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Is that a good idea? I like the Fender PC amp for my strats, but it doesn't give quite the crunch with my Les Paul. I'm thinking getting the Class 5 or another small marshall and having an a/b switch. I know that on the video that Joe plays he has like 3 or 4 it looks like. I am sure that its a good amp for the price.just not sure waht I need to get the sound I want. I just didn't know if the Class 5 would be worth buying to use as a lead amp. Just having a hard time trying to find something close that might also fit my budget. I bet a Princeton RI (or Blues Jr.) and Class 5 in stereo would be a killer little "mini Bonamassa" rig! Some other alternatives are the Fender Blues Jr. Honestly the Class 5 would be an excellent affordable low-wattage platform to build a JB like tone from. That vid of Joe rocking on the Class 5 should be proof enough, just a couple amps, a delay pedal, and likely a tubescreamer. Joe greatly admires Eric Johnson but he's not gigging with 2 Superleads, echoplexes, a tube driver, 2 Twin Reverbs w/ chorus delay and verb etc. Even being a huge Joe fan myself, I know I wouldn't. I'm also pretty sure that you wouldn't buy Joe's exact rig if you had that kind of money to spend either. Yes the technique and chops help but you surely don't need $40,000 worth of gear to get the tone. I was messing around the other day with my Super Reverb, Les Paul, Fulldrive 2, and Line 6 DL4.just NAILED the "Stop" tone. Not true man, you can get very close with a lot of different alternatives. I totally agree! I want something that would get somewhere close to JB's sound, I know I will never get it unless I buy his exact stuff.