Guitar amp

[bizzynick]

is it possible to plug a guitar into a normal speaker.

 

[guitarman78]

yes ... but not advisable ... not loog term ... speakers will spoil ... so unless you have a hi fi that you are prepared to trash .... dun destroy your Bang and Olufsen!

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

if u want to connect ur electric guitar directly into pa, u'd need a direct input box...

a Behringer GDI-21 is an example:

http://www.luthermusic.com/cgi-bin/WB_ItemPageGen.pl?t=1132400536&Pid=204&Gid=2100800

if u wanna plug in normal mic'd or piezo'd acoustics, ya direct connection can...

 

[amoslu]

I've been doing that for a pretty long time. Running my guitar thru pod xt into speakers. No damage yet.

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

yes, pod xt live also has a direct input... doing that will not damage ur speakers at all cuz it's meant to do thatr in the 1st place...

on the other hand, putting a direct input into a guitar amp may spoil it... diferent kinda signals...

 

[amoslu]

I think running a DI into an amp would be okae, because amps should be able to take both active and passive guitar pickups, and the active ones may be as hot as a DI. But who would want to plug a balanced output from the DI into the unbalanced one? Must as well dun use a DI