preamp question

[skweeks]

would anything get hurt if i plugged a rackmount guitar preamp into my normal guitar amp and used that preamp as well? would it blow the preamp in my head or what?

 

[virtual.ray]

It probably won't hurt your amp,but unless you keep the output of your preamp pretty low,it probably won;t sound very good,either,'cause the preamp outputs a line level signal whereas your amp wants to see the tiny signal most guitars put out.Cheers!

 

[skweeks]

i don't think i can bypass the preamp on my amp.. what if i just turned the preamp control to 0 and used the "main" control for volume

 

[virtual.ray]

I think there's a little confusion here.When I said "keep the output of your preamp low" I was referring to the rackmount unit's final output volume,which I assumed you wanted to plug into the normal guitar input on your amp.Am I right so far?

 

[skweeks]

yeah, that's clear

 

[Gear_Junky]

If you have an FX loop try plugging into the "in" jack - that might be "after" the preamp.

 

[virtual.ray]

That's the next thing I was going to suggest;higher probability of level matching w/this scenario.