Haha! that's how I got started. I played through an old record player, but it had 1/4 inputs which you will definitely need. There is a benefit to playing this way, at least in the case of my experience. I didn't get a distortion pedal right away, so I had to play clean, which means that I also had to make sure that my playing was clean, because a lot is revealed when you aren't using distortion. If interested, try it this way just for a while - it will do wonders for your playing.

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