it would really depend on the guitar u wanna get.There's really two types of electric guitars,a stratstyle 1 and a les paul style 1. If u like the straat and ur beginning i suggest the fender highway 1 strat. its alittle expensive though. 4 the amp just use like any crate, vox, o hertke amp. that is a pretty good deal 4 the microcube amp though really just see which 1 u like the best and go with it.