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ya don’t even need separate monitors if ya got a stereo close by. I go out of the AI, 1/4"plugs reduced to rca plugs, then off to the aux. in of my stereo. My AI is my dedicated sound card for my pc. Personally, I’m with you Ian. I prefer a real amp. Combos are my thing.
I agree, this is how I store my guitars too. I get the one I want to play out today and leave it on a guitar stand for the day to use as I want. Then back into a case for overnight. Rinse and repeat.
Many here do that. Yamaha’s and positive grid sparks come to mind. Myself, I grew up wanting a amp and a amp is what I got. Not a portable radio size amp. Regular combo amps. They ain’t that big. I have one stashed under my desk (wasted space anyways, one next to the desk. More wasted space. Then one up on a ledge on a archway the separates my living room from my dining room. That space would just be a catch all for junk, if I didn’t have a amp there. The amp looks better. The amps are all within reach of my desk where I sit. The amps are out of the way and usable in a moment. fwiw, everyone here will recommend a katana modeling amp. Everyone here has one. Except me (and maybe Ian 
). I want to play guitar, not twiddle knobs and search menus. Plus I’m not chasing anyone’s particular guitar tone. I go for a tone I think works and nothing more. I near always achieve tones I am looking for with just plain vol and tone control. Will say that a master vol. amp may be desirable if your going for distortion at a reasonable vol. Much easier to achieve with a master volume control. The alternative is a single vol. control amp (like the princeton reverb amp I got). Them, ya just gotta turn them up to get to the overdrive. And I assure you, your wife will likely be unhappy about that. Least mine is. fwiw, a princeton reverb amp ain’t that big of a foot print. It just has big tones (I think) out of a smallish cabinet.
imho, this is good. I’m with you there. Granted I got three main guitars and 3 main amps in use. But that’s where I’ve stopped at. And fwiw, what stopped me was a '65 princeton reverb amp (and my casino w/p90 pickups which over time has come to be where I landed at for tone from my electric guitar). A horrible expensive amp, that if I mention it here I always get push back on. I’ve no idea why. But the tones it produces are what I’d been hunting for. I’d near guess if I’d a got that one first (it was my last amp purchase), I may have not needed the other two I got. This is food for thought. I know it would make no sense to get a great amp to start with. But If I had, perhaps I’d only need that one amp. So, perhaps it does make sense. Hard to know that when your experimenting w/gear though.
I don’t know if it will.
I’ve never had a nylon string guitar, always steel string so I know no other. What I will say is. Yep, I can play for hours w/steel strings. But will also say my fretting fingers know I’ve been playing after such a session. My fretting finger tips always feel different to me than my non fretting fingers. They don’t hurt, they just feel… like I play guitar.
Sounds like yer really doing well Paul. In the correct order too. Your on your way it seems to me.
You’ve got a ton of info just from this thread. This is great!
Seems like your having a blast too.
Your doing very well imho…
Take your time on the electric purchase. Time is your friend I think. This gives you plenty of time to research and make a good decision as to where your wanting to go with your playing.
Keep on rockin man!
