I gigged the mighty Mav for the first time last night. I killed! I never got around to getting the trem working, but I would only use it on one or two songs, anyway. The socket for the reverb tube shorted out (never seen that happen before) a month or so ago, so I just took it out and taped up the wires. I also pulled the pan, so it wouldn't rattle around or get damaged. I usually don't use any verb either. Someday, I'll get these two circuits back up and running.
I'm running an Emi Ragin Cajun and Lil Buddy (hemp cone). Both are very efficient speakers, with a lot of thump. We played an outdoor patio, behind a biker bar in Arlington last night. I was very surprised how loud this amp was at about half way up in the high input jack. I grabbed my LP Classic (w/Classic 57's) and an Ibanez Artstar (w/Super 58's). Played both (two sets each) and both sounded wonderful through the Maverick. The bass player keep coming over to my side of the stage to hear it when I was soloing. My pedal board if fairly straight forward TU2>Tone Press>Route 66 OD/comp>Nobels ORD 1 (overdrive)>MXR Carbon Copy. I set both OD's with low to medium OD. If I want heavier OD, I just kick them both in. Same for the two compressors... not a lot, just a touch from each. Works great.
The Mav has great note definition, clarity, and a very different tone (not like anything else I've heard). I think this may be my main gigging amp for a while. I'll bring my Allen Encore head along for a backup (now,that's a real statement on just how good this baby sounds!).
The only thing left to determine is it's reliability.
Rick