Howdy,

I am looking into getting a teacher in the So Cal area (are any of you professional guitar teachers? lol) and am trying to do some research on equipment to find some nice beginner equipment that I can get my hands on. I currently have an old acoustic guitar my father gave me, but am more interested in getting into electric guitar ultimately. I will likely start lessons wtih the acoustic and then if everything is going well and I like the teacher, purchase the electric stuff.

I really like the look of schecter guitars and will probably grab one of them (they, from what I can tell, tend to get really good reviews).

I am looking for amp suggestions. I live in a very small space right now with my wife and son so the smaller the better. Also, (this might be standard but who knows) i need to be able to plug headphones in. Ive seen a few mentions of systems where you can essentially plug your guitar into your laptop (or generally through an intermediary which then plugs into a USB port on your computer) and am interested in the idea of that.

At any rate, looking for amp suggestions,

Thanks for any help.