Oh really? Well than I'm sure that's a great amp that he should consider. Mesas are great, and while they really woudln't be for my kind of thing (I don't really use the distorted tone) if they make one that is on par with their other amps, or at least has the same attention to tone and detail, and they sell it for 500 bucks, sounds like a great deal to me. As for their lasting forever, I don't know about that, but no tube amp lasts forever, if you play it a lot you'll have to replace the tubes eventually, but that's a price you pay. Thx for tellling me about this, while I probably wouldn't get it, it's nice to know about.