The THREE practical criteria to buying guitar amplifiers

There are THREE practical criteria to buying amplifiers - or any gear, for that matter:


1) do YOU like how it sounds? 

seems pretty self-explanatory, eh?  Do YOU like it - NOT, do your buddies nor (especially) do a bunch of strangers on an online guitar forum approve...


2) will it suit YOUR situation? 

we're not all playing Carnegie Hall, now are we?  That rock & roll icon, the 100 watt stack, came about in the 1960s - primarily due to requests from Pete Townshend of The Who, according to Jim Marshall(founder, Marshall amplifiers)- because PA systems simply did not exist, either at all, or at the sound quality/levels that they do today.  Also, disregarding size, will it suit your style of music?  Andy Summer's or Eric Clapton's tones won't do you abit of good if you're playing Cannibal Corpse tunes... and vice-versa.


3) can you afford it?

because you can like it all you want, but if you aren't able to literally get it into your possession, then it really doesn't matter, does it?



Now, you'll notice - I said PRACTICAL criteria.  This has nothing to do with personal preferences, biases or prejudices.  That's all your/our own hang-up...