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You have $1000 to spend on a guitar and amp, what do you buy?


billybilly

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This guitar:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ENLXVSNF3

 

and this amp

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BluesJr3

 

I'd have to save up for a Line 6 effects pedalboard later....if I played with a band with this setup, I'd mic the amp into the PA but the amp would be my monitor......I chose a small tube amp because too much amp can blow away typical audiences before it can get loud enough to sound it's best.....

 

A Fender Twin would be my first choice though if money wasn't an option but it would be too loud cranked loud enough to sound it's best at typical venues but it would still work good at normal volumes.....I like the tube Fenders for clean tone.....very bluesy......my favorites are the old ones (pre-CBS).....

 

​Any tube amp that isn't new that I ever buy, I'll buy new tubes for it.....they are the heart of the beast.....

 

I absolutely hate solid-state amps for guitar (using a mic to run into the PA is a little different because you already have your tone from the tube amp)....

 

If money wasn't an option, I'd buy this guitar instead (Ice Tea color) and I'd put locking Grovers on it....eventually all my guitars will have them (locking tuners....Grovers if it was an Epiphone or Gibson.....other brands on other kinds)....this Gibson is $4000....ouch...:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guita...lectric-guitar

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So many combinations I can't chose! (Also way rich compared to what I would spend, so I feel like a lid in a candy store). At that budget you can fit so many epis, squiers, etc... In the mix. Here is one choice with a real Fender: Blues Jr amp + Daphne blue classic 50s strat:http://www.zzounds.com/item--FEN131002?siid=2259&gclid=Cj0KEQiAlISlBRDHpIekkMGiiskBEiQAh-0KQIgpNwyCHnH_wWfJucXCu_hdBjU0fQD68yuTeJejNTEaAlu08P8HAQ I love my Mustang III so you could spend up to $750 on the guitar and still have a kickasd amp. Spend a little extra on the expression pedal and 4 button switch too . Since I am in a blue guitar mood maybe I'd them spend the money on a Joe Bonamassa Epiphone signature LP in Pelham blue http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/epiphone-limited-edition-2014-joe-bonamassa-les-paul-standard-electric-guitar

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i would try to get a fender excelsior amp

some amazon seller have them still for $400

 

guitar depends, should it be something i haven't already, or should it be my only guitar

 

if the first i would try to get a lefty danelectro dc59 of from ebay, new sold for ~$400

 

if it would be the only guitar, i could have, it would be the best strat what i could get for $600

i love my CIJ '68 reissue strat, but that would not be new and out of budget...

but for $550 i saw a MIJ ST72 brand new on ebay i could live with i guess...

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