Which is Better?? Cheap Guitar & Expensive Amp, or Expensive Guitar & Cheap Amp?? 

That would be EPIC

Oh my god my whole life has been a lie 😂

Great idea because Andertons do a lot of great cheap pedals like tone city & landlord which I've actually been considering.

expensive guitar. amps come and go. you'll be plugging into mate's amps or getting another in 6 months.

Just think if you were a kid again with a gold pick, thats funny !

To be honest I tested an ibanez gio kit a few days ago and it blew my mind. The guitar was really comfortable and light, the neck was butter smooth and the little amp sounded ok(ok cleans, ok crunch, meh high gain). For your budget a kit like that with a well set up on the guitar is really great ;)

Try to get a second Yamaha Pacifica/Ibanez and a good modeling amp if you don't want to spend on a lot of pedals later.

Squier start pack. Seriously, try to find a yamaha second hand

Just look for a knockoff starter pack on amazon. They play really well for ca low price

Secondhand squier or SG400 and secondhand peavey bandit red stripe

The greatest guitar players in the world never took guitar lessons. They took drugs. You should have bought some coke 🥳🎶

The Wizard Fantastic words of wisdom

I have coke so I'm half way there 🤪

I'll take your expensive gear if your having a hard time. 😂

I have decent gear and decent gear.It helped me get a headstart on learning.

Shit man, im so sorry.

Hard memory to have. But it triggers you when you see a Yamaha Pacifica.

Do you have any pedals?

+XxXINFUSIONSXxX 😂

+Rick C only 800 bucks in pedals? After the Midi Controller, base pedal board and a wireless receiver there would be hardly any left for actual pedals

+Behemothokun Give me time, mate, bills come first!

+Rick C :)

😂😂

Wanna buy a les Paul

Stand back? Are you about to try science?

@@MichaelTheLibertarian He's about to connect the tube amp to his jack.

wanna sell it?

i think you did something wrong, not sure what exactly

exactly what i did xd i m looking to buy a guitar from a friend for like 40$ and struggle to get 200$ for an amp

I'm just gonna buy a guitar+amp kit for 104€

**haha money printer go brr**

@@piranhasoundsystem Go to gear4music and check out an amp called the Vox Pathfinder 10 (make sure you buy the right one because there's one for bass and one for electric).

Er.....a £1000?..........really?....

+MagneticWhistler i laughed so hard at this :D

+Owen Hu You won't be laughing when he comes at you with a machete

+MagneticWhistler so when you're running away with a guitar they come after you, luging around a bigass fender? that doesn't make any sense ;-)

+sandman1201 Shitty joke

+MagneticWhistler Why are you laughing? He's being 100% serious. Have you not seen in the news? 1,000,000 people was murdered by The Captain because they tried to run away with stuff from the store

+Passive That's a really good idea

+Passive ALL OF THE YES.

YES!!!!

GREAT IDEA !!!!!!!!!

Yes! There's a video on AC/DC Official's TouTube channel of Angus Young playing through the toy amplifier that comes with the AC/DC Backtracks Deluxe Package, and it sounds rubbish. His guitar probably isn't even reasonably priced!

...wait until they've finished laughing, play for a minute and then watch 'em cry. ;>

@BIMSY 657 but they still look shit though.

@@StevePayne76 They still look cooler than a strat

or you could go 50/50 and get a decent guitar with a decent amp

Any true guitarists knows it’s the player not the guitar that matters. Besides most guitars nowadays are built very well and sound good.

I agree, balance is a paramount, myself however went captain’s way... But for home use is fine, $1000 Fender strat and $350 Laney amp,

£1000 for guitar ,and free plugins amp sims

LOL

Well I'm not so sure that was to cover a mistake or not but he did actually turn his volume up clearly. If I make a mistake, there's a chance I start smashing that guitar and I look a lot more pissed off than that lol

@@shred5 c h i l l

@@dominickbolieau9328 No need to overreact and get your panties in a bunch, I'm just saying what can be clearly seen.

