Just be careful with those levels. I have tinnitus 24/7 and can't
hear some frequencies very well from loud music. Headphones are
amazing just watch that gain amigo. One of my first toys was a Zoom
thingy back in the early 90s maybe. It was arena rock guitar sounds
inside my head. Amazing.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

On Nov 20, 2008, at 11:07 AM, tekeasy wrote:

> --- In jazz_guitar@yahoogroups.com, "Will Halligan" <will@...> wrote:
> >
> > Epiphone Valve Junior, terrific small
> > amp for about £100. Has just one control
> > "Volume".
>
> Not sure how you feel about headphones, but I ended up buying a
> pocket i-pod size am made by KORG-toneworks which is also called the
> Pandora's box. Easy to practice anywhere in the house as I can walk
> around with this thing in my pijama's shirt pocket!
>
> For $200 this little pkg offers so much control over the sound that I
> even used it live on a gig once, fed the output straight into a spare
> amp on the stage and had all my presets with me.
>
> Why I love about it is that I can play late into the night but can
> still switch between mellow jazz amps, old tweeds on up to a
> hot-rodded british Vox.
>
> Off the shelf it offers 50 preset patches, and 50 user defined patches
> which is where this beast really adds its value. I've dialed in
> several of my own patches ranging from a JC-120 to a vintage old time
> fender tube, and up to more modern boogitized Santana tone to name a
> few. If I want to switch across those tones on a real amp, it'll take
> several minutes of tuning to dial in the tones just right, with this
> its a single click, or the quick dial which sweeps through the
> settings.
>
> Last but not least is the canned drum and base accompaniment which
> enables me to practice to any key I want.
>
> Overall, if you don't dig playing through ear-piece, then this isn't
> for you.
> But if headphones don't bother you, for practice gear that fits into
> your pocket no other little amp can compete with this thing.
>
> -T-
>
>
>



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