What should I get the Epiphone Casino inspired by John Lennon or the Fender American Standard Stratocaster?

I can't decide between these two and I would like your reason why I should get. And what amp should i get with it. I like classic rock.|||Hello there,





Both the Casino and the Strat are great guitars. But they are quite different. The difference is drastic. The Casino is a hollow body guitar with 2 humbucking pickups. It has a fairly large body. It has a Gibson scale neck, that is, 24 3/4 inches. There are not a lot of options available, and therefore this guitar is a very distinctive sound.





The Strat comes in various pickup configurations. The classic version is 3 single coil pickups. It is a solid alder (usually) body guitar. The neck is maple with either a rosewood or maple fretboard (each sounds different). Generally the Strat comes with a vintage synchronized tremolo bridge. But there are fixed bridge and Floyd Rose tremolo bridge versions available. There are so many options available on the Strat, that it can have many different sounds.





Because the body shape, weight and balance is so different between the Casino and the Strat, you need to decide which is a more comfortable fit with your playing style. The tones are so different, you need to decide with tone is the one you want. The necks are so different you need to decide which profile, radius, and scale is most comfortable in your hands. You need to decide whether you need a tremolo bridge or not. How I answer all those questions has no bearing what so ever to you. You need to decide those things.





Amp? Most beginners under estimate the importance of the amp and speakers in the quality of the sound. A great guitar played through a lousy amp or lousy speakers will sound lousy. A mediocre guitar played through a good amp and good speakers will sound decent. You need a good amp. Are you prepared to do the care and maintenance a tube amp requires? If you expect to just flip the switch and start playing, you need a solid state amp. You need to decide if you are up to the work of caring for a tube amp. If not, then go with solid state. You need to decide that basic question before you can seriously consider what brand and model amp.





Later,|||Whats your price range? And both of those guitar will sound pretty different from each other, considering the Strat is a solidbody with singlecoils and the Epi is a hollowbody with P-90's.



For the Epi, think of (of couse) the Beatles and Noel Gallagher (SP?)



For the Strat, think Buddy Guy, Buddy Holly, and Mark Knopfler.



And if you can, try them out if you near a music store.



And since I believe you may want a tube amp, go for one of these:

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Go online and see if you can find any demos that sound good to you. =D