@@shred5 I was kidding buddy lmao maybe you're the one with your panties in a bunch

i agree but if i have a decent amp i can make any guitar sounds playable lol but being broke sucks when u love music/guitars

I know exactly, sometimes it feels like being a drug addict would have been a cheaper thing to be than a musician.

try being a broke lefty guitarist

Adam Szuszkiewicz same

Zainab A learn how to paint, that's what I did, granted I already had two paint guns and a good compressor when I wanted to paint one of mine but spray cans are alright for simple colors

I agree, If you're begining you don't even know how to set up an amp and you´re looking for "that" guitar that looks like you want.

Im not sure. I like the idea of getting better equipment as you get better.....whatever the activity may be. You know that feeling when you see someone thats a bit rubbish but has really expensive kit? The fat bloke on the tour de france racing bike......the teenage girl in the 911.....the skier with the helmet and expensive clothes, snowplowing down an easy run.....i could go on all day but you get my point......having said all that, if youre at home on your own....do what you like !

i think you mean 2 pennies lol

@@_ikako_ I must admit, as a Brit, using the phrase "2 cent" does bug me a bit. Haha!

not to mention that cheap amps are much much muuuuuch better now than they were when this was filmed...

Andy Chamberlain Music This comment has a large lack of upvotes

I've used that exact rig before. A little on the quiet side. People kinda look at you funny but overall it's a good bang for the buck rig.

My air guitar won’t stay in tune, needs a set up, anyone know of a good air guitar tech?

I have exactly the same setup and can make it sound EXACTLY the same as whatever band I’m playing along with! Brilliant!

What pedal u using?

+Robbie Timms And how does your VIP compare to some $3000 guitars? Nice build by the way on the forum. ;)

Rogue Jellybean Haha, thanks man. That VIP plays better than my Gibsons, by far. Definitely going to be acquiring more Warmoths in the future!

+Robbie Timms Yup. Depending on what "middle of the road" is. I think the sweet spot for a new guitar is between $725 and maybe $1,300. Beyond that you're paying for binding and prettier wood. For a new amp, $650 to $1,200 seems good.

Yeah, for me, if I'm looking for "middle of the road", I tend to look at Schecter's offerings. they always have pretty good prices, for what you get. I tend to spend a bit more on amps, but I will say that my Orange Dark Terror is one of my favourite amps ever.

+Robbie Timms my issue is modern imports try too hard to give you a guitar that looks great on paper versus a guitar that truly IS great for the money. My jackson rr3 with a bolt on neck, rosewood board and no binding poops all over the newer jackson rrtmg i had a year ago. I hate the modern guitar market. I'd rather go warmoth or custom shop. Gear is an investment.

no, the pick ups are real important.more than the amp even.

I feel that the general feel of the guitar is the most important part. ive played some guitars that just feel like crap and were not fun to play even though they had good pickups. for me the neck and frets are most important. @@christineblack4654

@@christineblack4654 nope - try playing with an expensive guitar on one of those supermarket-bundle-amps that comes with guitars. You can do whatever you want, it will sound like crap and kid will stop playing. But there are so many guitars that are under 200€ and really play and sound well - with a good amp, the kids will stay playing.

That's a really good idea

no second hand ;_;

+willcant quickscope Never secondhand for these things. It's RNG. Chappers could get a banged up $2000 les paul for $100 because it has chunks out of the body, but still plays fine, and El Capitain is stuck with a $100 Jackson Dinkey thing with a missing tuning peg and an action 4 inches high.

+willcant quickscope YAAAAAAASSS

+willcant quickscope Sounds like LinusTechTips Scrapyard Wars ;)

Ikr, I'd like to see their episodes on like a regular basis. Like a tv show or something. These guys are fun!

What about the sound levels, there are traps in the video for your eardrum.

Ikr, these guys are fun

@@onebreh this video is the dark souls of youtube music videos

Yo man, Hardcore on FL bops ✨

@@pablito5927 who has🤣

@@pablito5927 get reaper, it is well worth the 60$

bro get GuitarRig player from Native instruments. You can use it in demo mode for like 30 minutes and it sounds great

I’m using a 90$ epiphone les Paul style guitar and a 30 dollar crate amp.

