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Topic: Some Play Along Advice

Greetings All,

I'm new to the forum and this is my first post.  I've been a guitar player since my teens (I'm now 60) and after years of playing maybe a half hr a month, I started getting serious again about 5 yrs ago.  I went to guitar camp...took group lessons at the local community college and took some private lessons.  I've been blessed with more money than talent..and managed to accumulate a number of instruments over the yrs.  Unfortunately, I had a Fender American Strat, Gibson Les Paul and Epiphone Joe Pass stolen.  THAT hurt!  I was fortunate my '67 Rickenbacker 365, '62 Fender Jazzmaster, Fender American Telecaster, and Epiphone Casino were in another building and safe!  Anyway...I now live in the Mtns of NC and I'm pretty remote and have no opportunity to take community college classes and meet other people I could play with.  I am interested in finding something I could play my CDs or MP-3s on and plug my guitars into and jam along to the songs.  I currently have a Fender G-DEC 30 and its a pretty cool little amp with lots of different different backing tracks such as blues.....rock....punk....you name it..but I'm looking ffor something a little more diverse...something I can play along to songs with.  I noticed in one of the catalogs I get there is a Boss eBand JS 10 Guitar trainer...which might do the trick.  Has anyone had any experience with this?  I also notice there is Line 6 Spider Jam Amp.  Not sure if this is similar to what  I already have.  Any advice/recommendations anyone could make would be appreciated.

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Re: Some Play Along Advice

Welcome too chordie,sorry too here you go your guitars stolen and glad too here you did not loose them all. you will find alot of people here that will help you along the way.Many of them do know about electrical things,have fun!

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Any of the RP's by Digitech have a input for a mp3 or cd player.  you dont even need an amp if you want to just use headphones.  you can pick up used ones pretty cheep. just make sure you geta teh power supply with them. if money is no worry, then lookinto at least a RP255 or get more bellsand whistles and go for the 1000.  just go to the digitech website and see all the candy.
Pm me for more info.  I have a RP250, and still after 6 yrs have not found all its features! LOLOL Where in WNC are you? I lived in Asheville  from 15 to 22. Dad had a church in Fletcher. and i chanced into Boone a few times LOLOL.

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Re: Some Play Along Advice

Thank you both for the welcome.  I have shied away from pedals for the most part.  I do have a Cry Baby Wah pedal but that's it.  Maybe its time to bite the bullet and dive in.  I did read the reviews on the Digitech RP 250..and they were all very positive.  I will probably take a look at them on Youtube and see what they can do.  I did live in Asheville for a year.  I loved it...a very diverse culture.  I now live about an hr east of Asheville in the middle of nowhere.  Thanks again for the advice

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Most of the YT vids for it are ok, but  heck they are so cheep, even a new one (RP255) is only 150 bucks,, I paid that for my 250 yrs ago.
another + with the 250 /55 you can go to the website and download a zip of hundreds of sound patches other people have already made and  you download them in a zip file.

As I was sorta saying in the other post. The cool thing is that you can if you want to, just plug in your guitar and it has the headphone jack and a input jack for external players.  With the cabnet /amp simulators it has a huge sound!
I took the liberty of finding you some examples of the 250 /55/1000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaQL-mafhcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrwzcL4WMFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E2asfEowDg

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Welcome Guitar Hacker.  I'm not good on the electric side.  We'll tryto keep this thread on top and you will get a lot of answers I'm Sure.  Good luck buddy.

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Welcome to Chordie!  I'm an acoustic person myself... but wanted to say HI!!

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Are you a PC or Mac guy?

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Beamer...thank you for the links to Youtube.  I haven't had a chance to look at them yet...but the Digitech does seem to be what I am looking for...and you are right...the $200 to $300 range is right up my alley!  For the acoustic members welcoming me to the forum....I do also have a Martin D-16 GT..which I love.  I took a course on fingerpicking....and can make my way through a few songs.  I do however favor the electrics as that's what I started out on waaaay back in the 60's.  Thanks again to everyone for making me feel welcome.

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GH,
You know, there is just something a electric does to your body that the acoustic cant do.  I also have a couple acoustics.  I really like them, but ask the guys who have skype jammed with me, I will usually end up running it into a mild overdrive befor the night is finished and then swap back and forth with my SG.

On a side note, my 12 yr old has picked up his Strat again after a yr or so of not playing.  He is restarting his lessons and I have gotten him to start refreshing his mind.  He is relearning "THE RUMBLE".  Since your a 60's electric guy I thought you would like hearing that.  I hope this time around he actually "gets into it".  But I dont push  so that way he wont just shut down cause its pushedon him.  I do get guilty of "over encourraging" him  LOLOL Whats a dad to do??

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Bald Dude...I am a PC guy.

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Ahhh....The Rumble....every beginning guitarist should have some exposure to music from the 50's and 60's.  Power chords really opened up the ability of teen agers to start up garage bands.  I remember my grandfather was a Rotarian and back in 1965 he invited me to go to a grandfather/grandson rotary dinner and talent show.  One of the participants was a local band of teenagers that went to my high school.  They played "She's a Woman"..and I knew right then and there that I wanted an electric guitar and amp.  I begged and pleaded with my parents and FINALLY they gave in and I bought a used Hagstrom III in a bright cherry red and a Gibson Minuteman Amp.  I wish I'd kept them...*sigh*.

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Re: Some Play Along Advice

Hi Guitar Hacker, I too am turning 60and started playing again about a year ago after nearly a 40 year absence.  I have the Line 6 SpiderJam and love it.  Does everythingyoumentionedyouwantedandmore.