This is an amazing amp for recording. If you need a small amp for house or professional recording this is it... look no further. The cleans you can obtain with this amp are amazing. The attenuator is great for home playing or for obtaining overdrive sound at decent levels. The great thing about this amp is that it lets you hear what your guitar sounds. I played many amps that had a generic sound and leveled all the guitars played through them (the differences between an expensive and a cheap guitar are not that audible when you play such amps)... but the Tone King Gremlin lets the guitar breathe... and is simple - Volume, Tone, Attenuator. You also have a line output which is great. Buy it. You won't regret it. Thomann was great as usual.