I've got one, AD50VT.

I use UK Modern and UK 70s, gain at 2/3 and max, respectively, with whatever settings I tweak them to on the day. And always with reverb.

To be honest, while I think the AD series is a great amp for beginners, highly affordable and fantastic for experimenting, it still suffers from the same problems as most modelling amps.

After the first few months, when I was playing around with the settings for everything, I realized that I really only use two amp models, with reverb and delay effects. Also, while I like most things that come out of the speaker, I don't really love anything.

Basically, what I really want is an all-tube amp that rules. (Don't we all.) As such, I shouldn't have bought the AD50VT, not because its bad, but because it doesn't fit my requirements. I should have bought the AD15VT or AD30VT instead, to just use for practicing and experimenting, while saving up for another amp. When I do buy this other amp, I'll be stuck with a huge 50-watter, what am I going to do with that? (Other than sell it off, of course.) If I had one of the smaller models, it would still be useful for small jams and portability.

Moral of the story: don't buy a bigger amp just because you can afford it.

Oh, and the one thing that really annoys me is that the speaker and line outputs mute the internal speaker.

Well, you could potentially get a 4x12" speaker cab (or whatever dimensions you want) and hook it up to the combo...but I have no idea whether results will be any good.

I managed to coax a pretty cool tone out of my AD50 (well, I thought so anyway ), maybe some of you might be interested.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...4AC6D6B65CC0026

Setup was like this:

Ibanez RG570EX with DiMarzio Fred in the neck

Boss SD-1 (Level 3 o'clock, Overdrive 9 o'clock, Tone 12 o'clock)

Amp Model: Boutique Overdrive
Gain: 10
Volume: 5
Treble: 4
Mid: 6
Bass: 6

And with generous reverb. Enjoy!

P.S. The amp settings are from a scale of 1-10, nothing to do with a clock face.

This post has been edited by Reload: Jun 6 2006, 01:19 AM