May Birthdays 
Delrin96mm wrote:
I bought a Vox Pathfinder 10 last weekend.
This is turning out to be a nifty little solution to two problems I have that often interfere with my practice routine: 1) Because of limited space in my house, having even my modest rig of guitar + small transistor amp + tremolo/reverb pedal set up permanently in a dedicated practice space just isn't possible. 2) I often find that at the end of a busy day doing my job plus household chores etc., I'm too tired to set up my stuff, play for an hour or so, and then put everything away again.
So I've now taken to setting up my guitar on a stand to the left of my work desk each morning, with the Pathfinder 10 on the windowsill to my right. This means that over the course of a working day, I'm putting in 60-90 minutes of practice time, divided up into small chunks of about 15 minutes each.
Although I naturally love my verb and trem, I'm finding that practising through an amp that has neither of these is really good for my playing. There are no effects to distract me, and having the Pathfinder almost at ear level means that any shortcomings in my technique are exposed mercilessly. And if I get fed up of playing dry, I play along to some of the tunes and songs I've been working on (the original recordings, not backing tracks), which - if I'm playing well and I balance the volume levels correctly - gives me a really nice double-tracked, wet-dry effect. Not a major step for mankind, I'm prepared to admit, but actually being able to play every day is a major relief for me. Life has a habit of getting in the way of things that are important to us, so it's nice to have found a way of outfoxing it a little on this particular front.
As a sidenote: I'm planning to buy a Vox AC10 next year, which will be my first ever valve amp. So having my little Pathfinder 10 next to me in the office is a nice incentive for me to keep working towards that.
yep, having a simple “plug and play” amp near your is pretty important for having more practice than plugging the stuff and fiddling with knobs) especially all the time you’ve got is some hour between putting your kids to bed and you sleeping time) great you’ve found a solution)
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