Headphone practice amps

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Author Message juggernaught Intermediate Member Username: juggernaught Post Number: 172 Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 9:35 am:    I'm looking into different headphone practice amps, and I wanted to get opinions from people who've tried various brands like pocket rocket, fodera private practice, TASCAM, raven, etc. wayne Intermediate Member Username: wayne Post Number: 165 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 9:37 am:    Love my Cafe Walter from BassNW. No frills, no tricks, just YOU. C-Ya......wayne juggernaught Intermediate Member Username: juggernaught Post Number: 173 Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 9:43 am:    looks cool. i also wanted to note that i'm looking for one that is portable (battery powered) and hopefully has an input for my mp3 player. -devon jseitang Advanced Member Username: jseitang Post Number: 239 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 3:31 pm:    fodera makes a pretty good one. hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 407 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 9:16 pm:    The Cafe Walter meets both those criteria - it has a mini-headphone input with separate volume control and can run on two 9V batteries. I've got one - sounds great! It's more of a "true sound of the bass" unit - doesn't color the sound, perfect for an Alembic! I also had a Fodera at one point, but I think there must have been something wrong with it - way too noisy. Plus it had RCA plugs for the CD player input - not nearly as convenient as the Cafe Walter. tdukes Junior Username: tdukes Post Number: 47 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 5:35 am:    I just use a boss micro br. It plays mp3s' and has looping and slowdown features I like, but it really doesn't sound that good. It also can't transpose pitch, which I would like to be able to do without affecting the speed. I'd like to be able to go up or down a minor third or so. Does anyone know of an all-in-one that will power headphones, has simple guitar effects, has looping (where you place A and B marks and it just plays between A and B over and over again), will do real-time speed adjust without changing the pitch, and do real-time pitch adjust without changing the speed? I would like for it to be able to play .wav, .mp3, and .ogg, but any of the three would be ok. Todd. chuck Advanced Member Username: chuck Post Number: 230 Registered: 3-2005 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 6:36 am:    For simplicity and low cost I like my Fender unit. No frills just on,off, volume. Chuck frank Member Username: frank Post Number: 75 Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 11:28 am:    I have a little Mark II and it doesnt have a headphone jack. Does anyone know of an external headphone input I can use with my head? funkyjazzjunky Intermediate Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 200 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 12:53 pm:    Here is one I recommend: https://www.carvinguitars.com/products/single.php?product=H400 juggernaught Intermediate Member Username: juggernaught Post Number: 175 Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 1:16 pm:    not very portable is it.... funkyjazzjunky Advanced Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 201 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 1:30 pm:    not at all malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 442 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 2:38 pm:    I use and would recommend a Korg Pandora. Be it a PX3B, PX4B or PX5D, they're all good. I have the PX3B. I also have (but don't use much) a set of Dragonfly Stethoscope earphones. They attach by suction cup to the back of your instrument and fit into your ears just like a stethoscope. You get ONLY the resonant sound of your instrument. No batteries.....no electricity.....no muss, no fuss.....the ultimate in simplicity. malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 443 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 2:54 pm:    Pictures of the Pandora and the Dragonfly juggernaught Intermediate Member Username: juggernaught Post Number: 176 Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 3:21 pm:    I went ahead and ordered the Cafe Walter. The idea of getting a very clean sound appealed to me. In addition, it had a simple 1/8" input, so I can plug my ipod in. I didn't really need anything that did anything like slowdowns, pitch, etc. I've seen the dragonfly. Very interesting. Talkbass has a deal where if you contribute a certain (reasonable) amount, you get one of those for free. malthumb Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 444 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 - 7:41 pm:    juggernaught wrote "I've seen the dragonfly. Very interesting. Talkbass has a deal where if you contribute a certain (reasonable) amount, you get one of those for free." Yup. That's how I got mine.