[Ed Bickert]

1. don't go poking around in a tube amp with a screw driver if you don't know what you're doing.

2. Solid State amps never need tubes replaced in the middle of a gig

3. Although it devalues the amp, amps make great drink coasters

4. Stacks look cool, but unless you're gigging they're not practical

5. You don't need a vintage amp to get a vintage sound

6. If you're not a good player, turn up the overdrive

7. There is such a thing as too many controls

8. Just because it goes to 10 doesn't mean it always needs to be there

9. The amps that your hero uses is proably way more amp than you need

10. No matter how good you are, someone is pissed at all the noise.