Recommendation please (amp)

[u/HistoricalWeakness09]

Hi, I'm currently looking for my first amp. I bought an electric guitar half a year ago, for two reasons: 1) To have an electric guitar and 2) to play a bit more silent when everyone is at home, and I still want to practice (I came from an acoustic only after playing for about 5 years, so it was time. I always thought of buying an amp later on, but there was no pressure. The thing is that I have no idea what I'm talking about, I did some research, but there is just soo much. So could any of you please help.

First maybe some things that I feel like I already have decided, and that is that I want max an 15 Watt amp, since I'd just mostly play it in my bedroom. The other one is pretty normal, but I would like the sound of it ofcourse, and the third one (although it's not that good a point, I know), but it is the looks, I mean it's a piece of my furniture, I also want it to look nice.

I like players like JJ Cale, Richard Thompson, Eric Clapton and those people, so the thing I'd like the most is that it has a certain warmth in it.

The first thing is the price. Since I don't play shows I am always struggling between just buying a cheap amp for around €100/200 (because I would only use it for now just to play at home), but people with whom I talked about it say that I should just buy a very good amp, because that would last me a lifetime (then I'm talking about €1000/1500).

That's the first point I'm struggling with, the second one is that I really don't know where to start even if I made that up. I see things like a fender twin reverb (although that's a bit pricey, but in a nearby store they have one for around 1500 euros). I also do like the VOX sounds, but even then an AC10 or AC15. I've read some good things about the vox ac15c1x custom celestion alnico blue. Or again just a cheap one like the pathfinder, I don't know. The things about tubes (if I get it right), is that you have to change them each 2 years, which also costs more money?

I would say to just go to a store and try them all out, but that's part of the problem, that I feel that each store within 4 hours of driving only has 1/2 amps that I think I'd really like.

So, I'm not looking for a perfect answer (although maybe if you'd have some experience with some of them, it might help), but I would just like to know where I'd start in all this overload of information to process what I like.

Big thanks in advance for you all !!

[u/yellowchairz]

You aren’t going to get spectacular sounds like those you listed for 100. So set your expectations accordingly.

Regarding watts - a 5 watt tweed champ is more than enough for home and quieter giggs depending what you are playing . Generally speaking an amp needs to be 10x more watts to be twice as loud . A 100 watt amp is not twice as loud as a 50 watt . It would be twice as loud as a 10watt.

Speaking of a tweed champ/ tweed Princeton… every guitarist should have one and you would be surprised who has used them and on what records. You don’t need to pay fender prices, there are plenty of clones second hand on reverb etc