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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:33 pm
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hello,
you see, I'll be going to college this year, and it would be incovenient for both people around me and myself to play a bulky combo amp.
So I've been thinking about getting a dedicated headphone amp or an amp head, but wasn't sure if it's possible to plug in a headphone straight into an amp head(something affordable...like valve junior perhaps? or whatever is cheap and cheerful i guess...).
Any recommendations/advises on whether or not
1) Amp heads are headphone-compatible
2) or should i get a headphone amplifier? (hopefully its sound will be good enough to last me 4 years)


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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:37 am
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I think an amp head would be a complete waste if the point was to only play through headphones.

You might want to look into the Vox AmpPlugs.

What would really make sense to me though is a small combo, like the SuperChamp XD. I would expect you to run into other musicians and you'll want to jam - maybe even form a band.

What do you have now?

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i have a crate gt65 (i think thats right), but it would take up too much space in a dorm room. does the vox amplug have a nice sound? because I plugged an earphone into my boss me-30 only to get a disappointingly quiet and dry sound :\


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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:08 am
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I have a Line 6 Toneport UX2. It comes with amp modeling software and you run it into your computer. I use it for recording but it would be a good unit for practice with headphones.
You could go the Pignose route as well.

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:03 pm
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Yes, I'd go with the Vox.

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hmm which one? Im leaning towards AC30 because im assuming that would be the closest to the kind of music I play (Blues~Blues Rock).
Also, what kind of headphone does it take? Do Amplugs have good sound quality? Do they take pedals well? I'm considering a delay, dist, OD, Wah, volume...maybe more later on, but never will have some kind of crushing amount of distortion


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JTLee9153 wrote:
hmm which one? Im leaning towards AC30 because im assuming that would be the closest to the kind of music I play (Blues~Blues Rock).
Also, what kind of headphone does it take? Do Amplugs have good sound quality? Do they take pedals well? I'm considering a delay, dist, OD, Wah, volume...maybe more later on, but never will have some kind of crushing amount of distortion


Amplugs is plugged directly into your guitar and you plug your earphones into yor Amplug, i wouldn't try using pedals, if you need pedals you need a real amp
Go for either the Amplug lead or ac30 for blues

It's a little more than twice the cost of an amplug but I think you should try a roland micro cube, headphones, battery power, a couple of decent effects and it can actually sound somewhat good

A G-dec or G-dec junior is what I would say is the most convenient 'college amp' as you have your headphone output, build in effects, small size and ease of lugging around, besides, jamtracks are way better than regular practicing and you have a drum+bass backtrack if you should need it for a guitar jam


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The classic rock amplug might do your job as well


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I've got the AC30 amplug and it sounds great. I can highly recommend it. They also have a socket where you can plug in an MP3 player so you can jam along to your favourite tunes. They have a standard 3.5mm headphone socket. With a cable you can also hook itup to computer speakers (or iPod speakers) if you want to share your talent with others.

If you want a bit more versatility have you looked at Line6 Pods? They've got amp modeling and effects built in.

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I think it's important to realize that you'll probably want to play with other people too. The Roland would also be a good option.

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hi jtlee,

head phone compatible are:
line 6 pod and pocked pod,
boss micro br (mp3, recording, guitar sounds/effects, drum sounds...)
tascam mp-gt1 (mp3, guitar sounds/effects...)

all these gear you could in your bag. they don't sound like a big amp but for quiet learning at home are that good alternatives.

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I use my Digitech 2101, when I have to play through headphones. Sounds pretty killer, but never will match the joy of a 10" or 12" speaker pushing air. It kinda leaves you feeling like something is missing, just like when you record direct, that speaker and power amp interaction is just gone... :?

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If you are absolutely NOT going to play live with it, get a Pod XT or something. Good sounds, lots of tones, can record with it, etc.

Kind of pointless getting a full amp just to use it with headphones. If that's the case, then just buy something that was made for headphones and recording.


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dgonz wrote:
If you are absolutely NOT going to play live with it, get a Pod XT or something. Good sounds, lots of tones, can record with it, etc.

Kind of pointless getting a full amp just to use it with headphones. If that's the case, then just buy something that was made for headphones and recording.


I'm about 99.9% certain that i will not be playing live, but i do want to be able to use pedals, because multieffects tend to be inefficient at times :\


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