I just love these Stiletto topics. As well as absolutely love the tone out of my Stiletto. I have a Deuce II that just blows me away everytime I plug into it. It is a brighter sounding amp than a recto, but that is what is was voiced for. If you are after the recto sounds, this aint the amp for you then. As far as versatility goes, I think it covers everything pretty well. The cleans are awesome on it. Even the low gain crunch settings are killer, plus the high gain settings are almost over-kill. I have mine set pretty low using the tite and fluid gain modes. To boost it, I just use my SD-1 or a Voodu Lab Sparkle drive, which I don't even think this amp needs anyways. I do use a MXR 6 band EQ in the loop if I really want to change it up. Over all though this amp needs very little if anything to make it sound good. I also run a G major in the loop but mostly for clean effects, delays and reverbs. But overall, just add on effects and none of the eq functions of it. I was sold on my Stiletto 2 minutes after plugging it in at the shop. I'm glad to see they are getting such a following now.