Headphone outs for recording?

[Callum27]

Hi, I was thinking of purchasing a peavey royal 8 tube amp to record guitar, but it doesn't have a line out. Would I still get a decent quality recording from the headphone output? unfortunately miking the amp is out of the question (i'm broke lol).

[i_got_a_mohawk]

It'll sound crap. It is do-able, but, it'd sound crap

Its a tube amp anyways, you want to mic it. You can get dynamic mics pretty cheap. A while back me and the guys in my band wanted our own mics, so we pitched together and got a pack of three behringer dynamics for ~£20. Ok, so, they arent amazing. But there isnt a huge deal of difference between them and say an SM-58.

Also, while not too good, you can get condensor mics for under £20 if you look in the right places.

[JonathanD]

+1 IgotA
Find a used mic somewhere if you can.
Otherwise its pointless to have the tubes for recording because the DI is before the pwoer tubes and you do not hear the speakers.

[bradjonesbass]

If you can't mic the amp, you're much better off just getting a POD. They're not too terribly expensive, especially used.