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Post by JohnH on Dec 19, 2013 6:39:20 GMT -5
I got one of these for my son, for Xmas:
He's working overseas right now, and I thought he might like to have something to jam with without making too much noise in his shared apartment.
You just plug it into your axe and plug in phones.
I just tried it. Its really good! As good a sound through headphones as I've heard from any amp or modeller. It has quite a convincing crunch IMO. here's a clip, straight from gadget to pc through a dry mixer:
www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=674084&songID=12612291
It can also clean up quite nicely, has a good tone control range, can do considerably more gain and gets louder than you want if requested. And it fits in a shirt pocket, and its $60, or $40 in the US. Nice!
There's still 4 days until xmas and until then, its all mine!
John
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Post by ux4484 on Dec 19, 2013 8:05:47 GMT -5
I was considering one of those when they came out a while back, but then opted for an irig: www.ikmultimedia.com/mobile/products/irig/I too was amazed by the quality and range of sounds (for guitar AND bass) offered. While it does require you to be apple phoned, it works flawlessly with every guitar and recording app (including the NOW FREE Garage band). I DO like that the Vox frees you from attaching another device. Did you try it into a clean amp? |
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Post by newey on Dec 19, 2013 19:51:51 GMT -5
I noticed it was appropriately demonstrated with some classic rock riffs.  They make several flavors of these, but I always assumed that, for under $50, it would sound like crapola. Count me wrong . . . For about the same money, I got a Line 6 "Pocket Pod". I bought it for travel use, as an FX unit for my travel amp. But it actually works much better as a headphone amp. It has some basic amp models and decent reverb and trem effects. The effects sound much better into phones that they do through the travel amp's (tiny 4") speaker. |
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Post by JohnH on Dec 20, 2013 23:06:48 GMT -5
Did you try it into a clean amp? Yes I did give that a quick go just now, and it was probably a bit to much. Excessive layers of awesome Marshall stack emulation being fed into an awesome Marshall, even when set clean. I think it would be fine fed into a truly neutral input, such as a PA, home stereo, or the 'cd/mp3' input on some amps. |
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Post by ux4484 on Dec 21, 2013 3:50:39 GMT -5
I think it would be fine fed into a truly neutral input, such as a PA, home stereo, or the 'cd/mp3' input on some amps. I had similar results with my iRig, though it sounds better plugged directly into the padded (active) input of my Bass amp than the mp3 input of either of my amps, and even then, it sounds much better with the bass emulations/effects than guitar. I have a nfc/BT receiver connected to my stereo, and the iRig did sound pretty good feeding that (allows me to "wear" it without being plugged into the stereo or tangling with earbuds while playing, but earbuds/headphones still sound the best with it. All of this is fine but... It reminded me of my old Sansui receiver that had a 1/4 mono/mic input jack on the front panel with it's own mixing level. The ONLY reason I replaced that receiver is I wanted one with A/V inputs (I "lent" it to one of my sisters only to never see it again). It was the perfect play along music receiver. It was a very good/clean input, and with the mixing level you could bring your volume to just under/over the music playing. Guitar was a bit dry into it (using my buds Rockman improved that substantially, remember those?), but bass sounded great in direct. My main gripe with most Mp3 inputs on amps is they don't have a level control, and most phones/Mp3 players can't drive it to a level to sound anywhere as good as playing bass into my Sansui used to. Going further back to the '70's, my old LLoyds Stereo all-in-one from high school (turntable/8track/tuner/amp, found in perfect working order on top of a garbage can.. only needing speakers)actually had an aux input (unlabeled and poorly installed) in the back of it. I bought a tweak-able turntable pre-amp from Olson electronics to use it similarly to how my later Sansui worked. It was workable, but like my iRig, sounded best with headphones. Funny, back then my buds used to make fun of me for not playing through an amp that was just a few feet away... but the convenience of playing along (and alone) through my stereo (especially the excellent Sansui) seemed an incredible boon to me (especially during my band days). I actually MISS that experience, and even though we have all these wonderful devices and equipment and even good sounding slow down/keep pitch utilities for similar training duty... that Sansui really nailed playing along with whatever was playing on your stereo in a close to live experience sound quality (at least for bass). And on THAT note: Have you tried it using the mp3 input? It appears to be fixed level according to the manual, though I imagine you can get under/over it with your guitar controls. Does the master volume boost all levels, or just the guitars? |
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Post by ozboomer on Jan 4, 2014 7:48:38 GMT -5
I, too, have a 'Classic Rock' Amplug... and almost exclusively use it for making adjustments to my guitars  Just tonight, I re-worked the pickup/saddle heights on one of my Strats. I like the clear, simple signal you can get out of it... which is handy for getting the balance right between the strings and each side of the pickups. For my regular practicing, I've been using a BOSS Micro BR BR-80 for the last couple of years now... it makes practicing fun  ...and I've even made a few recordings with the internal multi-track recorder.. but for simpler practicing tasks, I find it's "too fancy" (it can do much more than I want/need), the interface is cumbersome... and the initial $$$ hit is a bit of a disincentive at purchase time(!) Lately, I've been battling GAS re: a NUX PG-2 Portable Guitar Effects unit or a MOOER PoGo for simpler practicing regimes... The PoGo has an internal drum unit which I'm not particularly interested in... but the PG-2 has had me almost releasing the moths from the wallet a few times in as many days. I can plug in one of my Android gadgets running any of the "band-in-a-box" -type apps to get some rhythm/etc... and I can still play with some effects and good tone control.. *still muttering to myself whether I'll spring for the AUD50*O'course, I have a BOSS Rc-2 Loop Station that is hooked-up into the pedalboard... but I rarely use the amp set-up for practicing; it's almost always the BR-80 with headphones for me... ...unless I get sucked-in by that PG-2... grrrrr... |
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Post by JohnH on Jan 5, 2014 4:04:21 GMT -5
For my regular practicing, I've been using a BOSS Micro BR BR-80 for the last couple of years now... it makes practicing fun ...and I've even made a few recordings with the internal multi-track recorder.. but for simpler practicing tasks, I find it's "too fancy" (it can do much more than I want/need), the interface is cumbersome... and the initial $$$ hit is a bit of a disincentive at purchase time(!) That BR80 looks like it should be a lot of fun, with a multitrack studio and mics, plus amps and effects, all built in, and about the size of a sandwich! |
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Just tonight, I re-worked the pickup/saddle heights on one of my Strats. I like the clear, simple signal you can get out of it... which is handy for getting the balance right between the strings and each side of the pickups.
...and I've even made a few recordings with the internal multi-track recorder.. but for simpler practicing tasks, I find it's "too fancy" (it can do much more than I want/need), the interface is cumbersome... and the initial $$$ hit is a bit of a disincentive at purchase time(!)