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Last night I spend 2 hours with the amp at a rehearsal studio and could really crank it up for a first test drive.
It will probably take a few days of use to get the speakers broken in and get familiar with the amp some more. Here now my first impressions of the "test drive":
1. The amp smells new in a good way :)
2. It is heavy at around 50 pounds
3. I definitely need an amp cover (already ordered)
4. Appears to be a solid build and all works as expected.

5. The amp is loud, but at full volume it is still ok for a band situation. My 50 Watt Boogie through a 1x12 or 4x12 is way louder.
I like the Normal Channel high input best so far. The bright ones are too bright with a Strat. But, keep in mind that I still need to mess around with various settings some more and may change my mind about this.
I used mainly a Strat with CS '69 pups.

It stays clean up to around 12:00 maybe even 1:00 o'clock.
Bridging the channels gives a little earlier breakup and I need to explore that some more.
Most of the time I stayed on the Normal "high" input.
The amp has very little background noise even when cranked up. About the same as my Boogie.

6. Sound
Less gain than I expected - which is good in my case. At pretty much any volume setting on the amp (even when all the way up), a boost or OD pedal in the front can still increase the overall volume quite a bit. Most likely this is due to the low gain pre-amp tube in the first gain stage.
I kept the amp on around 4:00 pm, which is a little more than 3/4 up on the volume.
The amp has nice pronounced mids, which are completely missing from the clean channel of my Boogie.
With a Strat I had instantly the typical Strat sounds now. With just the amp itself and using the volume knob on the guitar I can go from Fender clean to Stones crunch. The amp is also very touch sensitive.
Now with pedals Stevie Ray no problem, Eric Johnson no problem, Mark Knopfler no problem, Blackmore and Hendrix no problem.

I must say that my guitars sounded much "truer" than ever before. The CS'69 pups sounded much better and more alive than with the Boogie, and the Power Lace Sensors sounded much more artificial than with the Boogie.

I used the following pedals:
Fulltone '69 and OCD, H.B.E. PowerScreamer, Prescription Electronics C.O.B., MJM Foxey Fuzz, MI Audio GI Fuzz, Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Way, Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe, H.B.E. Phaser, Boss DD6 and Ernie Ball Volume Pedal at the end of the chain.

The Fuzz pedals, '69, GI and COB sounded way way better than ever before. I had used them with my Boogie, Fender HotRod Deluxe, Deville, 65 Deluxe, etc. in the past.
Fuzz pedals truly came alive with the Li'l Dawg. A night and day difference. Adding the COB to any of the Fuzz or OD pedals almost made me drool. The amp absolutely changed how the pedals reacted and sounded.

OD pedals: OCD too bright and PowerScreamer too honky now. I will need to spend some time with these excellent pedals to try to dial them in again.
Most likely I'll need to get one other OD pedal as the OCD and PowerScreamer don't stack too well. We'll see.

The wah, and modulation pedals sound good as they already did before.
As many have said before, and I completely agree, no reverb is needed with this amp.

I'll do another "session" like this with my Humbucker guitars and a Tele soon.

Overall I am very happy with the amp so far and can't wait to really get to know it better.
I plan on making some sound and video clips once I have it all dialed in some more.
It is actually quite a learning experience getting used to the amp with all the pedals, as it reacts and sounds so different compared to the Boogie or the HotRod Deluxe.