Ashdown Peacemaker 40 112 Combo

2002 amp. The other reviews covered the bells and whistles of this fine amp and you can get all that info from ashdown's web sight. All that said, it has everything I need to gig with. All the power and features I need.

I use mainly American Series Strats. This amp has a clean that is just incredible. It has a chime and shimmer that has no equal to past amps I have or have owned in past. That includes a 52 Tweed Deluxe that I sold years ago.

The distortion channel sounds great now that I have had it a month and have learned to adjust my setting on the amp and guitar. There are 3 things that I did to make the distortion channel work better for my use. First, I changed the power tubes to Ei's. This gave the clean more jangle and made the distortion a bit smoother. Second, I placed an Ei 12ax7 in the distotion socket. It made the channel more responsive and added a bit more gain. Third, I switched the V30 for a Eminence V12. This added more low end and got rid of some ghost notes that the V30 created. The V30 had a better clean tone than the V12, but the V12 sounded better on the distortion channel. If I only played clean the V30 would stay in. However, I just don't think the V30 is the best speaker for distortion.

Another thing that took me awhile to appreciate was the high end on the Dist. channel. I think it covers the Marshall and Boogie tone with the proper guitar technic. For the Boogie tone I use the rhythm pu on my Strat with the tone knob near or all the way down. This gives it that classic Santana tone. Without adjusting the setting I can get a Marshall tone by switching to the lead pu with the tone knob all the up. It took me a little bit of experimentation with the amp to realize the uniqueness of having both tones available and now I really dig the dist. channel.

There are something in common that all the neg reviewers have. They don't own this amp. They just tried it out and decided to write a review. The positive reviews are from actual owners that have played this amp enough or performed with it, like I have, to give a more thorough exam. I didn't have to buy this amp, I already have a descent arsonal to get me through any gig, but it impressed me enough to buy it and take the time to recommend this amp to anyone that wants a great musical value and just plain flat out a great little amp.

No problem what so ever. It even has a Five Year warranty

They answered an e-mail that I sent them.

I have been performing on a regular basis for over 25 years. I play every weekend usually 2 nights a week, but still keep my day job. I currently own a 1966 Fender Bassman that I modified with a triode switch, tube/solid state rectifier, a high gain channel and more mods than I have time to explain. Also, I have yellow jackets in it that make this little beast scream.
A 1966 Gibson Ga-15-rvt Explorer amp.
A Mesa Boogie Rocket
A modified Peavey Classic 30 who's gain channel now sounds close to my Boogie's.
All my amps can take El84's. I just love that power tube. It sounds so much different than the 6L6 or EL34. Then make it class A and cathode bias like the Ashdown Peacemaker and your in tone heaven

Anything you can possibly request except for jaccuzzi :-)

Brand new 2 channel tube made in August 2002. See other reviews for features and the ashdownmusic.co.uk site ...

In short it's a versatile combo like Mesa Boogie Mk IV yet in class A and with 2 volumes and much lighter and cheaper :
the sound is more like Mesa Boogie Mk I (the reference) but
with channel switching ... so I bought the Peacemaker :-)

I disagree with the negative reviews of channel 2 by two reviewers as they are unfair or possibly incompetent: in industrially made tube amps it often happens that one of the tubes is not perfect so overdrive channel sounds different from amp to amp - obviously to avoid that you test several or buy a boutique amp fro $2k+.

I tested SEVERAL Peacemakers 40 and channel 1 was always warm and bluesy, jazzy sounding reminiscent of vintage Fender
de luxe or twin and sweet Vox AC15 - no doubt the best sound in any industrial amp in that price range.

The lead channel is similar to Mesa Boogie concept and obviously if one of the tubes is somewhat imperfect it sounds harhs or squeeks - it happened even in my $2500 mesa
Rectifier once ... and here in my tests one amp had somewhat higher sounding distortion than the other two. When you boost channel 3 then you are in the metal teritory and sound is to me of no interest anyway ...

In summary, this is not ultra-high gain amp even in the drive channel 3, so if you want that - buy 5150. However, if the amp has healthy tubes then the sound is excellent and ceratinly one of the best of any class A industrial amp - definitely in the same league as the very best boutique amps (if you choose the best unit among 2 or 3 as I did :-)

I did many gigs by now and I play every single day for hours so I can claim that it is very reliable.

