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Silent guitar

  • 27-04-2009 03:53PM
    #1
    Fremen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭


    I'm interested in learning the guitar, but I live in a small apartment surrounded by lots of people, and really don't want to piss off my neighbours. Plus, I'll mostly be practicing at night.

    I'm not keen to spend more than a couple of hundred euro until I get good. Is it possible to play a regular electric guitar through headphones, or would it be a good idea to go for something like this:
    http://www.skylarkguitars.com/skylark-steel-string-skeleton-silent-guitar-1276-0.html

    Any opinions or comments would be appreciated, cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    Zangetsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Zangetsu


    Your best bet would be a Yamaha Pacifica and a microcube.

    That will let you play amplified (quietly) or use headphones.

    Check out www.thomann.de for prices!


  • #3
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    The Vox AMplug is pretty cool too


  • #4
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    just dont plug ur electric in, or get a pod or pocketpod or something, dent sounds and you can plug it into anything with a line in, sounds pretty decent


  • #5
    Demeyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭Demeyes


    I wouldn't get that guitar you posted, it looks more like a gimmick than a proper guitar, plus at that price I don't think it would play well.
    Generally electric guitars are very quiet acoustically, they make very little noise. You can plug any electric guitar you like into a Line 6 pod or similar effects units and get to use it with headphones and it would be fine for playing in a apartment.


  • #6
    Quattroste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Quattroste


    Line 6 Pocket pod €90. 2nd hand Yamaha Pacifica or similar €150. Guitar cable €10. Sorted! Plug your guitar into the Pod, plug your headphones into your POD and away you go. Loads of great sounds from Clean to Dirty with chorus and delay etc, and a built in tuner which is needed for a beginner. Trust me you'll love it!


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  • #7
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    u can even plug the pod into any stereo or computer or anything really

    they're great peices of gear


  • #8
    Fremen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Fremen


    Nice one, cheers for the advice guys.


  • #9
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uACShI5SrKk


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