Tube Guitar Amp for Headphones?

I don't know either, but audio is very empirical, so you could try it out and maybe write up a quick review for us? I have been wondering the same thing as well :D
 

Likely not.  Tube guitar amps are usually mono and headphones are stereo.

Modding would require you to build another amp.  It'd be easier to build a dedicated headphone amp.

But if you don't play guitar, why not sell it and use the money to buy a headphone amp?  Some guitar player will want it.

I actually use my blackstar HT-5R as my headphone amp for my AKG Q701s now.

I have a cable going from my X-fi xtreme music soundcard into the guitar amp line in, and my headphones plugged into the headphone out on the amp. I just power the amp on and keep the standby switch off (which stops sound coming out the cab speaker). It sounds great, and it's is incredibly loud. There are no volume controls for the headphone out on the guitar amp, so I guess it has a constant level of amplification, but it is so loud I can't go above 40-50% volume on the PC without it becoming too much.

I should add though, that my phones do sound nicer when I plug them directly into the x-fi soundcard, it's just that I'm too lazy to switch the cables around several times a day!

Instrument amps are mono, plus they have minimum load requirements that are almost always higher then what a pair of cans can manage.  I suggest a Fender Telecaster for that instead...

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Originally Posted by ken3592 

Ah, that makes sense.  Thank you.  It is an old 1967 Ampeg guitar tube amp and we have been looking to sell it.  So far the best offer was like $700. Ha.

 

May I ask what model it is?  If its Ampeg, its more likely a bass guitar amp...

No, no, no...  

Guitar amps are in mono, have high impedance out, put out distortion on purpose, and morover are designed for the frequency range of a guitar... 

There's plenty of stereo, low impedance out, distortion-free and full-frequency range headphone amps you can buy for that money.