A fender telecaster is perhaps the most obvious rhythm guitar, they just seem to sit well wherever you put them.
Amp-wise I like the Peavey valve amps, particularly the Delta Blues and the Peavey Classic. If you're going to spend $1000 though, whatever guitar you buy, buy a valve amplifier. (Also, this may just be personal taste but steer clear of line six amplifiers, or for that matter anything else that offers tonnes of features and digitally modelled sounds, they're generally, with a few exceptions, arse-gravy)
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