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Hi Michael I'll answer this the best I can. As I understand it, there are a few different signal levels used by different audio equipment, and they each have their place. * instrument level - guitar instrument output to effect to amplifier * microphone level - * -10dB line level and +4dB line level. PA, mixer, stereo systems, sound reinforcement, computer sound card, etc. use line level. I'm not entirely sure where headphones fit into this, but I know they need some kind of driver (which must be built into your guitar, but not the Verbzilla). At a guess maybe headphone signal level is classed as line level - anyone who knows better please jump in. The Verbzilla (I love mine) is an instrument level device intended to be used with guitars, other guitar effects, preamps and amplifiers. But not really intended to drive your headphones, nor plug straight into a mixer or PA without some kind of DI or line booster... although you can get away with it. Personally I don't use an amplifier with my main rig, instead I either use line level stereo monitors, or a mixer plugged into whatever sound reinforcement is appropriate... including it's headphone output. To get the best out of my chain of stereo effects I had a custom stereo line booster made to go at the end of the chain. It provides the correct line levels giving a clean loud signal for the mixer, monitors, PA etc. Before I wised up I plugged my FX chain directly into my mixer, then I had to turn the faders right up, but this resulted in a lackluster sound with a lot of background noise, not much fun. I suggest using the instrument output of your guitar into the Verbzilla as intended. Then the Verb's output into a headphone amp or mini amp. The Dan Electro HoneyTone is a pretty good sounding mono amp given it's price and size, a few useful controls and has a headphone output. A few years ago before I got a mixer and monitors for my rig, I used a pair of HoneyTones for stereo effects which was kind of fun for a while. There are pricier more sophistocated headphone amps that would serve you well, so it's really up to you. Cheers -- G. To: "Loopers Delight" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Subject: volume frustration From: "Michael Peters" <mp@mpeters.de> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 21:00:23 +0200 >This is probably a stupid question but at the moment I'm not sure where to >look. >I have this Soloette classical guitar with headphones output. When I plug >my >headphones into the guitar, the sound is very bright and loud. But it is >also completely dry. So I plugged it into my Verbzilla to add a bit of >reverb. It works ok as a stompbox under regular circumstances but when I >plug my (stereo) headphones into the (mono) output of the Verbzilla (or >the >DL-4, this is true probably for other stompboxes too), the volume is only >half of what it used to be. > >I'm not sure why this happens. Is it due to my dabbling with the >stereo/mono >adapters that I use? What would be the optimal way to transfer the two >separate 1/4" jack outputs from the Verbzilla to the one stereo headphone >jack of the headphone? without any loose contact problems? > >Or <gasp> is it the stompbox itself that reduces the volume? > >-Michael