I did contact various people including the company that designs them and some of the reviewers etc and everybody was great: actually Ashdown offer 5 years waranty and they told me that if I notice any pronlem they will send me the new unit overnight!

I am a professional player and I play regularly so I can really appreciate this amp: it is not for metal freaks or for youngsters that dream 5150. This is an industrially made versatile combo that can offer a boutique tube sound if you choose your unit or replace the tubes with more expensive tubes (these exist :-).

I could have bought even cheaper and lighter Peacemaker 20 but I felt that for jazz concerts the 40 will be better and I think I made the correct choice.

It is very reliable and the sound is so good that I no longer use any other of my several amps or any of my numerous other boxes: I simply plug my guitar and use the Jacques hand-made 'boxes' to ''tubescream' ' :-)

If stollen I would buy another one as the price/weight and sounds are optimal; however, as it is industrially made combo I would again CHOOSE my particular unit ... do I wish we had combos like that back in the '60s and '70s with a sound that only few years back you had to pay $3000 (for Mesa Mk I) yet 3 times lighter and as versatile as Mesa Boogie Mk IV ... my audience compliments my sound every night, so what shall I say :-)

Plenty of features for it's size and price. Two complete independent channels Clean and Overdrive with their own, separate EQ section. Dual master volume via footswitch. Parallel effects loop, impedance selector, two additional speaker jacks. If you need more than this, get yourself a rack system.

I always thought that Ashdown makes only bass amps and checked this guitar amp at the distributor here in my country Switzerland since I didn't find a store having them in stock.

The clean channel sounds great and even that the amp is rated at 40 watts, with the preamp gain set at less than half it will stay clean at reasonable loud volume settings. With the gain set at half or above it gets into light overdrive/crunch. This channel has kind of his own thing going, neither Fender nor Marshall.
Nevertheless, while the clean channel is great, the overdrive channel is a let-down. I wasn't able to coax one usable sound out of it. No matter what gain and tone settings, boost engaged or not, cranked or not, it always sounded dry/stiff with lack of sustain, giving me really a hard time and making playing through it kind of hard work - too hard for me. Beside this, I think that they should increase the amount of gain. Even with boost on, you'll only get a medium crunch/overdrive. I'm not a pedal guy, so I'll need an amp that will go from clean to high-gain and not from clean to crunch - otherwise, what's the sense of a two channel amp with boost. But this seems to be a common problem not only with this amp. I recently checked out other makes like a Marshall DSL 410 combo and the overdrive channel was complete junk, even worse than the Peacemaker. The same with some smaller Boogie amps. Good clean, crap overdrive. Boogie has made two good designs, the Mark I, which is kind of a Fender on steroids, and the Orange channel of the original Recto. They should make a two channel amp with excactly these two channels and not the multi- dip-switch/multi-cannel crap they put out these days, prone of having switching problems and other quirks.
Anyway, I rate the clean channel 8 and the overdrive 2.

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I play since I was twelve. Now I'am 39. Main axe are strat or tele type guitars with single coils, no matter if Fender or some other make. As some others here I'm in search for a smaller and, first of all, lighter combo amp. Been through some stuff over the years, mostly tube, and had some Marshall's, Fender's and actually a Boogie Mark I. Great amp, but too heavy (as most tube amps). Heard about the new Fender Pro Tube series, but starting at about 38 kg or 82 pounds - being 50 watt!! -I don't even bother myself to go out an try one.
As many other 2-channel amps, the Peacemaker has a good clean channel but falls short in the overdrive section.

Features:-40w RMS Class A valve
-2002 amplifier
-3 channels (clean/overdrive/boosted overdrive)
-VU power meter on the front
-2 master colume levels
-Built in reverb
-Footswithchable channel and volume

I play in an alternative rock band (Echobrain,Queens of the stone age sort of style) but like to learn any songs really.I play at home currently or jam with band's drummer but hope to be moving to gigging level soon.The amp has much more power than I need for home playing but will provide sufficient volume to play pub gigs or in a full band setting.
As far as features (and all categories really) go this amp must be taken in context.It is a Class A valve amplifier.It is not designed to be able to play hundreds of amp emulations or effects like a digital modelling amp (eg.Line 6 Vetta/Flextone etc).As a valve amp it
has a focused but extremely good range of features.If the single Celestion speaker is not sufficient for putting out the sound,there are sockets to plug the amp into 2x12 or 4x12 cabinets.There are probably more subtle features than my review mentions but im fairly new to valve amps and therefore im still learning to get the best sounds and use the amp to its fullest.

