@thor There was a reason why I played an American Stratocaster from 77 I think on a Roland amp from the 80s. Eddie Van Halen used that exact model guitar during the start of his career and went on to make the Super Strat. I had a Super Strat and played it on that amp. Both the Strat and Super Strat would have a golden tone with a little more gain than usual. Turn the gain up a little more and it would get to make a more driving tone. It was difficult to make that amp sound bad.

I think it was the biggest amp that didn't require a separate head unit. It was larger than the bass amp and it did have a separate head unit.

My point is that those environments are very supportive and provide far more practice and crowd exposure than anywhere else. Elvis came from the same denomination as I did. The church I played at was burned down 3 times by the KKK and had a diverse congregation. A safe space during those dark days.