So what's the deal with all the itty-bitty amps on the market these days??....I'm still using a late 80's Peavey Mark III 150 watt head that I bought used back in 1990 with a matching 410 cab for $350....Amp works great, and is built like a tank...Been dropped on the floor from knee height and didn't even put a scratch on it...But I've been thinking about upgrading to one with a little more power lately....Kinda looking for a Mark VI or Mark VIII, but those aren't exactly falling from the sky these days....But there's a buttload of these little (in physical size) high wattage amps out there...They sure don't look like they'd take much of a beating being loaded into the back of a van/pickup....Don't get me wrong, I take care of my stuff, but when you get friends helping tear down at the end of a gig, I can't always watch what is going on when I'm busy wrapping up cords and stuff...Those little amps just look very fragile to me...Kinda like taking a home stereo to a gig...Used to take a 5-disc JVC CD changer to gigs in a previous band for background music during breaks (not bar gigs, but multi-band shows in a rented hall)....Wasn't long and that CD player wouldn't read a disc anymore....I just imagine geting a foot caught in the instrument cord and pulling one of those amp heads right off onto the floor, instantly turning it into junk....