My experience of this amps sounds comes from playing a customised mexican strat through it.The sound is lovely.It has a very warm quality about it that tends to be unique to valve amps.

The clean channel has a great sound which breaks up as the gain is increased to give bluesy overdrive sound.Digging in with the plectrum gives a more Stevie Ray tone as the sound gets more aggressive.As a clean sound,this is a lot better than most amps ive played through as a lot of manufacturers now tend to spend more effort getting a better overdrive to fit in with the punk/nu-metal trend.Clean sound are becoming less used in mainstream rock so its nice to find a really lovely sound that just inspires you to play.

Channel 2 give a classic rock crunch that can also become more heavy metal as the gain reaches the top of the knob (but the EQ needs some twiddling to get a proper metal tone).The sustain is great but its finger vibrato and playing that really gives a beautiful sustaining sound.

Channel 3 is a boosted version of channel 2,the sound is very similar but the gain is that bit higher.i have some trouble using this channel with the volume high as my pickups are single coil and not stacked (i want some Kinmans now) so the hum can get annoying.Also the feedback is potentially very high from this channel.This channel i think would be good for virtuoso type shred (Vai/Satriani/petrucci etc) as the high gain is vital to getting the hammering/tapping/pull-off sounds that these guys and others excel at.i cant shred yet so i cant give a definitive vies but thats my opinion anyway :-)

The reverb is a very nice effect and can soften the sound if dialed in properly.If cranked higher it starts to change the sound to something more indie and makes you want to play differently.
NB:a warning with reverb.Don't crank the reverb up at max volume with gain because the whole amp will start thrumming and the bassy feedback will go out of control (i had to dive for the power switch before the sound went too loud).

The amp is new (4 days) for me so i cannot say how reliable it will be in future or on gigs but it seems fairly well built.It drops a couple of points as the power socket on mine was slightly loose.When i tried to realign the plug (it was hanging down slightly) the power cut out and came back on when i let it hang again.In normal use i wouldn't be fiddling with the plug anyway but im planning to get it back to my local store and have the socket tightened or whatever is required.Other than that everything is fine and no problems.

I haven't dealt with Ashdown directly but my local guitar store (where i purchased it) offer a 1 year warranty but if i came back with a major fault after this time they probably would fix it without any hassle or cost.Cant rate Ashdown as a company but i would imagine them to be good (other reviewers have certainly found so).

Im 18 and have been playing for nearly a year.As mentioned above,my guitar is a custom Mexi strat.i don't have any effects and don't plan to get many as it seems a little kid thing to be trying to get cool sounds from effects when you should get the playing done first and use effects only to add to a good quality existing piece,not to cover up a poor one.
This is my first serious amp and im glad i chose to go for a valve.The sound is lovely,the options great and at useable volume too.I can play a great sounding tune at practise level and the sound is great (but it obviously gets that little something extra when the valves are really cooking).Apart from the hums from my guitar (which is nothing to do with the amp anyway) there is nothing i don't like about this amp.
If it were stolen i would be heartbroken as i don't have insurance yet and i couldnt afford another for a long time.I am planning to return this to my guitar shop soon though as a part exchange for a 60w peacemaker combo.This amp is not bad at all but i have been reccommended the 60 because of its second speaker and larger cabinet (to get more resonace).

As described by others below.

These guy below has obviouly tested it and I tend to go along with
his views, so I ordered one (I live in Poland). One can obtain great
sounds from channel one, and channel 2 is not voiced to everybody's liking but it sounds great to my ears. I didn't notice any squeeking in channel 2 but it can perhaps happen in some cases as tube amps can be capritious - I have seen that with Marshalls a lot :-)

It is brand new so I have to wait for a while ...

That's a good question so we shall see - here in Poland we need perfect amps as it is tough to send them to Engladn :-)

I think it is perfect for pop-jazz-fusion musician like myself.

I play since 1969 and this is as good as it gets for my style of playing.

This is my second review, as I have received so many letters that I find it easier to reply here (I will soon have the demo recording made too).

