Backing tracks through my amp

[paulh]

After years of aimless noodling, I realize that I need to play along with others or at least with backing tracks.

 

My pratice amp has a headphone out (important to the rest of the family) but doesn't have an aux in so I wind up using a cd player in the same room, or (to be quieter) my ipod using one earphone so I can hear the track and my playing, neither approach is great.

 

Is there a relatively easy (and cheap) way to run both the guitar and the backing track through the amp and control volume of both? I guess I could buy a GDEC or something like that, but I'd rather save the money for other gear.

 

Thanks

[1001gear]

Buy a boom box with Karaoke capability. Take the headphone send from your amp and go into the mic in. Unless you have stereo effects, the headphone signal should be a split mono so I'm guessing any plugs that fit should work.

[paulh]

Thanks. I hadn't thought of running the amp through another device. I was assumign I'd need to mix the iPod and guitar inputs through the guitar amp.

[jonfinn]

I would play the backing tracks from an ipod-like device through a boombox, or a pair of small computer speakers. Then, play the guitar through a separate guitar amp. I've found that the backing tracks don't sound good through the guitar amp, and the guitar doesn't sound good through anything but a guitar amp.

[DeCosteOnline]

a behringer mixer is a quick, inexpensive fix as well.