Buddy, Mesas are great if you have a few grand to spare, which many people don't. As for their distorted sound being better than fender, no argument there I totally agree. As for their clean sound, well I disagree on that one. I play jazz, and having played through both, I tend to think the fenders sound just as nice or nicer for a warm clean sound. The real consideration is price though, mesas get up into the $2,000 range, whereas a nice fender tube will cost you less than 1k.