I have a lot of trouble getting good harmonics with my guitar. I can get the harmonics whenever i want to, but they are never as loud as normal notes. I have a squier strat and a crappy little squier sp-10 amp. Could better gear help with the harmonics or do i just need to practice more?

What type of harmonics are you referring to?

Both pinch and natural harmonics sound terrible. The natural ones are slightly better, but not realy all that fantastic.

Make sure you always have your guita set on the back pickups (which are on the far right) and makes sure you have some gain. My les paul has great harmonic ability so maybe try one?