They still do them but on the main channel with Matt and Rabea.

I miss top gear ;--;

+Tink 666 I feel you

I think the result of Jeremy's punch was a good result, one Top Gear becomes two Top Gear

Meh, I don't think Top Gear will be any good with the new presenters but I could be completely wrong... Although, Jeremy, James and Richard's new show sounds like it'll be really good so it might have been a good result lol

demonic alien cat princess well said.

William Woche And one of my guitars is older than me.

demonic alien cat princess agreed, all my guitars except for 2 have been used, (in order) Epiphpne LesPaul limmited edition (ebay, still have cause first.. not my favs but ok), rg370dx (ebay.. got stolen), *new* ibanez gio (trying to replace stolen rg... way to expensive and absolute crap), 89 Fender Squier HMIII *japan* (bought used locally for 300$ in perfect cond minus the trem bar missing... best sounding guitar ever, played great.. super rare. had to sell for rent), *new* Ibanez rg350dxz $650 on sale for $499 (grear guitar though l&m failed to set it up.. neck has a minor back bow, pickups could sound better... different from the 370dx.. other than that its on point)

not Squier by Fender... a Fender Squier.. i hate having to explain that..

RobTapps88 I have a pair of Fender Squier Acoustics. Also got my mandolin back after a few years of not seeing it (no, it didn't get stolen, as it was broken and the person that was fixing it couldn't do it immediately). Some of them also have stickers on (which I put there), and I almost got myself a Les Paul last week (but decided against it in the end).

It always looks good, what are you talking about?

+~Delevity~ *In Dr. Evil voice*: Riiiiiiiiight.....

wgb01001 In all honesty, I prefered Chappers with the dreadlocks.

nah looks like he's balding

keep that mess short.....roaches were living in DAT long stuff

Tone Seeker careful about mixing those painkillers and beers, it increases the chance of overdose, be safe and get well! Also while your buzzed up I'd recommend a good jam session for you, it'll sound nuts :)

Tone Seeker check out this one. made in Austin

I'm a new englander I'm from ct

Gay...

Tone Seeker 112 likes. 112 cab

Francis Miguel So do I, but that's not going to stop me from playing my favourite songs!

Francis Miguel Buy a distortion pedal. It'll all sound awesome no matter how crappy your guitar or amp.

Francis Miguel I'm a poor acoustic peasant

i could barely buy that XD

A Rabid Fox I'm so sorry to hear that. oh wait I'm a broke ass peasant too

Was it Blink 182's carousel from 13:15? :)

+Jonasz Gubera Yup!! I hear it

lol was sat here just thinking, that bass playing sounds sweet

Ha ha... I'm a rubbish bassist who only knows three songs! :D

Nice blink

One of dorje's songs isn't it?

@@psygodnp Its Catalyst :P

Daniel Hochpöchler yeah i first started thinking if you have an amp that the the EQ knobs worked like the tone knobs on the guitar only working on the ends only then its better to get a more high end amp but at the same time I have this first act like guitar and a Ibanez gio gx130 reverse headstock (not sure if it's the right model) and I was trying to play the tapping in eruption and I played alot better on my Ibanez better then the first act looking like guitar

Wall, that's in case you're a beginner. There's also a good amount of people that get really comfortable with their first guitar and probably want an upgrade with their amp.

But I get it though. First you need motivation and improve your skills. Then you can get an expensive amp

