I ended up going local so i could get a warranty and all that - it worked out to be around the same price. The box is enormous.
Hopefully i can work out how to program this one - i thought the expression pedals might be a bonus anyway because i can use one to control the volume if it's too loud - and i think i read somewhere that this baby is self powered! that's another bonus! I'm liking this already
just hope i don't need a university desgree to program it