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You can play guitar without amps or pedals, but you can't play amps or pedals without a guitar...
There will be many people reading this who could not say that about their main guitar.
Amps fall somewhere between the 2. But even a vintage amp should be replaceable without difficulty. The unique wear patterns are of no relevance during all periods in which you are not actually hugging the amp.
There will always be an amp and cheap pedals are everywhere.
Until Boss go out of business, i won't panic about pedals !
But asking the question a different way - which one piece of gear is the most important to getting 'your sound' if you're forced to borrow the other two? - might get different answers.
For me, it depends on the band/context, but more than once I would have said pedalboard. Currently it's still guitar.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Some guitars are really special, occasionally feel that way about an amp, can't say I have ever felt it about a pedal.
There's something visceral about making music using my voice & a wooden box full of air.
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Amps are generally the same i.e you don't have to try out loads of amps of the same model.
Pedals don't really interest me, but again you buy one pedal, the others of the same make/model will sound the same.
Each one is (slightly) different, even the same make and model.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)