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How to play electric guitar - through an amplifier

Ok! You decided to play your electric guitar through the classic solution: an amplifier! Playing electric guitars through amps is a lot of fun! Through the big speaker cabinets you really move some air in the rehearsal room and on stage and get properly loud! Guitarists love that! One downside: the equipment is large and heavy.

Before you click through our large selection, there are a few quick decisions to make. Do you want an amplifier head with a matching cabinet or the compact combo option?

Pros and cons of amplifiers

Compared with our five other categories, this solution has the following

Advantages:

Clear, intuitive controls.
The clear layout of the controls is the same on almost all amplifiers (quick to get used to).
“Many electric guitarists love to move air.”
Some modern amps offer a headphone output and a USB connection.
Only here you'll find true valve power!
Really loud!
Boutique amps hold their value.
Modelling amps come with built-in effects.

Disadvantages:

Amplifier heads require a separate electric guitar speaker cabinet (cabinet) to be used!
Valve amplifiers are expensive. Solid-state and modelling amps are more affordable.
Large, cumbersome and heavy.
Valve and solid-state amps usually have no built-in effects except perhaps reverb and/or tremolo.

For the quick decision:

Already know what you want? Jump straight into the matching categories for electric guitar amplifier heads, cabinets or combo amps!

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Electric guitar amplifier heads

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Electric guitar amp head cabinets

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Electric guitar amp combos

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Expert opinion:

Both amp variants, i.e. an head with cabinet or a combo, are available in three versions: valve, solid-state and modelling.

Most valve amplifiers have a straightforward layout. Valve and solid-state amps don't have submenus. Operation is simple and done via a control panel. Modelling amplifiers, on the other hand, offer built-in effects. To make it easier for you to decide which solution to choose, we'll briefly cover the pros and cons of the three variants below!