The Black World Of Solitude.

Monday, 26 December 2011

BOXING DAY! TIME TO WATCH WWE!!!
(ok, I know I'm lame)

Argh damn, I'm stuck in a dilemma.

Everytime I want to buy something, I would always weigh the advantages and disadvantages. And then after much thinking, I would usually decide not to buy the product. It is irritating, considering I spent so much time researching and making sure that it is worth buying that product. And right now I'm stuck with the same problem.

It's about my guitar. I want to be able to play late at night (not that I have a choice, since school's starting) and I live in an apartment building, so I can't blast out my playing (and I play hard rock to metal) otherwise my neighbours would come knocking on my door. I've tried headphones on my practice amp (a Peavey Backstage II) but it doesn't sound really that good through headphones (I've tried a few headphones, same results), and then mobility's another problem since I'm stuck to one position, and the cord length of my headphones is 1.2m (I'm not tall too, but I have to sit close to my amp and there's no point sitting and practising). So I can't move about much.

And there's a solution - buy a headphone amplifier. I was quite interested in the Vox AmPlug series, especially the AC30. It plugs directly to the guitar and so mobility isn't much of a problem. However, it costs $50+ SGD and I don't know if its worth or not, considering it runs on batteries (and lasts maximum a day) and I would have to replace it a lot of times. And after I buy this, my present amp may be left in a corner to collect dust, like my classical guitar. And I hate to waste stuff away. And then there's the tone issues as well, I've heard the AC30 and its meant for stuff like Queen but I prefer a hi-gain overdriven sound,like what my overdrive pedal gives me. I think this's not a problem, I can go to the shop and try out the amPlug series, unless the shop doesn't allow that, which, of course, is ridiculous.

So that's the dilemma I'm in. To buy or not to buy. I can use my hard-earned money to buy the stuff, but the problem is whether it would be worth the money or not. I'm already not using my Boss OS-2 as frequently as I thought, having bought it last year with my salary, since whenever I connect it to a Marshall in the jamming studios it hisses a lot (for reasons I know not) and sounds extremely compressed and fuzzy even when the gain is reduced. I've read positive and negative reviews about the amPlug AC30, which adds to the dilemma.

And yet another thing. Unless I'm super lucky or something, I think there's no point spending a lot of money on musical stuff, considering there's no future for bands in Singapore. So yeah, to buy or not to buy.

It sucks when you can't play at full volume..... And it sucks more when you think too much just to buy a product.

Any opinions?

I think I shall just plug in my guitar to my amp and try out the headphone output one last time before coming to a decision.

:(

人之命，若无意，何生乎？23:42