It's up to the guitarists and what kind of music he wants to play,I use fender 15w amp,it's not very big,I use it when I play my guitar at home,tube sound is quite good but I think not all people like it,I like fender because I like funk and Jazz very much,but now I cannot find a fender guitar to play metal,I think fender is not very fit for metal but I quite like thrash metal but cannot afford a Esp,it's too deer in China.