NOTE: In the meantime (Sept.2002) the small Ashdown Peacemaker 20 was given Guitar Player Editors' Choice award i.e. effectively: ''Buy One'' rating :-)


Back to my now several months old Peacemaker 40:

After several live gigs with my jazz band and after dozens of hours of testing and playing and verifying everything I want to add few more insights into this fabulous amp:

Power tubes are EL84 Sovtek; Electro Harmonix 12AX7EH in the pre-amp. This is better than average choice for an industrial amp, but if you really want THE BEST, buy the Mullards from www.watfordvalves.com

Amp NOISE is the lowest of all my tube amps, Fender Prosonic included. With no guitar plugged, you can turn all knobs almost to maximum without any nose or hiss - usually hiss appears at around 3pm which is more than adequate; namely, most of the time, when the amp is warm, you will get all the best sounds and needed EQ with knobs below 3pm.

Reverb can create feedback above 2pm, if master is at maximum, but that is most unusual situation (as you wouldn't want all that reverb in the highest gain/volume situation).

Several people have asked me has the clean channel the 'Fender sound' or 'the Vox sound' and the answer is: it is voiced more like clean Fender Twin, BUT as it is class A it has an intrinsic sweetness and depth that is very nice and very warm - by now I have compared it to many amps and I claim it is THE sweetest clean, tube guitar sound, period. Actually, I can get all the sounds I need just from channel 1 (as I play no metal).

Now several remarks on EQ and low volume distortion:

Firstly, the EQ is VERY efficient and I use all EQ knobs most
of the time at 8-9 am and only bass gets to maximum in channel 2. Above 12 noon the EQ is really boosting the frequences a lot.

So, can the Peacemaker 40 SING at room level volume?
Actually it can but I still use the overdrive pedal at room level,
either $129 Route 66 or $299 Fulltone Fulldrive or similar BUT this only temporarily as to get the Divine sounding power tube distortion:

I have just ordered the $299 THD Hotplate (8ohm) that will enable me to use the power tubes at full power all the time (even at room level):

Namely, very nice feature in channel 2 (use master vol.2 at 11am initially) is that with all 3 EQ knobs at zero you can open gain and volume to maximum; and then very slowly open the bass knob to 8am and then hit your guitar as hard as you can and you will hear the power valves distortion ... now if you open the master to maximum you will hear all beautiful harmonics and TRUE TUBE sounds of your guitar but it is going to be VERY loud for most situations (NOTE: 40W amp is only 2-3dB less loud than the 100W !).

So, that is WHY have I now ordered the THD's Hotplate ... to be
able to use the power tubes distortion and harmonics all the time !

Well, some fuses burned in the beginning and then we all learned that we have to use 2amp fuses. Since then I have tortured that amp so badly that it must be reliable :
it was on for 20 hours at the time and VERY warm ...
I give it 9 but it read the customer support :-)

I am now in touch with Mark Gooday and his team at Ashdown and I told them ALL about their amp and how to improve it for demanding players :-)

They do listen and quite probably in future you may find my demo-recordings of the sounds and whatever as I am using this amp a lot : live and recordings ...

Should we rate it 10 or not ?

Let's see: are there any (even) better amps out there?

Well, there are 3 fabulous single channel, hand made tube amps (with no speaker cabinet):

$1299 30W THD BiValve head
$1299 Asdhown Peacemaker 50W head
#1499 35W new Cornford HellCat head

So, if you want Divine sounding tube amps that's the way to go:
but you'll have to schlepp another cabinet to the gig ...

Yet, if you want equally fabulous sounds at less than half the price and in a light, portable package with several channels and versatility ... then the Peacemaker 40 is THE way to go.

And if you need a tip on how to get THE best sounds from it, well
send me a letter and I'll do my best to reply fast.

In summary, it does deserve 10, as in my 42 years of guitar playing I have never found lighter and better sounding, vesatile multi channel combo class tube amplifier ... DIVINE !

See others

Clean channel is OK, it sounds decent, but I've heard other amps doing it better.
Didn't like the overdrive channel at all, whether with or without boost - single coil or humbucker guitar.
Although it does what it's supposed to, i.e. to overdrive, it sounds dull and one-dimensional.

Didn't buy it, so no rating here. The amp seems well built. Didn't have the steel handle like in the catalogue but a plastic one.

