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I was in your place when I first came to this site...a half-dozen guitars later,
and a lot of
hard-earned advice, here's my ¢2:
I really like the Made in Mexico 50s or 60s Strats. But any standard Strat will
do you, just
make sure it feels good to your hands and has single-coil pickups. I do not like
the
Squires, although some people own and like them, many others relate quality
problems.
You can get a new Mex Strat for about $350, less for a used one.
For an amp, a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is a pretty good place to start. These can
be had
used for $300 or so. They are about $450 new.
Eventually, you will want more reverb. You can go for a pedal (anywhere from $45
to about
$150), or pop for the Fender '62 Reverb Reissue at about $350. The Electro
Harmonix Holy
Grail is reputedly a nice reverb pedal that almost nails the tube reverb vibe.
Good luck!
> I second putting your money into a better amp at first
> and living with whatever guitar you can get with
> whatever you have leftover. If you can get a small
> tube combo, that would be ideal, and for reverb I
> would recommend first the Electroharmonix Holy Grail
> pedal as was suggested and then the Digitech
> Digiverb...I was really surprised by the convincing
> muted "chunk" I could get out of this pedal.
>
> I'd look around for the best single coil guitar you
> can find for what you've got and in that price range I
> don't think the brand matters a great deal. Whatever
> feels and sounds best is what you should get. Stay
> away from Affinity Squiers is my only advice. I had
> one that NEVER held tune and the solder joints
> literally came apart one by one.
>
>
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