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A truly awesome amp that I found and bought not too long ago is the Randall RG75 Series 2.  It is PLENTY loud for small to medium gigs, the distortion is beyond amazing, and the clean is crystal clear.  And with the clean, it doesn't distort until you get to a pretty high volume, and that is pretty much the case with all solid-state amps.  And if it really matters to you that much, then keep the volume down lower and mike it up to the PA.  Also, this thing comes with a 4 switch foot-pedal.  One to switch the gain channels, one to switch from gain to clean, one to switch the clean boost on and off, and one to switch the reverb and any effects you have in your loop on and off.

Now, they made a Series 3 of this amp, its the same thing except its got a new circuit (hence, a new series) and a couple of effects.  The 75 watt RG Series 3 will run you about 420-450$ new.  Probably about 300$ or so used.  I got my RG 75 II for 225$ at a local music shop. 

All in all, if i had to rate this out of 10, I would have to give it a 9.  The only reason for the docked point is it's no tube amp.    In simple terms- It's amazing, cheap, and loud.  If you can find one I recommend buying one.

Hope this helped,
Tone_Obsession

Honestly, it took me 8 months to get my barre chords down well and quick enough.  Just keep going man!

Tone_Obsession

There is a movie called Hendrix.  Basically it was like walk the line only they had little interviews with Wood Harris as Jimi Hendrix.  It was pretty good though I know some people thought it was horrible. 

Tone_Obsession

I suppose that would depend.  Most people including myself change the stock strings, mostly because a lot of the time the stock strings are crap.  BUT, if it is a nice guitar like a Gibson or Martin, or even higher value Epiphones or Ibanez it might have nice strings on them to begin with.  I would definetly change them if you have had this thing for a couple years.  If you're gonna change them then may I suggest Takamine lights?  I prefer these because they last a long time, they are strong, and they "break in" extremely fast.  I just changed my accoustic strings last night and they are fully broken in tonight after only 2-3 hours of play.  Hope this helped.

Tone Obbsession

oh, believe me, we experiement a heck of a lot.  There's absolutely no shortage of that.

jerome.oneil,
hey man i play banjo...a little.  enough to do some simpler songs and stuff. 
fun fun, i love the tone you get from banjos, its extremely 'twangy' wouldn't you say? ha. 
banjos are sweet

heh, here goes.  The two electrics i own are an epiphone Les Paul Special II,(Almost sounds nice, but its really only like 140$ american) and i really dont mind this one, its light, and the playability is pretty good, but the pickups are extremely screwed up, though i suppose it is near ten years old now.  and then i have another les paul, but to tell the truth its even a lower brand then epiphone.  I made a huge mistake by picking this one up at an electronics store.  Buying on impulse sucks huh.  My Acoustic i like however, and that doesnt create any noise, even on the gain channels.  It is an Ibanez V70CE.  Thanks for asking

Thanks to both of you.  I was just trying to figure out an excuse that i could use to tell myself that this thing would help the feedback and hum from my amp, heh.  Just thinking logically if you say it reduces electronic noises, i have noticed that most of the buzz is actually coming from my guitar(ex.  touch a string and the buzz is barely audible, however, when not touching a string it is much louder)so if i put it inbetween my guitar and my amp, wouldnt that help?  sorry if im being kinda argumentative, like i said, i really want this to somehow work, and from all the reviews iv read it seems like a lot of people just stuck it between the guitar and the amp and got results.  Which is why i am confused and am trying to figure out how that is possible.

hey..  It it true that it really does depend on personal preference, although playing style and type of music affects it to.  If you play hardcore metal and are rythym, you are constantly strumming extremely fast and would probably benefit from a softer pick, although, as stated above, softer picks do tend to make a slap as the spring back from hitting the string above.  As for harder picks, which i prefer, they will probably leave you better off in anything other than the ridiculously fast strumming of some songs and music styles.