Bogner designed amps) because they deliver year after year with gusto. I never have to worry about humidity changing my tone like in a tube amp, I DO cut through the mix if I make sure not to muddy the mix with too much bass or too much treble.

What I like most about it is that Guitar Center hires people to make decisions that don't have a clue about the equipment... so when they took this one on trade they priced it at $150 INCLUDING the floorboard controller (here is one used on CL for $500). I bought it and sold the hand soldered Lee Jackson 1989 Metaltronix M-1000 100W head for 4 times what I paid for it and used the difference to pay for this guitar along with trading 2 other guitars (PRS CE-24 and a Schecter Blackjack). What I got in return is pretty much all of the effects I would ever need, pretty much any amp sound I would ever need, free recording software (Line 6 POD Farm), a ton of lessons online for just about any level guitar player including how to set the amp exactly to get the sound for the song, a VERY loud guitar amp and almost branding spanking new controller.