When attaching magnetic guitar pickups like the humbuckers in that 335 clone to a computer soundcard, it is very important to get the proper impedance matching device made for guitar pickup input.

Not all 1/4" holes are truly high impedance. This is especially true for mixers, which also typically don't have the gain as well.

Just because you can hear the guitar does not necessarily mean that the impedance is matched correctly.

Use of a mic preamp that has a real high impedance (1megohm or greater, or at least about 250,000 ohms, NOT the typical 10K line impedance) input is advised, especially when wishing to use guitar amp simulators. This can make a big difference in the tone you get, because the lower impedance inputs will load the pickups down and change the EQ and response -- a lot.


--Mac

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