Wow! That many? Does that imply that there are decent SS amps available? Or does the whole tube thing scare people off (If I gigged, I couldn't blame them)?
I'm just guessing on general availability and low price of a lot of solid state stuff. Granted most of them are probably collecting dust in some teenagers closet, but they sell thousands and thousands of the little things. The Vox valvetronix is about the only ss Iv'e ever enjoyed playing.
Epoxy. A lot of Dumblesque amps (as well as the real deal) have the circuits obfuscated by goo.
I dig that amp and I'm not alone. At a Gear Page get-together last weekend, more than one guy said "Oh, so that's what the big deal is about Two Rocks". When you can impress folks from that crowd, I think it's pretty noteworty.