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RE: BUYING YOUR FIRST ELECTRIC GUITAR
From my personal experience I spent way too much time fiddling with a modeling amp when I first started and I was randomly tweaking knobs not knowing what I was doing. I wasn't happy with my sound and I think that's why most people have such a hatred for the Line 6 Spider amps. Can you get a great sound out of it? Yes, if you know what you're doing.
If I could take it all back I would start with a one trick pony amp that has a great clean and then buy a overdrive, distortion, or fuzz pedal depending on what sound I was going for. Then slowly add pedals as I need them.
For someone like me, too many options stop me from actually playing and getting better.
What amp/guitar is your main setup?
Right now I'm using a Yamaha THR 10C to write songs and record in my home studio, and I play it with two Telecasters (an American Highway One Texas and a modified Mexican one with a Stratocaster neck pup) and an Epiphone Dot. I don't have a special preference for guitars, I just pick one up and see what I can do in regards to writing a new song and getting a nice sound.
I'm also using a Big Muff, and an array of EHX pedals like the Pitchfork, Mel9, and the 720 looper. A friend of mine has made me a custom made clone of the Centaur Klon, but I discovered that it's too wooly and use it mostly as an overdrive or cleaner for the fuzz.