Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

I have played with guitar plugins because of living situation where i can not make much noise. Now i live in a remote house for the first time! So now i can have a amplifier, but i dont know what to play on.

I play mostly clean, but i like to get overdriven lead tones like Takanaka also. My favorite tone is "The moon rose" live 1981 by Takanaka, so something that can make sound like that would be nice.

I dont use many pedals, only a tubescreamer, reverb, wah and volume pedal. My budget is around 2000 USD, so anything around or below that is okay. What do you think will be good?

Thanks for answers

Thank you so much for sharing!

Takanaka is so awesome!

Basically you need a small amp with good clean tone.

Basic pedals are good! Yes. TS9, Wah.. those two are great choice!
Plus reverb pedal & volume pedal! So good!

Please think this slowly. There are so many choices.

Combo amp. Maybe a vintage Fender Silverface Princeton Reverb. (from 1976-1979)
Those got a bigger transformer and I love it! I also really enjoy playing with my Bad Cat Cub combo.

Maybe more people will chime in here.

I practice with a Marshall MS-2 1W micro amp. I use it with my Gibson Les Paul 60's Standard. The guitar is switched onto the bridge humbucker; guitar Tone set at 10; guitar Volume set between 3 and 4. The amp is set on the OD channel; amp Tone at 7; amp Volume set at 4. I love the clean tone I get with this simple set up!

I was poking around the forum for amp suggestions. I've been looking at vintage fender reverb amps. You may have convinced me to finally buy one! Thanks for all the content and suggestions!

I decided to start with Fender blues junior. For me, it does the job of a practice amp very well. I think it is also loud enough to jam with others. This amp is kind of cheap, easy available and just good enough.

Some day I will buy a Princeton or a Deluxe Reverb (if I need a louder amp). Maybe vintage or handwired. But first I want to get everything out of the blues junior. I want to develop a feel for food tone first.

I already owned a two rock amp, but it was just too good. Everything sounded so nice and beautiful. This was literally too easy.

Hi Haavard, a great question, I often wonder about a new amp. check out this forum discussion.

https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/71238-about-amplifier

Amplifiers are very unique in so many ways. I like to demo my amps, so to me it is best to go to the store new or used and try them out. I think Tomo' rig with the BJF-S100 is a nice route cause it can do so much at home or at the gig then customize a speaker cabinet. Good luck on choosing a great Amplifier! - johno