Food for thought in regards to amps. Generally speaking if someone picks up electric guitar in the beginning they are learning to play and learning how to get proper sounds from the amp. Those who play know that it is easy to get a decent clean sound from a amp but when they progress and want to mimic the sound of a particular artist on a song it can take time if the amp is capable or they can't because the amp is not able to mimic the sound. Couple that with amps that have a ton of knobs to tweak and it can be frustrating. With that in mind you can spend a small amount to be okay, settle for the sounds you get, be unhappy or spend lots of money for an amp that can give you what you want but hard to zero in on sounds.

I own seven amps, six of which provide capabilities unique to each other or can be combined together for a special sound and even be placed out of phase for more possibilities. A guess for what I have spent on these amps is roughly $7000, to $8000. Now let's look at an affordable solution which can really hit middle ground is an modeling amp. A modeling amp has preset sounds/tones to mimic popular guitarist sounds along with providing the ability to create your own sounds. One such amp is VOX VT20+ (there are others in the series) which is priced at roughly $250 new, $200 used. I have the VOX VT40+ which is a bit more amps than the VT20+ and would recommend this amp.

The pictures below are four of my amps shown mainly to see how many knobs there are two work with to get a sound. The VOX is shown but not the controls. The VOX has lots of controls but with only a few clicks of several buttons you have a great sound. The manual tells you which buttons to press for a specific sound while the other amps you need to twist and turn knobs, trial and error with them. But the other amps have sounds that the VOX or other amps can not match.