Wolf Predator: both, one can't exist without the other. unless you buy an acoustic guitar which you don't need an amp for because it produces clean sounds on it own, although there are acoustic guitars that you can plug into an amp, but those are only necessary if your playing in front of a gig. if your only playing fun at home like i do, then an acoustic guitar will do just fine. if however your looking to buy an electric guitar, then you need an amp. it doesn't have to be an expensive amp, but for an electric guitar the amp is the second most important thing your gonna buy. just like on a computer, the CPU is the most important thing your gonna buy. so even if your gamer and play guitar in your spare time, the CPU is still most important piece in your computer. now you might say what about a cheap CPU but with a more expensive graphics card, and i would say not to do that. to me if your only willing spend $100 bucks on a Dual Core CPU, then you have no business buying a $400 dollar graphics card. so what happens when you spend $200 dollars on a CPU and you also buy an Nvidia or Radeon graphics card with a similar price and what happens, you get a nice balance. the graphics card won't have to work as hard, and the CPU won't feel like it's bottlenecking. so it works the same way with an electric guitar and a amp. i have one acoustic guitar, and i have two electric guitars. my first guitar was a Yamaha Pacifica. i got that guitar in 2005 when i was about 13, and i still have that guitar today. the amp i picked out wasn't cheap, but it wasn't $500 dollars expensive. it was a Fender amp for about $250 dollars, but it was only like 30 watts, which is much better than the 15 watt cheap amps they sell out there. my parents didn't mind me practicing, but my amp was a little too loud at night even for just clean at low volume, so the following year my dad got me this Fender acoustic guitar for $299 around Christmas time. around 2010 the year i graduated is when i bought a second guitar, which was a Gibson Les Paul Studio. similar to the one Lee showed in the video, but mine was white with some black highlights here and there.

Daniel Hochpöchler quick the opposite for me. I got a cheap one(and still do) and use that to practice on. But I got a pretty expensive amp and that's way better sound. Sooner or later I'll be getting a better guitar tho.

This is a joke right? If not Pounds is their money

+WALKING REGULAR This is a joke right? If not, puns are a form of word play involving a word with two meanings.

That's what I was saying. If it was a joke fine, but if not then I was telling the guy so he'd know

+WALKING REGULAR It's so painfully obvious that it's a joke that you look silly for trying to correct him.

+Armando Araujo I think he needed to make it clearer if he was joking, his comment has caused serious confusion.

It always gets me when the cup "breaks". I looked up like "wtf?!" and then realized it was post.

exactly ! (grabbing the neck)

agreed. Plus you can just change pickups and put in a bone nut good tuners and sound as good as any expensive guitar if you have a really good amp.

very true there are so many options for good quality budget guitars now yet budget amps especially for gigging just are a big fat no!

@Nintariz in that case if you only had a grand like they did in the vid then you would prob need to go 50/50 because an amp less than 500 prob not gonna be great for gigging. and if you playing punk you just need good gain on your amp so you can for go pedals in that case. but that said there are so many choices now for budget guitars epiphone, squire, harley benton all of which will last a long time

@Nintariz you say that but robben ford and jeff healy played epiphone and squire. i have my several thousand pound guitars but i do also still enjoy my squire bullet. budget guitar have come a long way in the past few years. not just shitty encores any more. and a cpl years back epiphone had better quality control than gibson lol

Totally agree

I agree man. I just have the 50 but it seriously reminds me of a tube amp

It truly is an amazing amp. Don’t care for the effect except reverb/boost.

Brendan Downes Thank you so much!

I'm just glad there was an answer .. if the answer was "it depends" I would've cried

Pssst... Hey, scary stranger... Thanks!

Some heroes does not wear a cape, you are one of those.

Lmao

for about the first 3 months into my guitar playing I was convinced that the amp with the most knobs was the best amp

+Jamie MacMillan and I was convinced that the guitar with the most pickups was the best, so I agree with this tthat's a real problem at the begining

Ban Quiroz I was pretty similar tbh for some reason I was convinced HSH was the best pickup configuration for some reason and my current guitar is HSH so I have no evidence to say I believe otherwise hahaha but now I probably lean towards HH for simplicity

+Maafa 1619 All true man, I teach guitar and most beginners I teach are more focused on getting a shiny new guitar and amp than actually sitting and practicing for hours/months/years.

Gonk it's all because of that consumer market shit. My dad's on a high ass salary and as a result I'm a spoilt brat meaning I need new shit to stay motivated with my playing which is bad although I'm listening to as much music as I can to get real inspiration. I think if I started playing younger it would help but around ten once I got obsessed with collecting shit, being able to fully appreciate what I have was difficult which is shit for me

And holy christ this are some cheap guitars. I mean, 750 for a Gibson Tribute. This is like 3/4 of an average monthly payment in US.

