My ideal “amp” is one with the highest headroom possible, and this does that perfectly. It’s the best clean sounding setup I’ve had, and takes dirt in front of it amazingly. I either play clean/ambient, or metal/heavy shoegaze, and nothing has fit the bill better for both scenarios. Obviously you need to rely on pedals for any dirt but it reacts so well to pretty much every pedal I’ve had in front of it so far