Squier Guitar amplification

I bought this amp along with my first guitar - a Yamaha Pacifica - for about £40. I got it from Gamlins Music Centre in Newport, South Wales. I bought it because I was a complete beginner at this point with no previous guitar experience. I just needed something to practice with, and this was the cheapest I could get. Well...its cheap, and portable...and its got a little handle on the top of it to help you carry it. I have ran out of things I like. It was great when I was completely clueless about guitars and amps about 1 and a half years ago...but now it has gotten to a point where I realise its not just me that sounds bad, its the amp as well. You have a choice of a clean sound, or a really crunchy distorted sound that really does sound bad. You get alot of awful feedback and you can barely change anything about the sound you get because you have just two controls - treble and bass. Makes all guitars sound unwell, and sometimes the power switch on my amp fails to turn on at all! If you can sound good through this amp then you'll sound amazing on anything of better quality! Its a little black box, but to be fair it is built strongly. Outward construction is good, but sometimes when I have tried to use this amp it does not turn on, and then I have to push the plug cable inside it a bit more to try and fix it. Its great for people who dont know anything about amps (like me not so long ago), but for everyone else its not going to be popular. Sounds terrible, but is the cheapskates choice. I advise you to get a Marshall MG10CDR or MG15CDR instead (which I hoped for at the store, but they had none in stock, so I settled for this..). Avoid. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I got this amp in the Strat Pack at my local guitar store for $400 CDN (along with a squier strat, video, strap, picks, tuner and gig bag). I bought it mostly because it was cheap and because i liked the strat it came with. This is a great all around amp. It is probably one of the best choices for a starting guitarist for many reasons. For example, it's cheap, it can go loud enough to be in a band (although you'll have to push the volume to 8 or 9), it sounds just fine and it has all the features a starting guitarist needs. All my complaints about this amp are related to wear and tear. I've had it for 1 and a half years now and the speaker is almost done. This is probably because I put it at 7-8 when I'm playing in my band and I also put a distortion pedal in front of it (which increases the volume). Now, i'f I turn the volume up to 6 or higher, the speaker sounds like it's either loose or like it's about to rip apart. Another complaint I have is that the distorted channel is messed up. When I got it this channel was as good as any other budget amp's. Now, It sounds like it's broken which is wierd because I almost never use it. This amp is built better than most of the other budget amp's out there. It has taken it's fair share of drops and it's fallen out the back of a van a few times and it doesn't have any dents, broken bits etc. This amp will probably last between the time a beginner starts playing and then decides to get a bigger amp. Definatly a good choice for a beginner, this amp will last "long enough" and it is one of the best sounding, best built budget amps out there. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Guitar works for $70 Canadian new. I bought because it was small and cheap. Its quiet loud and very small, its very very simple to use, push of a button to a so so distortion. The clean is impressive. For the money i was happy. Lacks a few functions like Gain, Treble and Boost. The distortion isnt great. Pretty good for the money, the guards still work. it doesnt pick up radio signals so what can i say? If your in an apartment and you dont really care about distortion (although its ok) this amp will keep the neighbours happy. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com