+Giovannii Gomes That Gibson is $900 in the US.

$2000 in Brazil

Wait what!? Jesus, I think it's cheaper to fly to the States, buy a guitar and fly back.

and it's two grand because the rate Dolar X Real is absurd due to the crisis here. The average wage here is like, US$200 now. So yeah, Gibson, Fender, Ibanez Prestige, ESP Custom and stuff costs about the same as a car

if you get a cheap guitar and a cheap amp. Do you have then the best gear?

Did you ever play Dean

I have some background with Dean, and honestly, unless you are buying an '84 or older original, or intend to pay AT LEAST $900.00 (US) for a new one, Dean just isn't a viable option. IMO, their beginner and intermediate guitars are pretty lacking. There are a few exceptions, such as the "CFH" (the Lightning bolt ML) set thru neck reissue. They originally cost around $600.00, and assuming they are built the same as the first reissue run from the 2000s, those particular '83 ML reissues are a great guitar. Other than that, Dean just doesn't have the playability at the lower price points that can be found in some other brands. I personally play BC Rich exclusively, but will readily concede that the low end BCRs are trash, and only some of the mid priced (let's say $499.00-699.00) models were any good. Now the company has been sold, so who knows WHAT will be happening with them now. Don't take me wrong, I like quality Deans, as well as quality BCRs and Jackson's, but the cheap trash that these companies are putting their names on are, IMO, devaluing the entire brand on all three.

+Brian MacDonald ok well I paid 350 fer my Dave mustaine z so

do they actually buy these things or do they just use them for videos and then put them back?

+Lord Tarkenton I actually do play a bit of bass in a Epiphone video with Nathan thats due out soon. But I'm not very good, so I don't think you'll learn much from me!

CaptAnderton Haha well I'm certainly looking forward to that then! I'll just keep my fingers crossed for Dave teaching Rob some bass.

+CaptAnderton The main thing is taking part! :p

+CaptAnderton Hey, C10, how about a video on a budget taking advantage of any special offers, etc the shop has? Plus you get to show off Anderton's promos :) I'd be interested in you guys' take on trading off what you want compared to what there is.

+CaptAnderton your guitar, however has gotten really very good! I'm digging the blues

of course! But a nice guitar will motivate you to practice more and if you live in an apartment you really cannot use an expensive amp anyways. Then get nice amp.

Renaissance Man I had a cheap ass peavey I got from a pawn shop that sounded like shit, I then got a fender champion, which is still a budget amp, but the better amp motivated me to play and practice more.

@@GuitarsAndSynths it wont motivate you much if you plug a nice guitar into a cheap amp. I almost quit playing having 2 les pauls, and cheap amps, then i got a marshall. now THAT motivated me, so i got an '18 explorer elite now too. (this is an English Marshall tho). The better the guitar, the more you need tubes. solid state will never please you unless you have a cheap guitar.

It doesn't matter to me because I can make both sound cheap af.

I had a REALLY cheap Peavey amp I swear it was like 5 watts in a 3 inch speaker. When I finally got my 15w fender, it was amazing. It really did motivate me to play.

Lol w h a t

Bullet strat with a dragon heart pick?

😂

I guess the pick could break the strings.

leo liuwa im pretty sure that he meant pickup

Or a custom shop strat with a old brownface fender

My trusty Fender blacktop tele mexican and used blackstar ht20 has served me well for the past 5 years. Yes I have guitars that are 5x the price but they definitely arent 5x as good!

+NXN They should have included Bea to go 50:50. That would have been great, cause I totally agree with you!

+NXN PRS SE Zach Myers in vintage sunburst 529 pounds. Egnater Tweaker 15w 1x12 429 pounds. Mooer Ana Echo Analogue Echo Delay Pedal 42 pounds. That would be a 1,000 pound gigging rig.

+NXN or an epiphone les paul standard with a 500 pound amp + pickup swap..

