Practicing Rig recomendstions

dean111music

Hello

I'm looking at a versatile practice rig. I'm looking for a looper pedal to lay loops down and must be portable. I also want to plug my phone in to play along work out tracks and ideally have either the same unit or something else that i can use my headphones to listen and practice along to the loops that i have made or along to my phone recordings. 

Hope that makes some sense. Would be nice to have a half decent guitar sounds when plugged in using the headphones

stimpsonslostson

I use a Zoom G1xon when practicing while the kids are in bed. 

It ticks all the boxes you mentioned:  small enough to be portable, sounds decent through amp/headphones, lots of presets, looper, line in for MP3 input, drum machine, can be run off batteries & is cheap too.  
Combined with my iPad and the Riffstation app its excellent. 

https://static.keymusic.com/products/220398/XL/zoom-g1xon-guitar-multi-effects-processor-2.jpg

Things to bear in mind- it sounds good, but obviously it's a cheaper pedal and doesn't sound as "organic" as more expensive separates/multiFX might. 
The headphone volume output is quite high- I have it set to 3 and that's PLENTY loud enough. 
The menus are a bit fiddly to use, but you get used to it. 
It's all plastic- I'm not sure how well it'd hold up to repeated gigging. I've used mine a lot at home/jams etc, but would be reluctant to rely on it for a big show. 

dean111music

thanks so much for that! Seems like a good option! I'll check it out further i think. 

Does it have guitar sounds too? Clean and gain etc? i'm not excepting anything great

stimpsonslostson

You can build an effects chain however you like, or just use one of the numerous presets. Here's a pretty decent demo of it:

dean111music

yeah just watched it. Looks and sounds ok. 

Any irig Users?

Question, once plugged in and found sound you like, can i then go on to other apps and still hear the guitar sound or does it cut out if you are not using the app?

Just thinking i could go on to youtube etc and play along?

grungebob

dean111music said:

yeah just watched it. Looks and sounds ok. 

Any irig Users?

Question, once plugged in and found sound you like, can i then go on to other apps and still hear the guitar sound or does it cut out if you are not using the app?

Just thinking i could go on to youtube etc and play along?

I use irig and JamUp pro and bias pedal. Your sounds move to the next app. 

bingefeller

Boss GT-1 into a monitor speaker.  

dean111music

bingefeller said:

Boss GT-1 into a monitor speaker.  

You can use headphones with that too! Looks good. So weird just watched the video on the boss site and its one of my old students!!!