If you don't gig, then you don't "need" one. But I think there is an added dimension to playing through an amp - there is just More of everything! The sound is so much more full and loud, plus you can add some subtle (or not so subtle) effects, like reverb, delay, chorus, compression, eq, etc. There are times when I just want to sit down and play unamplified, but the are other times when I want to plug in and turn it up!
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