On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 04:08:10PM -0500, Reuben Martin wrote: > ... it's better for them to > stick it in the line input than fry the mic pre-amp. :o) Your mic preamp has to be very badly designed if can be fried in that way :-) > I think I read an article in TapeOp a while back that Les Paul did just that. > IIRC, he rewired a pickup to be Low-Z because he thought it better retained > it's character by being able to plug it directly into a preamp. Or something > to that effect. I should dig around and see if I can find that article. If your name is Les Paul you can probably do that without risking your business. I actually did the same about 35 years ago for a few friends. Rewound the pickups manually, using a fixture made of Mecano parts... Bumped into one of them last year - he's still happy with the result. Ciao, -- FA Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica Parma, Italia Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
