I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned impedance :o Guitars 'expect' to be working into a valve amp with an impedance in the region of 1M ohm. Your audio card is likely to have an impedance of around 47k ohm. This will make a significant difference to the behaviour of the controls on the guitar itself. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user