[LAU] OT: Phantom power and my acoustic guitar

[Roger E]

Andrea Del Signore wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> sorry for the off-topic post, but since I'm a linux audio user from a
> long time
> this is the only audio group that I know ;)
>
> 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.
>
> Best regards,
> Andrea
>
> P.S.
> I'm asking it here because searching through the various guitar and
> homerecording forums I found contradictory responses: someone says that
> I can
> damage my guitar pre or mixer and some other that it safe to connect
> with an XLR
> cable on both sides ("phantom" power).
>
> My mixer manual says only that I can't connect "unbalanced" equipment
> while
> phantom power is switched on.
>
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Just removing the ground (pin 1) connection from the mixer input XLR 
cable from the guitar should stop the phantom power from getting through.