Excellent for practicing, improvising, playing at home, but also in a pub or club for jam sessions. It plays fantastically when plugged into a PA mix, even a guitar without a combo thanks to the internal GT-10 multi-effect. The ability to pre-assign 2 different sounds to one song so that they automatically switch with the song selection and both sounds can also be switched with a footswitch is an excellent thing for live playing and using the JS-8 instead of a self-playing instrument for backing tracks.