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Originally Posted by william84
I'm going to buy my first electric and amp. What is a good electric but I want to get a really good amp. I'm looking towards a fender guitar.
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What style of music do you want to play? What guitarists do you admire? Do they play a particular type of guitar?
Check out:
http://www.jcdisciples.org/guitar/howtobuy.html
and
http://www.electric-guitars.net/
I believe will help you out
As for amps you have three main choices these days:
- Tube - This will give you a 'warmer' overdrive/distortion than SS. Typically used by blues guitarist the world over
- Solid State - Harder, cruncher distortion is possible with a SS amp. Tend to be more rugged than a tube amp (tubes being glass). Lots of Jazz artists.
- Modeling tools - Such as Line 6 products. Almost limitless options. In some cases you will still need to put the output to some kind of speaker system.
Again I would ask you to think about the guitarists you admire and find out what kind of amp(s) they use. That might point you in the right direction.
In my own case, I am into blues artists who play Stratocasters - SRV, EC, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, etc. So I ended up with a Tex-Mex Fender Stratocaster (basically the same model as the Jimmie Vaughan signature model) and a Fender Pro Junior amp. Both work very well for me.