For those who don’t know, I play guitar. I’ve been playing a long, long time and honestly, I’m not that good. I’ve never put the time into it to be more than a home hobby. But I enjoy it and that’s the important thing, at least for me.
I’ve been wanting something that would allow me to practice easily, especially over my headphones in order to save my neighbor’s ears. I haven’t purchased any new things besides strings recently, so I thought it might be time to have a little fun.
I’ve just ordered a Valeton GP-200LT. I really enjoyed the YT demo of this device from Andertons.
As you’ll note, this isn’t necessarily a pro model as it’d doesn’t have XLR outputs, though you can use TRS cables for balanced output. I’m not gigging, so…yeah, not an issue at the moment.
Why do I want this?
Well, it’s a modeler so I can get a variety of amps and cabinets, as well as lots of pedals. Further, it has a basic drum machine built in; good for my timing. Just as importantly for me, it has a looper as well. I have a variety of things that have some combination of these tools, but nothing that combines them all seamlessly. This seems to do that.
They have a more pro model, the GP-200, which has the balanced XLR outputs and an expression pedal. I wanted to keep this under $300. They also have a new version out, the GP-200JR, which is similar to this, has XLR, and an expression pedal built in. It’s a wee bit pricier, but doesn’t have a MIDI in and out. Am I going to use MIDI? My guess is no, but I have a couple things laying around that might be fun to try.
So what about that expression pedal. In all honestly, I haven’t really ever used one. Bob don’t Wah. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to use one, just that I never really have…EVEN THOUGH I OWN ONE.
Yes, I have an expression pedal that should work with this. Yay!
It’s not expensive. But I’m going to guess I don’t need an expensive one.
Further the GP-200LT is small enough to be used on my desktop if I want to tweak things easily. Have a pedal would add inches to the device and, well….you can see where that one is going.
Who knows, maybe I’ll start making actual music and post it here where no one has to listen to it.