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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on June 21, 2012 at 9:12am

are you   just  using the speaker?   , or are they still hooked up  to  the computer ?  is there power  going to  the  speaker ?

 you  can  hack the  speaker and run a 9volt battery    to it  .  or an adaptor  .

or you  can  try  just hooking the guitar  right to  the mic  jack  on your computer   too ..  (turn down your  volume  first  )  then  find your mic audio   settings in your computer ,  and that should work .

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Permalink Reply by Lane Anderson on June 21, 2012 at 10:58am

It's a powered sub with two speakers going out so I just plugged the guitar into the 3.5mm audio cable. I'm thinking this should work fine and that the problem is a connection broke off or something in the guitar :(

Edit: Just tried it in the mic input for the computer and picking up nothing. Problem must be in the guitar. But for future, is plugging into the mic input a safe way to record?

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on June 21, 2012 at 2:08pm

i  have recorded that way  many times  with no problem   ..   but depending on your system   the volume being too high  may hurt    your  sound card or speakers  ..  besides that , .. it should be ok  ..   the  quality  is not that good tho.

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Permalink Reply by BenBob on June 21, 2012 at 3:14pm

Powered PC speakers' 3.5mm input is expecting a line level, which is much hotter than a guitar pickup. The mic-input should work, but make sure that it's not down or muted, and is able to go to the output instead of record-only. I wouldn't assume it's the guitar unless you know a mic works in the input but the guitar isn't.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 21, 2012 at 7:06pm

I use one of those with my iPhone for a guitar amp all the time. Test the speaker with something else, an iPod etc. I suspect you got a loose connection in your guitar

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Permalink Reply by BenBob on June 22, 2012 at 5:04am

Right, your iPhone is sending a line-level signal. A guitar needs to be pre-amped to get up to that.

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Permalink Reply by Lane Anderson on July 5, 2012 at 2:25pm

I picked up a used Line6 amp today in great condition for a great price. Plugged in the CBG and no problems at all. So glad the problem wasn't inside the guitar. I can't believe how good a simple piezo sounds in an amp. Wow, I'm super impressed!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on July 5, 2012 at 3:18pm

line  6  is an awesome amp  .  it's   what i  use  .

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Permalink Reply by Lane Anderson on July 5, 2012 at 3:57pm

I'm loving it so far. It's the Spider III 15, just a small little guy but the effects are great and it looks like it's well made. Set it on crunch mode with max reverb and it sounds juuuuuuust right :D

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on July 5, 2012 at 4:19pm

cool  .. lots  of  guys have  the  spider  2  or   3   on   here  ,,  and that 15  sounds and feels  like  100  .  

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on July 6, 2012 at 6:07pm

Has anyone played one of the little Orange amps yet? Wanna try one. If you like the 15 and 30 watt Line 6 check out the Peavey amps same thing really. Peavey been making the best solidstate amp for 40 years. The Bogner line 6 are great but big bucks.

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Permalink Reply by bouydog 8-9-8 on July 7, 2012 at 7:16am

Yes this works, the speakers must have an independant power supply. Crack the speaker open that the power supply goes to solder a quarter inch jack to the input wires plug in and play.

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