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Buying Guide: Best Guitar Amps for Beginners

These are our recommended amps for beginners. Affordable, adjustable, and equipped with bells and whistles to get you started without needing to buy effects pedals. This guide lists amps from least to most expensive. For a full list of beginner accessories, click here.

Combo amps are the best band for your buck. A combo amp has a speaker/speakers and the electronics to amplify your sound, it's an all-in-one deal. You can spend more on separate amp "heads" and "cabinets" but you only need those if you are headed into a professional music situation like playing to 500,000 people and want to look flashy.

LyxPro Electric Guitar Amp 20 Watt Amplifier

No fancy sounds, just clean and distortion and all the colors between. To learn about the difference between clean, distorted, and overdriven sounds, click here.

• 20 WATT AMPLIFIER 20W Amp with Built In Speaker, 1/4" Instrument Input, Headphone Jack & AUX Input for Playing Along to Music on Phone or MP3 Player
• EASY TO USE CONTROLS Integrated Controls Include Gain, Bass, Treble, Volume & Grind , enjoy ultimate control with multiple adjustable dials, a built-in speaker and jack for headphones
• AUX HOOKUP 1/8" headphone out jack Connects a phone or MP3 player to play guitar alongside your favorite recorded music

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Fender Frontman 10G Electric Guitar Amplifier - Midnight Blue

• 10 watts
• 6" Fender Special Design speaker
• Gain, volume, treble and bass controls; overdrive switch
• 1/8" auxiliary input and headphone output jacks
• Closed-back construction

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Fender Mustang LT-25 - Digital Guitar Amplifier

Modeling amps provide many different sounds and effects built into the amp. Plug in and play!

• 25-watt combo amplifier
• Single 8” Fender Special Design guitar speaker
• Wooden cabinet
• Simple user interface with 1. 8" color display
• Simple user interface with 1. 8" color display

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Positive Grid Spark Guitar Amplifier and Traveler Bag Bundle

Machine learning in an amp? Yes, please. Comes with a smartphone app!

 

• Spark learns your style and feel, then generates authentic bass and drums to accompany you
• Access over 10000 killer guitar, bass, amp and effect presents, so you can play pristine melodies, crunchy chords and soaring leads
• Choose any songs and spark smart app will automatically display the guitar chords in real time
• Connect spark and easily record your ideas on the computer
• Travel anywhere with the spark custom made carrying bag

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