"2 were on the street as 'garbage', can you imagine?"

I sure wish I lived on you street!  <g>

I have a late '60s Fender Champ that I got 20+ years ago.   It is a tube amp, very simple, and a real sweetheart. 

More recently, got a Fender Stage 160 for a good price.  Great sound for a solid state with sweet Celestion speakers, but I found out that it has 5 basic volume levels:  Off; LOUD!! (1-2); Cops at the door (3-4); Take the roof off the house (5-7); and take the roof off the gymnasium (8-10).  Lesson learned.

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(13 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

To Jellison,

Whoa, not so fast there, Pilgrim.

"Pretty good guitar" means pretty good *for you*.  In other words, it's like a car or a dog or a house.  What is pretty good depends on what suits you, what you want to do with it, and what kind of sound you are looking for.   Solid body guitars sound different from hollow body guitars, Leas Paul style sound different from strat or tele or jazz box style, and  single coil pickups sound different from humbuckers.   Do you want a whammy bar?  These are all question to ask.  As you know from your two acoustics, Guitars just "feel" different, too, and more than you might think, the way a guitar looks makes a difference in your relationship with it too.   You have some excellent  advice above about Epiphones and Agiles and Ibanez and so on.  Check out lots of guitars at stores, look at guitars friends have, and think about where you want to go with it.  Take you time and look for good deals. 

Also, you don't just buy a guitar, you buy a system.  You have to budget for an amp, for effects pedals, and (this is important) for some good cables, 

All this takes time, but it can be a really fun time with your friends.  Electric guitars rule, man.  Rock on!