Keri Mayfield ok

thanks

No you mean the guitarist with more skills wins

@@carloswendel.7 there's no such thing as a cheap tube amp, so that's why they usually sound "better". There are some really nice high end solid states that more than hold their own against tube amps in their price range. But that all depends on the kind of tone your chasing, of course.

When you have a good guitar you can play in live gigs and sound amazing tho

So yeah , i should get a pacifica and that cube.😂😂😂😂

Same fam, same

As soon as he said that I started comment scrolling to find this

Was that an offer to Rob?

Awesome

Ha.

Kinda agree with this - maybe not that it's so simple, but that it's all in the math(s). In the 50's and 60's when things were cut and shaped by hand, it was really important. Now you can 3D model a classic guitar and turn them out by the 100's using a CNC machine. That's why one of my favorite things is as Chappers talked about at the beginning. Find a cheap guitar that sets up well, like a used PRS SE, Squier or Epiphone for a little money - something that intonates and that you can get the fret buzz out with good low action, enjoy it for a while and then drop some really nice pickups into it and get so much more for your money. I drool over a Dragon, and spent nearly $2000 on a PRS Custom 24, but I have almost as much fun playing a guitar that I built myself for $150 with P90's. My latest project is dropping a Seymour Duncan humbucker sized p90 into the old Epiphone Les Paul Goth that I learned on 10 years ago. I loved it and kept it, but it stopped making it into the rotation because the others were better and/or more fun. Now for $90 and some time with a soldering iron, I think it's going to see a lot more use again.

This is true today, but back in the early 80s when I started playing you would be better off with an expensive guitar because cheap guitars were borderline unplayable.

How true been down that avenue

Heard of bias m8 cost 60 bucks

Clam hit the nail on the head. Expensive guitars are great, but in keeping with the topic at hand, a cheap guitar with better amp/pedals far outweighs the benefits of a spendier guitar and cheap sound.

Yeah lol the practical way to go is expensive amp, which is fun..

But a cheap guitar with a shit setup will hinder your playing abilities and makes it harder to play.

That'd be great for some "heavy" metal.

Lol yeah I had to look it up to see what we were talking about 🤣

That would be the Les Paul range...

easy choice: Les Paul

Imagine the sustain

2000 is an absolutely massive budget to most people

Duh

have you tried looking at it slow mo like 0.5 its hilarious

How do you watch in different speeds

+Cade Whitmore You can't change the speed ona phone

oh tought you where on PC

+JoeyRockerTV If he had the extra like 20 quid for the bassbreaker this contest is over.

Yes :P

+JoeyRockerTV The les paul's bridge pickup squealed like crazy with higher gain/volume. Not sure why so many les pauls have this problem. I've encountered many that do. Maybe there's some tweak you can do to fix the squeal, but if not, then it needs a pickup swap. And for a guitar already many hundreds of dollars more expensive than the Yamaha, this is unacceptable. The Yamaha already has a great bridge pickup sound. All you'd really have to do is swap the neck pickup, sand the frets a little, and swap the nut to get an EXCELLENT combo. Based on these factors, Rob's setup is definitely the winner. The damn thing even has a coil tap. If Rob takes out the middle single coil, there's even room to put the bridge pickup in parallel within the wiring.

+Hunter Baker Gibson do a terrible job with shielding their pickups and cavities these days, even on their Standard models. I know the SG especially has had a LOT of complaints from people who spent $1,000 on and SG and got terrible hums and squeals.

+Hunter Baker yes there is a tweak; it's called wax potting the pickup. Something all decent pickup makers do now, except for chinese knock-offs. Kinda tells you how low Gibson has sunken.

