You need a small powered mixer, not a guitar amp (at least, not first). You can run all your mikes and pickups through it.

I've been looking through the deals at Mars Music--if you check out www.marsmusic.com have a look through the "hot deals" section--if you can live with a 4-channel, 60-watt mixer, they are offering a complete small system (mixer, speakers, one mike, stand, and cables) suitable for solo performers, or duos without extensive instrumentation, for $199 U.S., apparently a clearance price or something--their list price for the system is $499, which is still bargain basement. The brand is Kustom. And I think they ship free in the continental US.

Also in the hot deals section, they have a variety of pretty good mikes _heavily_ discounted.

Anybody have experience with this store? They seem to be like, Walmart for music stores in the U.S., which ain't necessarily a good thing. But deals,my god, deals. No stinkin auction either.

Willie-O
gotta pack up my funky little PA and go play...