ive always had a soft spot for Peavey gear...don't know why. It was the first tube amp i had (a gift) so maybe that's it. But they always "seemed" to do the best at giving the most product for the buck...on a mass produced scale of course.
For the EVH fanboi's...me included...the LBX has been overhauled a bit. Still two channel, but a green/blue (red, scorch channel, or whatever it was called went away). And..the two channels have individual, concentric gain and volume controls.
http://www.vhnd.com/2017/01/19/new-5150 ... mo-videos/ Of course...per the standard, they seem way high at 1K, but it's gear, it's new, it's cool, it sounds good, it has lights and Ed's initials on it...so yea.