I used to play in a band and in the 1970’s was earning £80 a week from it which was good money then and a lot more than I earned from my full time job at the time. I’ve still got my guitars and have collected more with my favourite out of the 10 I’ve got being my Gibson Les Paul which I imported directly from the States. I used to also have a Fender Strat but could never get on with it so sold it and have regretted it since. I’m now in the process of building an electric guitar which is strat shape but I’m looking to use better pickups etc than the Fender ones. My amplifier when I was in the band was a Hiwatt 200 which wasn’t suited to playing at home, so I sold it and I now have a Line 6 modelling amp which is ok but not a patch on the Hiwatt. I think at some point I’ll get round to getting a Marshall valve amp as I already have a Marshall speaker cabinet.