I'm learning to play guitar and...?

Question

I'd like to buy an amp, Any sugguestions?
I have a Epiphone Les Paul Classic electric

I like heavy metal like Metallica and GNR

Answer 1

I would suggest a Fender Twin Reverb if you like a Clean to high-gain clean sound. If you're going for some Rock-o-saurus leads and grungy rhythms, I'd get the Marshall stack.

It all depends on what kind of music you like to play. I would suggest getting a small, cheap amp to learn on, then when you have a good feel for the music you'll want to play, try it out on different amps at the music store. Remember, the kind of music you want to play when you buy the guitar to learn on is never the kind of music you'll want to play when you start getting good at it. You'll start seeing more intricacy in songs. You might even develop a creative skill or two and write your own stuff. So go with the cheap amp first and then get the big one. They'll try to tell you at the music store that what I'm saying is all B-S because they want to sell you the big boy and make some comission.

Answer 2

Start small, get a little amp. You dont need power, and the last thing u want is neighbors, parents, or someone complaining. You just want to hear the guitar plugged in, and you probably want to record some of the music you've come up with. Here is my suggestion: Go to walmart, and you can find one there for around twenty bucks or so. Going to an actual music store usually costs more money, not to mention you've got the owner or employees wanting to sell you this amp or that amp for your guitar. Its your music, you know what you want to create. Hope I'm helpful.

Answer 3

Dont go and spend alot of money untill you know that you are going to keep on playing. But here are some websites of online stores that you can order amps from. I really recommend you seeing a amp that you like and then print out the picture and information and take it to your local music store. Make them order it to the store. Because I once orderd a guitar off of the internet and It came with the neck broken in half..

Try - http://www.samash.com/content_x/marshall_interview.asp

Answer 4

Tell us what kind of sound you're into, then you can get some meaningful answers.

Get Marshall (cheaper) or Mesa Boogie (expensive) for metal distortion. Even the 100% solid state marshalls sound deadly and they are cheap. Valvestates are a bit more money and sound even better.

If you're just beginning, get something cheap with reverb, chorus and delay. It makes general screwing around sound soo much better.

Answer 5

yes, a Fender super reverb is an old standard that really delivers.,if you want to spend a little more then the Fender quad reverb is even better.good luck.

Answer 6

you shouldnt untill you know how to play because then if you give up you loose money