It took me a couple weeks of tweaking mine to find the sweet spot. It's definitely bass heavy, so you really have to dial back both the bass control and bass channel control , for humbuckers at least. I haven't tried it much with single coils yet, but other demos tells me it sounds pretty awesome with them too. It's definitely a winner for $800 and the 1 x 12 cab is a great deal at $400 too. Very well made. I run a little reverb and slight delay with minimal timmy overdrive and it is killer sounding. also sounds great with the J Rockett Ikon