Haaaaaaa

and its listed as "Nice Gibson guitar with marshall amp"

Tyer Estes XD

Lmao

pfffft... a thousand dollars is cheap for a Gibson, they're ridiculously overpriced these days.

thats exactly what i have :3

^ this man* gets it! *apologizing in case you're a lady.

that is a good way to go strictly for jamming in your room, but once you start building up a collection of high end pedals with a really nice tube amp nothing else can really compare. Use to love those multi effects when I first started playing, but now I wouldn't use one outside of practicing alone.

very true, I started with an epiphone studio and a fender frontman, and even that was a lot more than most kids I know

If you can buy used you can get a sick rig for that price A used good quality guitar can easily be had for under 300. I've seen mexican strats PRS, Ibanez, danelectro, epiphones all for under 300.00. And you can get a used blackstar, fenders blues Jr, bugera or Marshall valvetronic combo. Hell even a used vox for under 3-400. So with 500-600 you can get a gig ready setup easily.

3star2nr unless you’re a lefty, the used market isn’t the best.

Not totally sure, but I think the guy from know your gear did exactly what you are asking for

Buddy Foster Boss Katana 50, $230, and a mexi-strat! You can get some as long as $400

+Matthew Lane this would be great

Or even combos. II'd like a crash course on amp history, myself. That could even serve as an Andertons ad, so... make it!

+Matthew Lane Heres a simple guide beginners, if your on a budget, Dont look at Marshalls, or even Mesas

+Matthew Lane That'd be an awesome idea.

I'm on it :-)

That's actually a great idea, have Chappers and the cap'n do like 30/70 and have Bea go 50/50 and see what pays off the best

+Mikkel Scott - Guttural Slug/Septic Congestion Bea wins. He is a vastly better guitarist. He could make playing a rubber band hooked up to a transistor radio sound like seven shades of awesome.

+Andrew Watson , yes Andertons why did you not do this?

For a guitar that heavy, they're gonna have to build a club around it!

well us americans we gotta give it to the brits cause its their language but man some of it is so different

Haha that's gonna be hard to play

I knew Les Pauls were heavy but dang.

That would be £750 gbp not 750lbs

I know, what beginner spends 750 on an amp?

Ikr? What they consider as a "cheap amp" is still three times more expensive than mine.

Maybe they're talking about a beginner gig rig.

Possibly, but there are other videos on the channel that are "How to gig for £1000" kind of things, and Lee says "I even think I could gig with this" - which makes it sound like that wasn't the original intention and it was more a "first proper setup" thing. Perhaps not a full blown newbie rig, but... yeah, it just seems a lot. Half or even 2/3 of the budget would make far more sense I feel. I get that they don't want to go budget, but it doesn't seem like they really compromised anywhere, and I feel like this video would make far more sense as a "You have to actually compromise somewhere: so if you can buy a mid range Amp OR Guitar and a compromised version of the other, which gets you the end result?" approach...

they compromised on not having a pedel with the les, and not having the best pick up on the 112v. but i get your point

Yep... I had about $600 playing metal. So I just went with an Ibanez Iron Label.... You can literally get a pedal board and a huge speaker... and you are set

the era of guitars gaining value ended in the 80s

Not necessarily true... there are still some limited run guitars that gain in value over time. Some of the Fender Pawn Shop stuff, for instance, is already going for more on eBay used than they originally listed for. I have a Marauder that I paid $300 for new and I just saw one go on Kijiji for 450 really quickly. I also have an Excelsior Pro amp and I've had people offer me nearly TWICE what I paid for it new just 4 years ago.

In the 70s you could get a 60s for cheep now 90s are kind of cheep soooooo.....buy now....that 60s strat is big bucks,,,,at one time the 70s starts and Gibsons no one would have now hard to find...lol

i totally disagree for so many reasons. but hey, we can still be friends.

Not to mention, cheap guitars these days are incredibly well built. I've held some brand new Ibanez gios lately and was blown away by the quality!

Especially in the recent years, there are so many decent ampsims around, but indeed then you do need an audio interface and some decent speakers.

Well, tomorrow I'm buying my first gibson, and I still have my super shitty amp from the pack, so I will expend 90€ more on a second hand vox vt20x.

i actually bought my first amp before i bought my first guitar lol

i was going to buy a fender american pro 2 telecaster and play it through my old fender frontman 15g amp that came with a squier strat but opted for a MIM telecaster and new boss Katana amp instead so your statement is false.

@@TRUE_GR1T It that's your dream amp, you are one of the exceptions