I've never been a stickler for matching heads and cabs, but I would recommend the pf500 til the sun goes down. It's a fun little amp, and is deceptively loud. I grew up when loud amps were enormous to house all the junk that makes them loud. I love the fact that I can easily carry it around the house to practice in different rooms, and with a pair of decent headphones, you can get great tones out of it without waking anybody up. That said, you'd do well to read up on the 5 or so threads regarding the PF series, though. It seems that early on, more than one person had problems with the amp failsafing (is that a word?) in a few conditions - mostly with everything cranked while playing through a 4 ohm cabinet setup. It scared me for a while, but I bought one anyway and haven't had a problem in the 6 months or so since I bought it. I would definitely look at a new one, just so you have the warranty should that happen to you - and like I said, it wasn't the majority. It seems as though a small run of them came out of the factory a bit lemony, and the people who got those have been the most vocal about bashing that line. I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing though.