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In effort to help make this review more relevant to you, here’s a brief background. I don’t like to use heads and cabs. Too much to carry and just too loud. I have a fender 68 deluxe reverb, a Marshall DSL that I put a cream back in, and both are great for those sounds. This boogie can’t do clean like a fender, but the EL84s can definitely cover the Marshall zone, but it’s tighter. The clean is tweak-able and useable, regardless I that’s not why you would want this amp. It does bedroom volumes as well as it actually knocked a picture off my wall.I needed a powerful combo to add in some Metallica songs to our sets. (Yes, cover band)Back to the boogie, this loves gain and loves to be pushed.On clean, it is actually a great pedal platform. Put some dirt in front and it’s going to push out the flavor of your pedals perfectly. Beyond that, it’s got its own dirt. Crunch can go from mild breakup to saturated gain, then crush takes it to a new level. For me, crush is too hot in most situations but it shows how much is left to explore. It’s totally worthy of its addition to the recto family. What I didn’t say yet is about bedroom volume.You can use the power options both to bring down the volume, or to tweak the sound. Lower watt or lower voltage settings change the sound more than the tones. That’s where you find the Marshall sounds! Hope you like yours.