Sorry bro, but that's certainly not a good way to look at high gain amps. As someone who's played and has done good research on high gain tube amps before picking one I can tell you, you'll end up sorry if you look at it that way. Sure it might be your amp when it comes to the high gain territory but you might hate some high gainers out there when it comes to smooth singing low gain leads or beautiful cleans (Dual Rec/triple XXX). The Powerball has the complete package but could do a lot of things better (even with modern tube technology you still won't find an amp that can really do it all, and do it perfect).