Silent Rehearsal/Practice Options

[Turdadactyl]

Anybody have a good, cheap solution to allow 3 or 4 guitarists to practice together silently?

This is the only thing I've seen:
Welcome to JamHub.com - The Silent Rehearsal Studio

Top notch tone is really not a concern. Some co-workers and I are trying to set up something to use at lunch in our office to swap licks, practice, etc., but we're being cheap about it. The cheapest JamHub is about $300.

[Silent Sound]

At my old job we used to jam with solidbody electric guitars all the time... we just didn't plug them in. Close the door to the office, and no one outside could hear, which was important, cause we were supposed to be working, not jamming.

[joeq]

Originally Posted by Turdadactyl

Anybody have a good, cheap solution to allow 3 or 4 guitarists to practice together silently?

This is the only thing I've seen:
Welcome to JamHub.com - The Silent Rehearsal Studio

Top notch tone is really not a concern. Some co-workers and I are trying to set up something to use at lunch in our office to swap licks, practice, etc., but we're being cheap about it. The cheapest JamHub is about $300.

A 4 channel headphone amp is about $100. Most of the headphone amps I have seen do not take guitar-level inputs directly, so you will need a mixer. A cheap mixer is about $100.

I have never used one, but from the looks of it, for the extra $25 per man, I would get the Jam Hub just for the convenience factor. Each person can set up his own cue mix turning the others up and down independently. IMO, this is the main feature I would want for playing together.

You aren't going to find many mixers with 4 cue sends for $100.