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Post subject: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 4:22 pm
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I've got a Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb (Reissue) amp and a set of Audio Technica headphones.

I'd really like to be able to play on my amp at night without disturbing the wife and kids. However, there's obviously no headphone jack on these amps, so I'm not sure what I need here.

The headphones came with a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter, but I know that's not enough.


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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:35 pm
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This will have to be hardwired onto the circuit board. What we're talking about here is a customized modification. It can be done at an electronics instrument repair store but it will void your warranty if you have any left on this amplifier. It could get expensive considering the average hourly rate is $65, but it can be done.


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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:42 pm
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Easier to buy another set of headphones for each kid and put yours on the wife, then turn the amp up to about 6 and enjoy your amp. After all, it is meant to be played loud.

You wont get that deluxe sound through headphones easily.
You could spend money on a multi effects pedal to plug your headphones into.
You could buy a small practice amp to play at night.
You could buy a headphone amplifier, the cheapest of my suggestions unless you only have one kid then refer to the 1st sentence.
You can find devices that allow you to connect and play through your computer.


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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:26 pm
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sfceric64 wrote:
Easier to buy another set of headphones for each kid and put yours on the wife, then turn the amp up to about 6 and enjoy your amp.


:mrgreen:

Seriously though, Eric is right. For noodling alone at night or teaching yourself riffs, a dedicated headphone amp is the way to go. And you can still use many of your outboard effects pedals to color and shape the overall tone.

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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:32 pm
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Attenuators or headphone loads.

I built one, but it sucks, and it is cheaper and easier just to buy one. Many posts here already on attenuators from Weber, TDH Hotplate, Dr. Z etc.

My own personal experience us that the headphones can't really manage the range of sounds the way a 12-inch driver speaker does...but good enough for plink plink plunk plunk playing.

I have Koss Pro 4AA's and they can take pretty much anything...

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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:00 pm
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I have a Korg Toneworks Pandora Box PX4. The "amp" selector is not too bad. Works with most any headphones that have a 1/4-inch plug (or use a 1/8th to 1/4th inch adapter).

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifie ... x4-pandora

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Korg-Toneworks- ... SwjDZYmAnF


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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:55 am
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A good workaround:

1. Buy a Fender Mustang I (about $120)
2. Change to the 65 Deluxe Reverb model
3. Plug in headphones

Let the rotten tomato throwing begin! :lol:

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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:44 am
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A headphone amp that plug into the guitar might work, and puts the controls within your reach.
Vox has one that emulates clean / twin clean / overdrive for $40.

Of course, it's not going to sound the same, but even with headphone output in the amp itself, it's not going to sound the same.
For that, you need a sound proof miking box, mic, and something with mic input and headphone outs, like a mixer or singer's headphone amp.


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Post subject: Re: How can I use headphones with my '65 Deluxe Reverb?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:56 am
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I have a TASCAM GT-R1 for those times when I want to play with headphones.
It is a discontinued model now but I'm sure they have superseded it with something else.

GT-R1


Yes, they have replaced it.
The new device is called GB-10

GB-10

They both allow you to play through phones and they also have some admittedly cheesy effects.
They also let you play along with songs as a teaching aid with the ability to adjust volume balance between the track and your instrument.
Their biggest benefit in my estimation is the ability to slow a song down so you can hear those complicated riffs and licks better.
Additionally, pitch shifting the track by half-steps let's you learn a song in a different key signature than the original.
That last bit is especially useful if you have loaded up a number of songs to play/learn with but some are tuned to Eb rather than E.
You can simply adjust the pitch of the song and play without retuning your guitar or bass between songs.
Of course, when using the device for practice this way, pitch and tempo shifting, there will be some distortions come creeping in but that's not very important if it's only for practice and learning.

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