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Location: Brisbane Australia | I think this may have been covered before, but anyway. Help!!!!
I live in an apartment and need an amp with headphone output. My neighbours are complaining about my Marshall VS100
Suggestions?
Cube 30, Fender G Dec??
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| get a dg stomp off the bay, awesome preamp/pedal with cab/amp emulators, decent effects, midi in/out, spdif digital, stereo out, chromatic tuner, AND a headphone out for practice... you can use it as an independent headphone amp.. without plugging into an amp.
plus you can use it with your marshall as well.
they usually sell for about 100-125 used on the bay.
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Location: South of most, North of few | VOX makes a small headphone only amp with volume, tone and overdrive that just plugs into the jack with a headphone jack on it. I think I only paid about 40 bucks for one at Sweetwater, and it works great with the Strat.
check it out here |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There are a number of small, inexpensive multi effects guitar processors on the market that provide an earphone jack for private playing. A good value model is one of the Digitech RP series. |
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Location: Utah | I use a Korg PX4 multieffect processor. It is a stereo unit with a 1/4" headphone output, or you can run it mono or stereo into an amp or recording setup. It has a 1/4" mono guitar input plus a 1/8" stereo line in for your MP3 player.
The sound quality is very good, and for the price it is outstanding. I record and gig with mine all the time.
The newer PX4D has more memory and more programs, which would be icing on the cake compared to the PX4. Internet pricing is under $150 new these days.
If you buy a used one, be sure to get the strap clip. A lot of used ones on the Bay are missing it, and the clip is mandatory IMHO.
Here's the PX4D
Korg\'s page on the PX4D
Here's my rig with the PX4 on the strap. It's the blue unit, which is approximately 50% larger than a deck of playing cards.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Line 6 Pocket POD or the Pandora. Use these for practice and you can use them to expand your palette of sound when you play thru the combo. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | If you'll be playing acoustic, then get the alesis 6fx mixer. |
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Location: Sun City, California | I have a Zoom G2 that works really well that I used when I don't want to P/O my wife. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by AussieJames:
My neighbours are complaining about my Marshall VS100
find new neighbours. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I've tried bunches of these including yamaha, Zoom and digitech units. I really like the POD. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Flysig,
Were you ever in the movie "Goonies"?
Nice setup! |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | Zoom multieffects are very noisy and need gate's enabled to work if You like clean sound. Pocket Pod is cheap, has a lot of possibilities and output is very good. I've mixed feelings about digitech, i wouldn't buy personally but it's not a shame to use it.
Behringer multieffects aren't reliable and they fail often. |
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Location: Sun City, California | Zoom multieffects are very noisy and need gate's enabled to work if You like clean sound. I must have bought a real gem...mine is not noisy. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'd vote for new neighbors too. |
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Location: Sun City, California | I'd buy 5 acres out in the country and enjoy! |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | Originally posted by guitarmanrrg:
Zoom multieffects are very noisy and need gate's enabled to work if You like clean sound. I must have bought a real gem...mine is not noisy. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I didn't think anyone had neighbors in Australia. |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by MWoody:
Flysig,
Were you ever in the movie "Goonies"?
I've been outed! How did you find that old picture of me? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Its hard to notice background hiss when you're playing a distorted guitar at volume in a club the size of a shoebox. Hard to notice anything really. except that cute girl in the back. |
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Location: New York, NY | I have a Marshall MG30DFX. It is a good practice amp and it has a headphone jack. |
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Location: Sun City, California | I've got a Traynor that has a headphone jack that sounds really good. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | My neighbours are fine really.
I'm on the body corporate commitee so have to be seen (or heard) to be responsible.
Thanks for all your ideas, gives me plenty of options.
I will have to be careful buying something off the bay because we are on 240V power supply.
I was originally thinking a Cube30 anyone had experience with them?
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Roland Micro-Cube -- Has lasted two-and-a-half weeks on 6 AA batteries. [has an AC adapter too, but I don't use it]
Crate GFX 15 with DPS effects. [limited effects, no control to 'em. Pretty much a Beginner's practice amp]
Hughes & Kettner Edition Blue 15-R, with Reverb. [no DPS effects, this is a Real Amp... You gotta have your own stomp boxes]
They all have Headphone Jacks... So the neighbors won't snivel.
These are what I have for my studio apartment, so these are what I have experience with...
I mostly use the Micro-Cube, it has the best effects, with control over Gain, Delay OR Reverb. It has chorus, flanger, phaser, or tremelo... But you gotta choose one. You cannot combine. It is Clear and Quiet. But if you put it on "Classic Stack w/ R-fier" it can be quite loud. I use this with no Headphones, and it creates a nice sound at lower volumes. This is the best outta the three. It is only listed as 2 watts, but I've seen/heard street musicians that use them.
(I also got a Pignose, and a coupla little amps that came free with guitars...)
Since I am standing up for my little amp, they need to pay me for the plug...
Mojo\'s insightful review.... This is worth watching!
and... Wish You Were Here
Edit-- Oh! Since the MC is a 9v system... Rechargeable AA Batteries! It's what I use... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I agree totally with Arthur on the Micro-Cube (got one), however, since a HeadPhone out is required , I would suggest the FENDER G-DEC , it has build in drum-loops , there are 3 different models , I`ve got the 1st one (1st in picture) the second one is similar to 1st one , albeit in different color , ...what can I say , it`s a Great li`ll amp., can be used in small clubs , it is of rugged , professional quality , it`s a FENDER (allways good), and has Phones out , ..have a look...and a listen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQN1T72Lp34
..and the whole G-DEC family...
http://www.fender.com/products/search.php
..and the " phones out " is in STEREO , plug the phones /or (stereo) cable into a mixer , and you`ll be in for a treat..
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Location: Tennessee | I've got a setup like flysig's. James, since it looks like you got almost all electrics, this is a good way to go. Almost zero noise, tons of high-quality sound through headphones. No cables so you're totally mobile. I run my Pandora on batteries and they last a long time. Ditto on making sure you get the strap clip with it. And use the Marshall for when the situation permits. :p |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | I've got the G-DEC also James and it's a great little amp for what I need. It's got phones out and an input on the back for another guitar. I've never used the other input as I can only play one guitar at a time :D
It's a great practice amp although I'm using it with my band at the moment and going through the PA it puts out plenty of noise. Had it's first gig hit out a few weeks ago. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Come to think of it, I was in GC a few months ago and nearly tripped on a Fender Frontman R that was dropped off by some kid. They were practically giving the thing away for something like $25 so I picked it up and brought it home thinking I could pack it up in a suitcase for business trips along with the Traveler. It has an earphone jack that also cancels the internal speaker, although I don't intend to use it that way. |
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Location: Huntington Beach, California | I love my Fender G-dec. I use mostly for electric playing. It has 50+ models with matching drum and bass tracks. You can change the key or tempo, etc. Great for practicing your leads without partners. The headphone jack works great. This thing is extremely versatile. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Fender 25R is the one I left at the church for practice (or slow death). Seems the shipping is higher than the resale - but it is a nice plug in at home amp. |
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Location: enid, ok | Good grief, I'm still using a Rockman... |
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