I have a 5:50+. I love the clean channel as well. I prefer it over the blues channel "clean" mode (gain at 9 o'clock, mids down). I think the key is you have to turn the mids down to about 9 o'clock when using blues for clean (the manual discusses this). Also try setting the preset EQ at around 10-11 o'clock with the mids around 11 o'clock, and gain at 9 or so. Also, the volume difference between clean and crunch isn't that significant and I switch those during a show (between songs) all the time. However, the volume difference between blues and burn is massive, so I never use the blues setting during a live performance. The EQ settings I prefer for the blues channel are different than what I use for Burn, so it isn't easy to switch live.