[LAU] Very low input from accoustic guitar pickup

Joe Hartley jh at brainiac.com
Wed Nov 21 20:54:21 EST 2007


On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:44:48 -0500
lanas <lanas at securenet.net> wrote:
>   I'm connecting an accoustic bass guitar that has an internal pickup
> to a 1010LT card (inout 3 for instance) using a 1/4" cable and a 1/4"
> to RCA converter. 

You need some form of preamp between the guitar and the 1010.  The guitar
does not provide a strong enough signal for the 1010 to handle properly.
An inexpensive mixer will do the trick.

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