Archive for March 25th, 2010
Getting the right guitar amplifier is as personal as getting the right electric guitar. One of the things you must ask yourself is, Where am I going to be playing. Another question is, How are you going to be using the amp.
If you live in a small apartment, or if you will playing your guitar in your room a 10 watt amplifier with a 6″ speaker is more than enough to deliver a good sound without someone else in the house getting angry with you. If you plan on playing outside the confines of your room, let’s say in a band, you might want to take the next step and get either a 20 or 30 watt guitar amplifier. While the decibels goes up slightly the larger speakers, ( 8″ & 10″ respectively ) will make them sound even louder.
One thing to consider is as you increase the size of your amplifer the weight of it is also going to increaase, this is important because you are the one that will be carrying it around along with your guitar and the rest of your guitar accessories.
As you go up in size the amplifiers will have more features also, like one with a built-in reverb on it. Keep in mind if you play bass guitar you need a bass amplifier. These amplifiers have speakers that are beefed up to handle bass tones.