I've been playing since 12 years. I also own a Peavey Classic 50/410 which doesn't sound bad, but at 71 lbs., it's too damn heavy.

The Peacemaker amp looks cool (nice grille cloth and cabinet covering) and is well made, but that's it.
They (Ashdown) definitely need to improve the overdrive channel, at least.

After checking oter amps, I've been buying a Marshall AVT50 1 x 12" combo which sounded terrific. Fantastic clean channel and great overdrive channel. It's also compact, well built, not heavy and cheaper than the Peacemaker.
It's not tube, but to be honest, I really couldn't hear any differece.

This amp was made in England. Features were covered very well by
the last reviewer. The distributor for this amp is HHB in S.Calif. I
purchased this amp through Music123.com

I play a variety of Music. Currently I play with a band doing pop covers and some reggae. I have had numerous amps including a blackface
twin and a Jim Kelly combo. My most recent amps are a Tech 21 1x12
which I still own and like, and a Yamaha fx-60 112 which I sent back. I didn't like the processed tones of the fx-60. My only electric is a
Carvin SH-225. They don't make these anymore. It looks like a Gibson 335. I love this guitar. I have been waiting for a light weight tube amp,(under 40 lbs.)and this is it. It uses 4 EL 84's. This amp cost me less than $700.00 new. You can get chimey clean tones to a nice crunch in channel 1, and additional gain lead tones and a boost in channel 2. It also has dual master volumes that are switchable to either channel. This baby can do it all. I also use a Boss Metalzone 1
which gives me a more compressed Santana like tone. The built in reverb works fine and adds a harmonic like quality at about halfway.

I've only had it for a month. I drive it to practice. So far so good!

I've dealt with HHB in Calif. They are friendly.

I've been playing for over 20 years. I own a Tech 21 wah, a Dan electro cool cat and a Danecho. A metalzone 1 and a fender floor tuner. I'm interested in listening to a Yamaha ud stomp.

Disclaimer: I am an independent guitarist who resides in Switzerland and I have nothing to do with Asdown Engineering. If this review appears enthusiastic, it is because of the quality of the product ...


Features:

Auto-biasing Class A tube 40W RMS
3 channels: Clean & Bluesy, Overdrive and Boosted Overdrive
Channel-select at the front or by a fooswitch
2 level master volumes select by a footswitch too !
Effects loop, Spring Reverb
Up front VU-Meter that shows output power visually
Speaker Configuration: 1 x 12" Celestion Vintage 30 G12
Extension Speaker Out (16 Ohm)
Output Impedance: 4/8 Ohms selectable + 16 Ohms dedicated
Dimensions (inches): 17.3 x 21 x 9.1 / Dimensions (mm): 440 x 530 x 230
Weight lbs: 37.4 / Weight Kgs: 17
i.e. VERY LIGHT and PORTABLE !!!

You can see it here:
http://www.ashdown.ch/GuitarAmps/PeacemakerCombos/Peacemaker40.htm
http://www.ashdownmusic.co.uk/

Brand new combo, launched at the winter NAMM and made in Britain in 2002.

I play in a jazz, latin funk light rock band and record a lot
and I wanted a contemporary design but all tube class A
and very light to protect my spine as I am getting older :-)

This combo has it all and my review will show it ...

Remember I play since 1960 so I have tried and tested any gear that you've probably heard off, and I even own most of it (my wife and kids say that we have a music store at home :-)

Quick summary:
This is a versatile 3 channel self-biased class A all tube 40w combo, ''British Boogie'' for half the price; and MUCH lighter (no roadies needed).

It offers all the archetype sounds from clean Fender to sweet Vox AC-15, from bluesy distortion all the way to singing Santana or Gary Moore. It can produce even some 'Van Hallenish' Marshall metal lead sounds, yet for all the extreme metal sounds one needs 4 X 12" cabinets anyway, so ... this combo is ideal for all acomplished baby-boom guitarists that play jazz,
blues, pop, funk, surf, worship, folk, country or non-extreme rock, and who care about their back; this baby weighs only 17kgs (37lbs) !

In all my tests I used the Fender Strat Plus and Gibson Les Paul Studio guitars, unless stated otherwise, directly plugged into the input (there is only one input).

