Headphone Guitar Amp For Quiet Shredding
- September 25th, 2007
- 4 Comments
I can’t really shred anymore. I sold my Gibson axe after I finished college and figured out that unless you’re really talented, being in a post-graduate band isn’t even a little bit cool. But maybe one day I’ll throw in a copy of Six String Samurai and get motivated to start playing again.
If I do, I’ll surely need one of these headphone amps while I work on my killer fret work. They come in three different sounds and include an auxiliary input so’s I can jam out to some Slave to the Traffic Light and work on my sweet solos. The included AAA batteries will fetch me 15 hours of jam-time, which should be all that I need until I give up and sell the guitar.
They cost 35 British Pounds or roughly $70 American.
Headphone Guitar Amplifiers [voxamps.co.uk] via Boing Boing Gadgets
Rliebsch (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Tangent - Off Topic - Rant - You’ve been warned.
Man, seriously. Never give up, never surrender.
I know I won’t be a rock star, but I am almost out of the demographic of 18-34, married, baby boy, full time tech job; and I am still in 3 bands. Recently returned from a 14 day 13 show tour across the Southwest.
I still bike to work, I still skateboard as much as I have time to do.
I am irked by both the Alterna-Dads — who recently have taken up skateboarding (longboarding) or buying their first guitar (a $3K Gibson Les Paul Studio Custom) and by the Curmudgeons — who condemn those of us for being over 30 having kids and still in bands, skating, climbing etc.
The first group irks me less, at least they still play and dream and they’ll probably be able to hang with the kids running/jumping/climbing. The second group are irritating. I didn’t just take up this lifestyle. This is who I am. These are the things I have always done.
Seriously man. Get that guitar. Get this sweet ass toy. I mean, you still play with toys for a living. What’s wrong with playin music for fun?
Josh (Who am I?)
1 year ago
the ph reference gets a giggle out of me. Fall Tour 97 baby!
Doug Aamoth (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Rliebsch, I hear you. I used to play drums too and living in apartments all throughout and after college caused that to fall by the wayside as well. I’m getting the itch again, though. I certainly don’t mean to condemn anyone for being in a band it’s just that the band I was in after college was weak and nobody showed up for our sets. It felt like we were holding on to the past for a little too long. I think that now, six years out of college, it might be fun to get back into it, though.
Doug Aamoth (Who am I?)
1 year ago
@Josh: Ha! I was at the ‘97 Fall Tour too. Alpine Valley baby!