My opinion of this has changed since the fall of last year and my previous post.
All of this comes down to a certain comfort or willingness to change. I wasn't always wanting to do this and it took me quite some time to be happy about it. In my case, when we were playing live regularly up until the mid-march Covid shutdown last year, I was happy owning both a tube amp and the Axe III. We kept rehearsing and started working on some original material through the lockdowns at a private place that one of us has access to. Usually we go to one of the rehearsal places that has everything you need setup. I would just plug in my head to the cab and bring my board, etc. We only had a PA at this location so I had to bring everything with me.
A lot of this made me realize as I am getting older now, that I was getting tired of lugging a 45-50lb head, 65lb 212 cab and another 40lb pedalboard as well as my Waza TAE unit week in and week out. When I was younger, this wasn't a problem. Full tube head, 412, large board, etc....etc.
I simply sold it all off back in the early fall. With the $$$ I made from that sale, I got another super nice guitar that I wanted, an FM3 and a couple of very gently used ASM-10 monitors that are nothing less than stellar....and I still have a nice chunk of cash left over.
Now I have a great backup to the Axe III and 1000watts of pure stereo joy.
Honestly, now with rehearsals, I bring my guitar, FM-3 (which I have mounted on my small classic Jr board), and one ASM-10. I modified the ASM-10s with tilt back arms to point up at me like an monitor and that is what made the difference for me! 1 output goes to that, the other to the PA for FOH and I'm in and out in 1 trip as opposed to several. If I bring both monitors, it is one lightweight extra trip.
I don't have the amp in the room tone. I had a JJjr which was great, a BE-50 which I loved and a JP-2C limited edition which was also outstanding. Nothing can replace that feeling of a tube amp and 412 mashing it out. I don't have the v30s beaming at my band members or the audience and that is a plus. No one misses that.
What I do have now is the absolute best mic'd amp tone and a lot more clarity and space as we do play in some very tight bars/clubs. The gents have really noticed now that we all run direct how full and clear the sound is instead of everyone fighting for volume space by turning amps up all the time. One also has an arsenal of amps to choose from instead of 3 tones that were on my amp when I had it. Some may love that but having the extra options as well as the amazing FX all in one box is truly amazing.
Do I miss having an amp, sure. I was even contemplating getting one of the smaller versions of a tube head that I loved but I decided against it because of the other things I would have to buy for it once again to make it all work for me. It's just not worth it for me anymore.