Clean Channel 1: Initially I dialed treble, middle and bass around 12 o'clock and used the Strat position 2 (neck and middle pick-up). I have chosen gain at 2pm and volume at 3 pm, with master volume 1 at 12 and only a touch of reverb (9am).

What shall I say: pure sonic Paradise ! Fabulous. After the amp warmed up (I usually let it warm for an hour on stand-by before playing) I slightly reduced the bass and treble to 10am and just played my Strat for hours ... it's a SWEET sound of a well designed class A all tube amplifier and through the Celestion G12 it delivers those fabulous sounds that you usually pay twice the price in Vox AC15 or equivalent class A classy designs ... The clean sound is slightly more Fender-like than usual British class A designs and I have quickly found that I was able to go from more American to more British character of sound
essentially by increasing the middle EQ ...

The sound breaks up beautifully when the gain is at 2pm and can sound very bluesy; I tested it with all the very best up-front overdrive or boost pedals like $300 Klon Centaur, $200 Fulltone Fulldrive II, $250 all tube H & K Tube Factor, $135 Maxon
OD808 and it was as bluesy and as inspiring sound as you can get from any top boutique amp. When I switched to my Les Paul evidently the sound became thicker and I had to reduce the gain but the overall sweetness and beautifully inspirational
warm sound remained. Members of my jazz band, who usually adore the clean sound my class A all tube Fender Prosonic (2 X 10'' Celestions) combo, LOVED this sound and were converted within matter of minutes by the sheer warmth and sweetness
of the overall sound. A single 12'' speaker was sufficient as it provided nice depth!

Evidently you can use any well known effect like TC Electronic G-major or M-300 or the POD or V-Amp 2 in the effects loop which is parallel and adjustable.
I used only analog delay and even that rarely as the sound is just too good as it is and you do not need any additional add-ons that only screw up your dynamics, which after 42 years of guitar playing I do have :-)

Lead Channel:

Here you can adjust the gain and EQ so you can get any sound from SRV to Gary Moore or Van hallen. In a way this channel is like adding the Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor to an outstanding class A amplifier: you can have slightly overdriven sound and switch (by supplied footswitch)
the channel 3 and have that singing leador killer Van hallen rifs ...

Nevertheless the true metal and nu guitarists will prefer the more powerful 5150 amps with 4 X 12" cabinets. For the rest of us, acomplished guitarists there is more than sufficient gain.

Nevertheless I use Peacemaker with my Maxon OD808 original tubescreamer (or re-issue) as I love to use the tubescreamer on the breaking class A tube sound in general. I also use the VHT Valvulator 1 to reduce my impedance and the signal goes to the Cry Baby wah before the Maxon. However, these

Too new ... the fuse was broken initially but
it was easy to replace ... will report later ...

I phoned them about the fuse and they were extremely
helpfull and we discussed many aspects of the sound etc ...

With zillion amps out there you may ask:
what is the unique selling point (USP) in THIS case ?

Well, class A sweet, warm tube sound in the lightest versatile combo (17kgs!) with three switchable channels and two switchable master volumes ... <$750 !?!

All competitors are heavier: Traynor YCV40, Marshall 401, Laney VC30, Mesa F-50, Peavey Classic 30/50 ... and do not offer two volume options; also most of them are more expensive, or do not provide you with a sweet class A sound. Vox AC 15/30 is sweet old design, weighs a ton and is very expensive and very heavy ... and the Reverend Hellhound 40 is the same weight
and has great reviews but is single channel, single master volume design.

My Fender Prosonic in class A mode can produce most of the Peacemaker sounds through its 2 X10" Celestions yet is also much heavier (25kgs), more expensive and by now abandoned by Fender. The new Fender Concert or Reverb Pro
are also much heavier and more expensive ...

Conclusion: Any acomplished baby boom guitarist has to think how to protect his/her fragile spine (those with no rodies) so all those who need versatile class A combo that covers all styles from jazz, country, pop, blues to rock will go and buy the Peacemaker 40. All competitors are either more expensive
or heavier or both ... and few are as versatile and as sweet sounding as Peacemaker 40. It's a steel: I have difficult time to separate myself from my amp and that is THE recommendation of a guy who plays guitar since 1960 and can afford virtually any amp out there ...

This is a light, ultraversatile combo that gives you sweetest
class A all tube boutique sound for a price of an effects box
(like GT-6) : conclusion - buy the Peacemaker 40 :-)