are you an amp guy or a guitar guy?

[Spitfire]

i know we all play guitar... but do you spend most time getting thru a lot of amps or guitars... ive always been happier using the gutars i have at the time but am much more an amp snob.  I dont think ill ever spend more than £800 on a guitar, yet i have spent way more in the past looking for the amp for me.

The most I have spent on a guitar was for my RG550EX which was £650 (i think) which i no longer have and my current most expensive is my jap Tele coming in at £460.

[ChunkyMunky]

Naturally, Aren't amps gonna cost more than a lot of guitars?

I myself am split between both. I'm very happy with my Engl, so I would probably go beserk on another guitar.

[Pete24v]

For sure i've had more amps than guitars in the last 10 years or so... can't see it changing either!

[Philly Q]

 :lol: I am unquestionably a guitar guy!

In the 28 years I've been "playing" I've owned 69 guitars and only about 6 amps I think.

But then I'm a guitar enthusiast more than a guitar player.  I just like guitars.  If I ever took my playing more seriously, then I'd take a greater interest in amps - but I don't think I'd become an amp fanatic.  An amp is just a tool to me, but a guitar has something magical about it.

[Lew]

Amp guy, I've had a ton more guitars but that's because I've found it easier to get an amp I love, but apart from a couple of acoustics I've yet to form an 'emotional' bond with an electric guitar!

[Davey]

guitar guy ... i'm very happy with my amp (less so with the cab), and i dont see myself changing or buying another amp in the distant future. as with guitars, i got a lot of plans, spec sheets, shapes, bla bla bla laid out, that i would ultimatelly like to own

[hunter]

I'm a guitar collector and amp swapper.

Had about 20 amps but they came and went, guitars just pile up, 12 at the moment.

[Jonny]

I want to more the amp guy than the guitar guy, but space restriction I can fit more guitars so.. :P

[Fourth Feline]

Now , for me it's the guitar. I guess it always was really, as playing a guitar or any closely held instrument is an intimate act.

 The amp now only has the function to bring out the best in the guitar for me.  My position was even more consolidated, when I went down the ( long overdue ) Jazz route recently. I practice unplugged about 98% of the time - and the amp when used - is chosen / used to make the guitar sound 'bigger' - not different .  

The 'last straw' for me was seeing / hearing a DVD of Joe Pass going D.I. into the front of house P.A. system. Lovely .  If anything I would now go acoustic - ( or electro- acoustic ) if I had to chose.  Like Philly, I love guitars - but it's about the music to me , it just so happened that I chose the guitar to explore the music on, due to influences at the outset.

I admit that in the interim decades it was about both really. N.O.S. valves in carefully chosen amps e.t.c.   But as previously mentioned by another forumite on a recent thread - even that was about presenting the essence of the style / genre in which I was involved ; -  which was at the time big 'spanky' Soul & R'n'B ( in the true / real meaning of R'n'B ) - and of course warm, cranked electric Blues.

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[hamfist]

Amps definately !  I love them, always swapping them. Now I can build and mod them I'm even happier !

I appreciate a nice guitar, but it only has to be a good functional instrument. People on here might notice that I hardly ever take part in the guitar-orientated threads ... i'm just simply not that interested.

I'm almost as interested in pedals, as amps at certain times.

I actually reckon there are 3 classes of obsession.

1/ amps

2/ guitars

3/ pedals

[Simon D]

I'm probably more of a guitar guy - I've owned 14 in the 14 years I've been playing (and still have 9), while I'm only on my third amp. That's not to say I've found my ideal amp yet, but I do quite like the one I've got.

[Scotty477]

I'm definitley a guitar guy.

I think I've only owned about 5 amps, and 2 of those were small practice amps.

The most I've paid for an amp is £240, which was a Marshall TSL601 - which I didn't keep. My current amp is a Peavey Classic 50 212. Cost was an absolute bargain at £200 used  :D

In contrast I've spent a lot more on my guitars. £1400 for my LP, £750 for my SG2000, £550 for a Strat Plus ... and quite a few more.

[ailean]

I'd say 60/40 amp. I like my gear to be balanced, but if I've got a good guitar then I'll focus on the amp rig. If the amp rig gets a step above then I'll be looking for a guitar.

Lucky for me Sue is the other way, so she worries about the guitars and I worry about the amps.  :)

[Will]

I don't see why amps should cost more guitars, I think I have had this conversation with mates before.
I would like another amp, and a few more guitars (will happily trade up though).
Currently: 2 amps and 2 guitars
Ideal: 2-3 amps, maybe 3-5 guitars
I think I'm a player, even if I play bad :?

[AndyR]

Guitars for me, most definitely...

In fact, it's only since I've been on here that it's crossed my mind that some people might be more taken up with the amp side of things. Not sure why that never occurred to me before!