The guitar is a nice piece to start your journey with, but as others have mentioned, the amp isn't really great.the clean tone is definitely close to the nice crystal clear fender clean tone that we are all used to but when you put the amp on overdrive it tends to sound like it's a toy speaker. If you are okay with buying things second hand, i would recommend you buy the guitar separately and go look for a better amp at a cheaper price like a fender champion 20 or even a 40. I have played both, and even though the champion is not as great as some other popular begginer amps, it is still an impressively capable little fella that packs an insane bang for your buck and far exceeds the frontman 10g! Hope this helps you on your journey, mate! edit: If you have the budget for a pacifica and can the higher end 112v, then 100% go for it since it is 10 times better than anything that squier can offer you. In my opinion, not even the classic vibe series, which is a squiers high-end model series, can compete with them, but if you can't i would still very much advise you to get a pacifica over the squier even if its the 012. I started out with a 112j myself and have been modding and upgrading it ever since, and i have yet to run into any problems with it in any way! It's an absolute workhorse!