Cheap amps vs Pedals

[LSchefman]

A great amp is a wonderful thing to have. A great $200 amp is something I have yet to experience, but I never say "never."

However, why should it be either-or?

Regardless of an amp's greatness or awfulness, pedals give one alternate tonal choices for certain songs or recording projects. F'rinstance, my amp doesn't need a distortion pedal to sound fantastic, but I have a couple anyway just for those unusual occasions when I want something different.

It's a win-win to have both an amp and pedals. No need to make a decision excluding one or the other. No need to place artificial limits on one's choices unless making the choices causes difficulty.

[jcarpenter]

Icky is right that's my deal too. My problem was I thought I could do that with my super reverb. 2000.00 in pedals later I realized it can't happen so I bought a bugera 333xl. Now a can't light smooth od tones so I bought a Barber DD to run on the clean channel for light classic od tones. Now I can get metal, clear cleans, light od with the barber and any sound that I need.