[LAU] OT: Phantom power and my acoustic guitar

[Dave Phillips]

Andrea Del Signore wrote:
> My question is: can I connect an Ibanez AW40ECE-NT guitar to a mixer with
> phantom power switched on? The guitar has a fishman pickup and an Ibanez SST
> preamp and I'll connect with the mixer using the XLR output, so the connection
> will be XLR to XLR.
>   

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power

I'm not sure it will necessarily hurt anything, but I don't think it's 
going to help your guitar sound. You're already plugged into a preamp, I 
don't think you need further power.

Best,

dp