Nail the toughest licks at your own pace!

The TASCAM CD-GT1mkII Portable CD Guitar Trainer is the ultimate training and jamming tool for guitarists, vocalists, and other musicians. Take any favorite CD, plug your guitar directly into the CD-GT1's 1/4" input, put on some headphones, set the volume, and start rocking! Vocalists can do the same with a mic.

The Slow Speed Audition feature lets you learn licks note-for-note by slowing down the CD up to 50% without changing the pitch. You can also increase the tempo in steps until you match the original performance. Added features include a guitar-cancelling function, built-in metronome, and oscillators for tuning, and split monitoring.

Advanced players can use the CD-GT1's pitch and speed controls to audition various keys and tempi for CDs they've burned of their own music.

The CD-GT1 has 57 great-sounding, customizable effects including distortion, delay, chorus, and more. There's also a nice selection of vocal reverbs and processed sounds so you can sing along with rockers, hip-hoppers, divas, and everything in-between!

You can set seamless in-out loop points with the CD-GT1 so that it plays the same passage over and over again so you can nail phrases. Use the footswitch input to start playing the CD from any designated point or to scroll through effects.

You can listen on headphones, or use its line output to plug in speakers. The CD-GT1 even provides a chromatic tuner and operates on batteries to take your show on the road. Optional AC power supply. (See accessory box on this page.)

TASCAM CD-GT1mkII Portable CD Guitar Trainer Features:

• SSA (0 -8 -16 -32 -50%): Slow Speed Audition, tempo control without affecting key
• 0 to -50% pitch control (in 1% steps)
• Single Loop, All Loop, and Seamless IN-OUT Loop
• Flash start: Seamless locate and play from the cue point function
• Single play and continuous play
• Footswitch input for flash start or effects switching
• 57 Built-in Effects: 15 Distortion sounds, 15 Overdrive sounds, 15 Clean tone sounds, and 12 Vocal effects)
• Guitar canceling function
• Built in metronome
• Built in oscillators for tuning
• Split monitoring
• Improved interface for easier use
• 10-second anti-shock memory
• 2-way power supply
• Battery operation
• Optional AC adapter

Improving your skills has never been this much fun. Click or call to order now!

TASCAM CD-GT1mkII Portable CD Guitar Trainer

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Cheap Plastic Lid

Posted by Dr Love from Atlanta, GA on Jul 1, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Pro Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Cover, Praise, Soft Jazz

You would think for the price this item sells for, and the fact that the lid must be opened and closed many times over the life of the product, it would have a better design. I have used mine less than 10 times, yet the cover latch and one of the hinges are already broken because they're made of cheap plastic. Of course, when the latch doesn't stay closed the unit won't play. I have had to resort to using a rubber band (!!) to keep the thing closed. I expected better from a brand like TASCAM.

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Good practicing tool

Posted by Tex from Philadelphia on Jun 15, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues, Country

I bought this when it was a Stupid Deal of the Day here at this site. So far, it works pretty well, but I highly suggest anyone buying this to read the manual. There are many controls and options for this little CD player. The construction is a bit cheap though but no more than standard CD players so don't play kickball with it. I've learned to play some tunes already with it, and although the tempo thingy has a vibrato feel to it (even the manual says its part of the programming), it gets the job done. I learned a couple of songs fairly quickly with the right tempo and all. I haven't tried the new version of this yet so I have no comparison generation-wise. Overall, it's a pretty good practicing tool.

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Pretty Nice!!!!

Posted by Musicman on May 30, 2008

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: 70s Rock, Bluegrass

My music teacher owns one, and I think it's pretty cool. I play Mandolin, Banjo (which I'm not so good at), and Guitar. I had my guitar at lessons one day and was having trouble getting a song down so he got this down and slowed the song down. It was So Easy to learn with.

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Tascam CD-GT1mkII Portable CD Guitar Trainer

Posted by Stainless Steel Man from San Diego on May 23, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

I've had this guitar trainer for about a year and a half and I love it. It does everything they say it does. slowing down the tempo without changing pitch is great for learning new stuff. The loop feature is also great for learning solos and phrases. Slow it down and loop it, jam with it till you got it nailed. Plug in your guitar, put on your headphones and practice without annoying your neighbors. At first I thought the effects sounded a little processed, but once you get used to using the effect library,you're bound to find something you like. you can also manually adjust the effects and save them to the library. The only bad thing I can say about it is the cd door broke off a couple weeks ago,but it still works fine. I also recomend buying the ac adapter, I hear this thing eats alot of batterys.

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Guitarslinger

Posted by guitarslinger240 from michigan on May 19, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: 30 years playing guitar

Reviewer's Play Style: classic rock, blues

Sounds like crap, the cd lid busted off while putting in a cd. Not real user friendly.

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