What amp and guitar to buy for jazz band

The Technology in my content area is vast and many. Music technology has different programs and smaller technologies like pedalboards, midi interfaces, and amplification devices of all sorts just for one instrument. My instrument is the electric guitar, because my content area is music and we focus on performance, the variable of quality is dependent not only on skill but the quality of equipment one has. For jazz guitars we need amps to be heard in a band where there are woodwind brass instruments and usually a drum set! There are two different kinds of amps, tube and solid state. The difference is what kind of parts each is made of. I personally enjoy tube amps more because they have a higher range of low and high frequencies. Solid state has less range of frequency out put but it doesn’t need to be warmed up for 1 min or 2 like a tube amp. Watts is a factor as well depending on how many watts an amp has that is how powerful it is. Something that has 50 watts cannot put out nearly as much sound as something with 150 watts. Depending on where your performance is a guitarist will generally want to get a 50-100 watt amp. 100 watt amps are the most popular for playing venues anywhere because a 100 watt amp can have the same sound and volume as any watt amp under it, so the higher the wattage the more different kinds of wattage amps you have at your disposal. For school jazz band depending on the drum set 100 watts is also a good wattage to get, either way its better to be safe than sorry. The guitar is also very important, depending on the wood, the pickups, and build (one piece or 3 piece) the guitar tone and timbre will come out differently through an amp. Anyone can get a decent guitar for about $150, but depending on what student is really looking for, a good guitar with quality wood and build can go from $500- over $5000. A serious musician or an aspiring student who want to go to college level should invest in a guitar that is worth at least $1500, so they have an instrument that can really put out the sounds only a high quality guitar can. For acoustic guitars that do not plug in it is common for people to use a PA system, which can also be used for singing and speech. A PA (Portable Amplification) system is a great investment for any music teacher because generally has more that one channel which plugs in microphones, and any instrument that uses quarter inch cables, which is most electric instruments. Since many instruments do not have the volume capacity to compete with the drum set necessary in jazz band, or percussion for orchestra or big band, having a microphone up to the quieter instruments will level out the playing field. When buying these items it is important not to forget certain other small purchases like XLR wire for the PA to microphone, stands for microphones, and quarter inch cables for guitar to an amp or any electric instrument to amp or PA.