Electric Guitar Amps

Electric guitar amps are one of the key elements necessary for completing and forming your sound – so you need to take the time to review your options.

Guitar amps are classified as either Solid-state (analog) Tube or Modeling (microprocessors, digital...these can simulate the sounds of a variety of tube amplifiers without always using vacuum tubes). Tube guitar amps produces a warm and natural electric sound. Professional guitarist generally prefer tube guitar amps over solid state for their warm, fat tone and "organic" distortion they cause. Solid state amps are the most common amps made today. Solid state amps are generally louder and suit heavier styles of music. Solid state amps are cheaper to produce, and therefore to sell, so a person on a budget should probably start by looking at solid state. Solid state amps are very reliable and that is the main reason they remain popular with some guitarists. Solid state amps are easy to maintain (no tubes) and they can hold up to a lot of abuse. Both tube and solid state amps have their advantages and disadvantages and each has its own fans. Guitar amplifiers are as varied and personal as the actual guitars.

Most guitar amps are between the 50 to 120 watt range, with 100 being pretty much the standard. For public performances, a guitar amp should generally be rated at 50 watts or higher. As far as loudness goes the more watts an amp will produce the louder you can play without getting distortion.

Today's amps offer various options available in size, sound, amplifier technology and configuration. Amps are equipped with a variety of knobs used to adjust high, low, and mid-range tones and sounds. Every amp has an input jack for an electric guitar, but many amplifiers include multiple inputs that have other functions. Some amplifiers may have a line out or direct out. Others also include an output for an electronic tuner . Many amplifiers have a master-volume control in addition to volume controls for each channel. While the master and channel controls affect the amplifiers volume, the channel volume also affects the tone. Some amplifiers also have a phase switch, which can help with feedback. Other effects, like chorus and delay, are included on some amps, and can be used to alter the sound even more dramatically.

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