I started with Fender G-Dec's then a Boss Katana II, then the Spark 40 & Spark 2, I bought a Blackstar HT5 to see what the Tube thing was all about, but last year I bought a Kemper - WOW!! if only I'd known!! I built 3 pedals this year, a Klon clone, a compression pedal and a delay, but mostly I do it all on the Kemper and it is just great for recording.