Recently bought a Squier Telecaster. It's a pretty sweet guitar, and I want to get some opinions on a few amps. I will not be gigging; this is purely for home practice use, maybe with a mind to jamming down the road.

I am looking at spending about $200, and at the store today I played through about 6 amps, and 3 of them made the grade for what I am after.

The ones that didn't were a Montery that was $169. It was just too quiet, too muddy. No definition played clean, and not punchy enough when overdriven. I didn't bother to get the model name. It was maybe 35w.

Another was a Drive, $219, probably about 40w. The overdrive was great, the reverb function was wonderful, but try as I may, I absolutely COULD NOT get a good, defined clean sound. Clean is my no. 1 priority.

The other was a small LTD, didn't see the price. It was maybe 30w. Tone-wise it did nothing for me at all. Too quiet, too muddy, no character.

The ones that DID make the cut... (I wrote down more details about these ones)

Fender Frontman 15G - PR 439 - 38w - $199. This to me was a sweet amp. Very good treble sound, VERY loud, great clean, but not so great overdriven. Wonderful definition from the pups on the Tele I was using, even on overdrive.

Squier SP-10 - PR 367 - 22w - $99. Yes, a Squier. Yes it is small, lacks even the most basic of features, and isn't especially loud, but it seemed designed to be compatible with my guitar. Very good, well-defined clean sound, ordinary overdrive. It seemed like a very good value amp, and that is important to me.

Marshall MG10CD - 40w - $159. Although a higher wattage than the Fender, this amp didn't seem to be anywhere near as loud (by the way, each amp was played with full volume and tone on guitar, amp volume of 5, treble 7, bass 5, and mid (where available) at 5 also). This amp gave a good clean tone, though not as trebly and jangly as the Fender, and gave great overdrive.

I guess what I am asking is which amp presents the best 'value' (price/sound/durability, etc). For mine, the Fender probably leads the way because of the definition of the cleans.

Also, later in the year I will also be buying a Squier Jagmaster, and that guitar will be used through the amp I buy here as well.

Thanks for reading...

edit: seems as though the wattage specs are wrong. I just got the watt readings off the back, but it seems the input differs from the output. I don't even know what a watt is; one of the things in this world that I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about is electronics 😀