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Yup! That's why I want it between the preamp and the PA.

Hm. I didn't think you could push a PA. It's a folk guitar. It doesn't have a volume pedal.

So - really? A boost pedal won't boost? =O.

I haven't found that. Bad lyrics = bad song. Music is much more fluid and just needs to fit the style of the singer. There's not much you can do with a bad string of words. In some of the great songwriting teams, the lyricist just handed a page of words to the musician, who coughed up chords...

You're doing fine. Keep on writing. Don't get stuck in a style. Most important for every song you write (and it looks like you already instinctively know this): Know the plot and characters of every song. You don't have to have it all in the song, but you do have to have it all in your head.

I've written hundreds of songs. It takes me ten or twenty minutes to write one. Then it takes me a couple of months (or years!) to rewrite them. Typically they go through about two dozen rewrites. On a few of them, by the time they were done none of the original words or music was still there...

Oh! Not really aiming for twice as loud, and the boosts I'm looking out roll up 20 dB, but I sort of get your point. Yep. I want a boost so I can boost.

A folk guitar, a mando, a squareneck reso, and a roundneck reso. (I use an AB box and have an ABCD box on order.) Actually, I don't think I need a booster! But I'm in two bands that have people who wish I did, for loud solos. And used boosters are cheap at Reverb.com, so I figure, wotthehell...

Like this?: Amazon.com: Seismic Audio - SATRXL-M10 - Red 10' XLR Male to 1/4" TRS Patch Cable: Musical Instruments (Not insisting on anything! Just figuring out what's what.) What do the rest of you fine minds think? Good idea?

Why are we assuming I play an acoustic-electric, a.k.a. the mullet of the guitar world? Anyhow, this brings us back to putting the boost pedal before the preamp. Any reason not to?

Which kind of points back to using a TRS Y-cable and putting in in the FX jack so I can still send the signal to the mixer via an XLR cable. Any good reason not to do that?

Thanks, Dave - that clears up a lot!

Yeah, that's the question in the subject line: What's a line out jack? I know that on my recording deck I can choose between mic and line, but I've never gotten what line means. Meanwhile, I do see the output jack. I'll use it. Thanks!

Great! Correct me if I'm wrong: - The Line Out jack is instrument level. - Regular guitar cables are fine on both sides of the boost pedal. Am I there? Thanks!

Okay, you're writing to someone who really would ask what mix means. The reason I ask is that I want to use a boost pedal with the preamp. Here's what I've been told so far: 1. Put the pedal before the preamp. 2. Don't put the pedal before the preamp. It could overload it. 3. Get a TRS...

My BBE Acoustimax instrument preamp has an XLR jack that I use for connecting to the PA. But there's also a jack that says Line Out. What's that for? Thanks!

If you have an acoustic instrument with a pickup, running it through the Platinum Stage to your amp or PA will give you Fishman's legendary sound at a nice price. The Platinum Stage is compact but has more features than any other DI/preamp in its price range, including EQ, volume, and a switch...

You think that's funny? I've been writing songs since '68, and I've never had a melody run through my head. Songs perpetually, chords often, melodies never. But they seem to take care of themselves when I write the songs.

I know! But the rest, I didn't. Thanks!

It also soundproofs the kitchen floor slightly and keeps some of the space heater's heat in. Good to know about the highs. It's more the lows I seem to be losing, though. I was blaming the 5" speakers, but y'all have schooled me that 5" is plenty if the room is good. (Which,apparently, it...