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01-26-2019, 06:24 PM
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I still use my Tom Scholz (of Boston fame) created Rockman portable preamp. It's battery driven and has an earphone port. I wear it on my belt and toodle around the yard or house with it. I suppose there still is some kind of product like that to be had. My guitar is a thin hollow body anyway and plays fine without amplification, but the Rockman is a fine effects machine. Love it.
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10-11-2019, 09:49 AM
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Yes of course you can, but you really to be cognizant of the fact that you’re not really “practicing what you play” when you do this. First off you need to be aware of your picking force; it’s very easy to fall into the mistake of picking much harder than you would think if amplified just so you can hear yourself. The other big concern is not hearing sounds that should be dampened (by your great technique) that aren’t audible on an unplugged sold body, but are very obvious when amplified. It IS an electric guitar, and is mean to be amplified. I will play my LP unplugged, especially when I grab it for just a few minutes, waiting for my wife.... but I’m always aware that even with great concentration I’m not hearing everything.
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10-11-2019, 02:26 PM
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One of the very best guitarists I know and a teacher told me as part of his practice he plays unplugged so that he can hear the tonal qualities of the guitar at it's roots so that once plugged in you know how to exploit that.
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10-11-2019, 03:44 PM
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I use a Roland Micro Cube w/headphones. This way you can hear the effects you want to produce with an electric ( high gain, different amp types, etc), without bothering everyone around you. I have an Epiphone Dot, which, besides being a real nice guitar for about 400 dollars, lets you practice chord forms, inversions, learning the guitar all up the neck, without the stress placed on your hands using a acoustic.
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10-11-2019, 05:08 PM
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Back in the early '70s my family went on a camping trip with our fold-out camper trailer. One night as I was trying to go to sleep in the trailer I heard faint guitar playing, but it didn't sound like regular guitar playing. I raised the window flap and looked out to a guy leaning against the next trailer, practicing on his Gibson SG electric, unplugged.
Back in the 'late '70s while I was in college I played with a pretty cool band. I was going to a pretty tough college and had to study long hours. Often, late at night, I'd take a break from studying and put in an hour or so of guitar practice. I'd take my Les Paul into the five-floor-open-plan stairwell in my dorm building and rehearse my parts and run scales. Using the acoustic or any form of amplification would have drawn howls of protest at midnight and this allowed me to put in hours I couldn't any other way. Of course, the guitar didn't sound or behave like it would with fifty watts of tube amp wound out, but there was some value in the practice. However... These days I practice through one of these with headphones when I can't make noise:  It's a Line6 Helix that digitally models the entire signal chain from the guitar cord through all the pedals to the amp and cab and even the mic and its position. The guitar sounds and largely acts just like it does with a pedal board and amp behind it. Those who can't program it can download presets that sound great from many of their favorite artists. I'll get up on Saturday morning, go into the guitar room in my slippers with a mug of coffee, and play for an hour or so as my lovely wife sleeps in. It's the bee's knees, but there are less expensive options, such as it's little brother, the Line6 POD HD500X:  It does the same job as the Helix, albeit in a reduced way, and can be had for $300-400 used on Reverb. Bob
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