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Message: [QUOTE="sledog, post: 3246973, member: 195"] For budget allocation, get the best ($) guitar you like. I've played several, but currently still have / like the Jeff Beck Strat w Luce pick-ups (min squeals at volume). Also a '59 LP, and a PRS. You can start w a cheapo amp (small Fender / Marshal / Vox / Peavy), and if you like the results, move up later. After you learn a few chords, etc, get a tab for a song u really like and study that. Nothing like some early success / satisfaction. Effect pedals can become a muti-year research project, but if the amp doesn't provide a distortion you like, pedals by Boss are not a bad place to start. In that case, perhaps a clean voiced amp like Fender may be best. Can't remember the name of my first electric, but it was a cheapie. I remember sore fingers from poor neck alignment and crapppie strings. Spare yourself of that. [/QUOTE]