GDSmithTX
Corporate cog
I am a HUGE fan of the SC XD. Short of dropping the many extra dimes for a full-tube amp, it's the perfect small-gig/practice amp. I used one for years for my church gig. And continue using it for my performance art/experimental side band, which tends to perform at low volumes.
Here's the SCXD at an open-air un-mic'd minimal PA gig with the side band, in conjunction with a vintage Marshall solid-state:
And I know what you mean about giving gear to people who love a piece more than oneself. My rhythm guitarist has a talent for breaking shit, and typically only brought one guitar to shows, so I used to bring an unbreakable Frankentele to gigs, for him to use as backup. He ended up playing that Tele more than I did, so when he hit ten years with Crash Pad, I just gave the dang thing to him. Win-win.
Oh hell yeah, the SCXD is a great little amp and, on the clean channel, a wonderful pedal platform because of it's sweet Fender cleans with plenty of headroom.
And it's always rewarding to gift something to someone else who will get so much more use and enjoyment out of it than you do. This Christmas, I'm giving a rarely-used FrankenStrat with a MiM body and pickups to a co-worker to give to her son (plus several data DVDs worth of tutorials).
