tube amp newb haz questions...oh boy

[Lumpy]

I just... Never expected much out of them.

Indeed. You're supposed to set it on your desktop. It's like 2 feet from your head. It looks like a radio. It has a mini-plug input for your iPod. It's something to fiddle around on.

Still, you should be able to get a clean tone.

[jibberish]

I have to rein myself in...this thing has a line out for running a slave..and a line in for an ipod...sounds like an effects loop to me , and now I would have to say, a master volume makes more sense than an input volume with a dimed master gain for playing an aux input, which should be past the preamp stage since it is line level, not hi impedance guitar level...