I thought the same but don't forget about the irs. Using those you can get a huge variety of tones foh or through your studio monitors. Most soundguys at clubs tend to want you to turn stage volume down these days anyway so that you're not messing up the foh mix so you hear most from your stage monitors anyway.I had the VHX and the technology is fantastic. Very user friendly as well, no need to even look at the manual. Not what I expected at all, however I found no matter the setting or EQ tweek, it had the same tone. In other words I struggled to get the amp to cover different tones no matter what I did. It really wasn't very versatile.