You are confused I think. There is a Tube Drive stomp but no Tube Comp.

Otter... is the 500 worth the extra dough over the 300 or 400 in your opinion? I don't really care about looping time really. All I want is a great "crunchy" tone like the Edge's in the song Vertigo, awesome control over delays that is easy to adjust on the fly, and good "rock" tone. I'm in a Praise and Worship band at a large church and one of the "leaders" so to speak. My role is going to increase, so I want something that sound great direct, or thru a power amp, and easy to use. I don't want to sit and tweak so much that I've lost my senses.

I know, I need to look at the comparison charts to see for myself... but for instance... if the 400 or 500 has "oh man, you've GOT to have this model", then I want to know about it! Example... I've always thought the Cornford amps sounded GREAT in PodFarm, and even some of the Bogner and Engl models for "mid-Gain" stuff. I rarely need anything that involves DEATH, and I usually can't stand using a "pure clean" sound, unless it's compressed and used for chimey textues. My role is all about textures and delays really.

For instance... I do a LOT of stuff with delay that sorta gives me that VH Cathedral type repeat, or Where the Streets Have No Name intro. I do stuff like that all day long. And it's hard to get just right on the fly... esp if the drummer is a tick off on his tempo from set to set. Tap tempo doesn't always get it right away. And I'm standing on a platform infront of a 1,000 people, carrying the entire song... I can't be bending over going on a delay time oddessy. The TC Nova delay pedal is really cool. Our worship leader has one, and loves it because it's easy to use on the fly.

J