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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Telecaster > Stratocaster IMO.

As far as amps:

Fender Twin Reverb
Fender Bassman (vintage blackfaces are the best- with a 2x12, incredibly hot)
Fender Deluxe Reverb
Fender Vibrolux (twins and bassmen are louder, but Vibroluxes are awesome)

As for pedals: you can't go wrong with a good fuzz and delay. A little big muff pi and a deluxe memory man would do you well. You can always get a bunch of behringers, danelectros, and arions. They are all pretty cheap between 15 and 50 each (USD that is).

Some other guitars I'd recommend:
Epiphone Casinos- they are very awesome
Various Les Paul copies- try them out first. You can find some real gems.


Now Personally- if I had no gear worth gigging with and had 2k pounds which is almost roughly 4k USD- I'd spend 1200 on a 1960's Fender Blackface Bassman + cab, 1k on a Fender Jazzmaster, 60 on a little big muff, 200 on a moog ring mod, 300 on a moog freqbox, 200 on a polyphase, 40 on an expression pedal, 300 on a moog control processer, 100 on a CV sequencer, 120 on an EHX clone theory, 200 on an ehx deluxe memory man, 250 on an EHX POG, and the rest on cables and kits from www.buildyourownclone.com

Man, that would be a nice set up.

I agree about Telecasters but of the bassmans my favourite is the '59 tweed? 4 x 10 combo, its sort of a dark vintage cream colour and the beefiest sounding amp ive ever plugged into.

Also if youve never bought or used an effects pedal before thats a lot to get at once, Id say youll beneffit more from getting one at a time and figuring out everything it can do, and then add another and so forth, that way youre not just getting loads of the sake of having loads and using 'wacky sounds' constantly instead of just playing. Saying that im not discouraging the use of them but saying youll get more out of it if you take it slowly.

Im about to buy an orange amp because they sound fucking awesome, if i was you id try plugging into one.