I recommend one the these preamps from k&k for high Z: http://www.kksound.com/preamp97.html I use one for my piezio pickup on my upright bass and I LOVE it. I have also used it in the studio with electric bass. Peter On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. > > I often run the PA system for my CU at uni. So far we've been using > jack-jack leads to connect guitars to the desk. However, my Dad has > recently started using jack-XLR leads at my home church and says that > it's much better. > > After a very long conversation and lots of googling (which incidentally > provides no info at all on the subject), I'm now completely confused. > > Are guitars mic or line or what? > > The rationale for using jack-XLR leads and connecting to the mic input > on the desk is that guitars have mics in them so they are mic level. > Apparently the battery unit in the guitar doesn't make it line level, > but I'm not convinced. > > The other thing I don't understand is that if that is the case, why do > people use DI boxes? A DI box takes a high impedance (line level - I > think) input and converts it to low impedance output (mic level). If the > guitar is mic level already then what's the point? > > Please, could someone shed some light on this because I'm now very confused. > > Thanks in advance. > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
