Amps SUCK!!!!!!

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Just before my bands layoff my 5150 took a crap. It still works....well sorta, but sounds like ass and none of the controls work properly anymore, I can't even explain it.....something you'd have to see for yourselves. Anyways, although it sucked, it was before our layoff so I could just use one of my outdated backups for rehearsals until we started serious gigging again. Just buying a house, funds are non-existant, so I put the repair off until 2 weeks ago. I sent the amp to Jim Walton in Philadelphia who is well respected in the industry and is an authorized Peavey repair shop (as well as MANY other brands). My amp went in the shop at the same time as my other guitarrists VHT Ultralead....he needed tubes and a bias. Well, Wednesday, Dave picked the amps up, his sounds great and the job was inexpensive. My amp.......he couldn't figure it out. Said he's never seen or even heard of a 5150 doing this. Everything tests fine, and he even replaced a little circuit at the suggestion of Peavey who said to him that the amp must be "Fine" and just sounds that way?????? WTF? Jim told me to send it to Peavey and let them fix it but that it would be expensive and they'd probably have it a while. AUGHHHHHH!!!!!!

So broke as I can be I knew I couldn't afford a "REAL" tube amp I started to scramble looking at used amps.....nothing really out there I could afford. So I started looking in directions I wouldn't normally and found something that I wouldn't want as my full time amp forever, but it could HOPEFULLY do a fine job for quite a while till I can actually fix the 5150. Just know that even my other guitarrist was shocked when I told him the direction I'm going in...... No funds so I brought my DK2S with me and went to of all hells Guitar Center. The manager practically greeted us at the door (unusual for GC, it's usually some douche that has half a brain) and almost excitedly took my guitar off to play with the sustainer. While he did that I saw my neighbor's son (older than me and a pretty good shredder) working in the guitar dept who started showing me the Line 6 cheaper products. Surprisingly enough, I was able to get a pretty decent tone out of a 150 watt Spider II head. I know, I know, but it does get a good tone. I don't use any effects and usually stick to one tone at shows, and this amp can do that for me. I was surprised at how loud this amp actually got and the mids aren't "shrilly" at all....it will be able to cut through with the VHT on the other side of the stage. I'm getting one sent from another store because all they had was the floor model so I won't have it until next week.

So what I want to ask is that if anyone here has any expierience with gigging this amp, what are the pros and cons you'd point out. Not looking for haters like I was, but informed people with constructive comments that will help me when it comes to tweaking this thing.

Anybody?