Guitar amplification is a specialized field, where much commonly understood theory does not apply, and little theory is published. Technically speaking, a guitar amplifier has a specific type of non-linear gain at its signal extremes, and a specialized type of limited frequency response. This article collection has lots of information on guitar amplifiers.
http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/ampsmain.htm
Wah, Fuzz and sustain circuits
http://members.shaw.ca/roma/wah.html
http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/circuits/guitar.html
http://www.geofex.com/fxdebug/fxdebug.htm
http://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/fuzz.htm
This circuit is a phaser circuit, as used in guitar foot-pedal effects. It used 11 sections of op-amp such as LM324 but others will do.
http://www.4qdtec.com/phasr.html
This second-generation guitar reverb circuit features clipping indicators on the preamp and reverb recovery stages, allowing for the optimal gain settings. The fidelity is much improved over the earlier design, it is suitable for use as a front-end to a guitar amplifier.
http://www.solorb.com/elect/musiccirc/reverb2/index.html
http://www.eklektix.com/gfc/elect/reverb/index.html
circuit for a guitar spring reverb pedal, it has dry, wet, and drive controls for a wide variety of sounds
http://www.solorb.com/elect/reverb/index.html
http://sound.westhost.com/project49.htm