August 15th, 2010 | 
Author: I’ve had an electric guitar for nearly two years but it was given to me broken. I just recently repaired it and am interested in playing it only I’m not too knowledgeable with electric guitars (I’ve been playing acoustic for a little while) so I’m not sure what type of amplifier is needed/suggested. It’s a J.Reynolds strat copy in ok condition. I just want a good cheap amp, nothing fancy. What should I be looking out for?
Get a Marshall pocket amp for $40. It’s a fine little practice amp, which is all you need at this point. I keep one on the coffee table in my livingroom when I don’t feel like cranking up the studio but I want to practice guitar.
Then, after you’ve played for 6 months to a year, you will know more about what you want to do and that’s the time to start researching a guitar amp. But if you buy an amp right now, it could just be a waste of money because 1) you might decide you don’t like playing guitar or 2) the kind of amp you will want in 6 months to a year won’t be the amp you bought when you were just beginning to play electric guitar.
A Marshall pocket amp is cheap, cool, and it’s pretty loud in a room. If you want to spice it up, get a used BOSS DS-1 distortion pedal for $35 or any type of fuzz pedal. DOD has a variety of fuzz pedals, you can find them cheap on eBay, and they’re all good. I have the American Classic Fuzz and if you ever find a DOD 250 (also known as the YJM), that’s an excellent pedal.
Beware the salesperson who tries to sell you a "real" amp instead of the little Marshall pocket amp. A lot of sales people are paid commission and there isn’t much commission on a pocket amp. Other amateur musicians may laugh at your amp, but let me tell you something – anyone who disses the Marshall pocket amp is a musical moron.
Trust me.
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Get a Marshall pocket amp for $40. It’s a fine little practice amp, which is all you need at this point. I keep one on the coffee table in my livingroom when I don’t feel like cranking up the studio but I want to practice guitar.
Then, after you’ve played for 6 months to a year, you will know more about what you want to do and that’s the time to start researching a guitar amp. But if you buy an amp right now, it could just be a waste of money because 1) you might decide you don’t like playing guitar or 2) the kind of amp you will want in 6 months to a year won’t be the amp you bought when you were just beginning to play electric guitar.
A Marshall pocket amp is cheap, cool, and it’s pretty loud in a room. If you want to spice it up, get a used BOSS DS-1 distortion pedal for $35 or any type of fuzz pedal. DOD has a variety of fuzz pedals, you can find them cheap on eBay, and they’re all good. I have the American Classic Fuzz and if you ever find a DOD 250 (also known as the YJM), that’s an excellent pedal.
Beware the salesperson who tries to sell you a "real" amp instead of the little Marshall pocket amp. A lot of sales people are paid commission and there isn’t much commission on a pocket amp. Other amateur musicians may laugh at your amp, but let me tell you something – anyone who disses the Marshall pocket amp is a musical moron.
Trust me.
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Professional musician, composer, producer
Personally i’d go for a 15 watt fender frontman or marshall if i wanted a cheap amp
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anything above a 15 watt
they give bad giveback with heavy distortion
as for brand i suggest 2:
line 6
spider (these are my faves)
if you get a spider 75 150 or 150HD
you get a setting that you can pick a song and it gives you that distortion effect
like if you choose day tripper it would give you that reception
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http://www.theguitarfiles.com/product_info-1154.html
This was the first amp I got when I started. Well actually that’s the KGA10FX and mine was just the KGA10. I loved that amp! I could get any sound that I wanted with it AND it was loud enough that I could play with my friends in the garage. It’s a million times better than any pocket amp. You can actually play with friend with this and enjoy being in a garage band. It’s impossible to do that with one of these:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Marshall-MS-4-Micro-Stack-Not-So-Mini-Amp-Practice-Amp-482816-i1145912.gc?source=4WFRWXX&CAWELAID=29480630
And they’re in the same price range. With a micro Marshall, you really are paying for the name. Don’t get me wrong; I love Marshall amps. I’ve got a Marshall JCM 900 100 watt half stack. I just know that those baby amps are not the way to go.
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7 years of playing guitar.