Guitar amp and headphone set up help?

Question

Hi, I'm in a bit of a stupid problem. I want to be able to play guitar (plugged into the amp, and headphones in) whilst simultaneously having headphones from the computer playing songs. I learn songs at night (not sure why) and I can't have the amp on or the computer speakers. At the moment, I have earphones under my headphones, so that I can hear my music from computer and the guitar from the amp at the same time. As you can imagine, it's uncomfortable as hell, but I usually put up with it. I want to know if there's a simpler solution to this that my small brain hasn't come up with? I thought about using a Y splitter, with one female (for one pair of headphones) to two males (for the amp and then computer). But I saw that this might cause damage to the sound sources and I don't want to risk damaging anything.
So, is there a better way of going around this rather than 2 pairs of headphones over one another?
Thanks.

Answer 1

A few possibilities..



1. Get an amp that has both a headphone jack and a CD/MP3 input.If you're on a tight budget you might be able to find a Silvertone Smart III (or IIIS), Peavey Rage 158, or something similar on Craigslist or a pawn shop.



2. Try a Vox amPlug. These also have an earphone jack and a CD/MP3 input.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/New-Gear.gc?internal=1&src=vox+amplug



3. (Cheapest method) Run an audio cable from your headphone jack to your PC line in (if it has one). Then plug headphones into the PC. You might have to use an adapter on the amp, but the cable and adapter are both pretty cheap. If you use this method, you can also use a free tuner app from NCH.

http://www.nch.com.au/tuner/index.html

Answer 2

what amp do you have? Use the distortion channel if your amp has a clean and a dist. channel. (ok that tip was an obvious one) Gain: 60/65% Bass: 40% Middle: 60% Treble:65% Thats how I use my amp mostly. What do the knobs on your guitar do? One is for volume i think, but the other one? Turn both knops up.

Answer 3

Hi there,

Use Free guitar tuner to tune yr guitar from a pc. You need a mic of course. Download here http://j.mp/1Ayp2Zd

I strongly recommend it.

Bye

Answer 4

Get the Tascam Guitar Trainer CD player. Cost around $150, but you can plug your in and play along with it. You can also slow down/speed up a track (while staying in pitch). You can also change the key of a song, pan the guitar on a track up front, loop a section, etc. It has three different kinds of tuners built in, a metronome, and hundreds of different sound and effects for your guitar. You can even plug it into a stereo.