[linux-audio-user] ams PCM input?

[Jon B]

> If I am not mistaken, I think there are MIDI guitars that do this
> optically, as well as guitars that are built with Roland pickups
> pre-installed.  I'm not sure I would want to play an instrument that has
> electric current running through the strings!  And impoperly wired
> normal electric guitar can be a shock hazard as it is!

Bah.  Touch a battery.  Feel anything?  This could be much less
current than that.  Yes, you can certainly get shocked by a poorly
grounded sound system, because the strings are connected to the
guitar's "ground".  But this wouldn't be any worse for risk.