Fender Mini-Tone Master Amp

Gary Ulinskas · Post by **Gary Ulinskas** » 28 Dec 2003 8:17 pm

I would like to be able to listen on headphones to my steel and the background rythm tracks I have created in my computer using Band In a Box. In a similar question posed by Chippy Wood in a string in 2000, it was suggested that a Radio Shack 970-0895 preamp could do the trick. The Radio Shack web site no longer recognizes this number. Have any of you used a Fender MiniTone Master Amp for this purpose? (Musician's Friend cat #480860.) If not, any other suggestions of a product to use to accomplish what I want to do would be appreciated. Does using such a miniamp mean I could plug my steel output directly into it and not have go go thru my Walker Mono amp?
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Gary Ulinskas
MSA S-12 + Walker mono

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Gary Ulinskas · Post by **Gary Ulinskas** » 28 Dec 2003 8:42 pm

Ooops. Found a later thread with a reply by John Sims recommending the "Pocket Rockit" which sounds like it would also do the trick. I don't think I need the distortion capabilities though, and would still like to hear about the Fender if anybody has used one.
Thanks,
Gary Ulinskas[This message was edited by Gary Ulinskas on 28 December 2003 at 08:46 PM.]

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 29 Dec 2003 4:42 am

Gary, all of the "mini" amps that I know of (Fender, Vox, Marshall) have only a single input, and therefore would require a mixer of some sort to amplify your steel and a computer at the same time.

jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 29 Dec 2003 7:47 am

Digitech Genesis 3 will do all that, and MORE! it does have a line in for another music source, it is called "CD Input", for a cheap 60 watt amp, I have a Berhinger Blue Devil GX 112 for $135, it has digital effects, single 12" speaker and an auxillary in along with the guitar input, and it's light

John Russell · Post by **John Russell** » 2 Jan 2004 9:18 am

Gary, you might try the Rolls Personal Monitor Mixer Plus (PM350b). This unit is small (4.5" X 3.5" X 1.5") and has input and output jacks to accomodate just about any type of plug. This includes 1/4" mono/stereo inputs and outputs; 1/4" instrument in (plug in your guitar here); a 1/4" stereo line input (plug in your CD player, home stereo system or computer) and headphone outputs, both 1/4" and mini. Three knobs on the front for line level, mic level and instrument level. Oh yeah, it also has XLR mic input and output. I think I paid about $70 for it.