Ah sorry man Southampton is too far really, even halfway as I don't have a car and it's a bit much to ask of whoever I could scrounge a lift off. Just looking at courier prices now and DHL would be £25.95, not as bad as I thought! Or £7.99 + Tax on P4D, but I am a little skeptical of those types of sites.
Regarding the volume it has pretty sweet overhead - starts breaking up around 3/4 on the input gain, but you can put the output volume to max and it'll still be clear (though you might want to step away from it a bit). In practice it's never above 1/4; I've used it at pub gigs at about half, and on smaller stages without PA support.