[Rainer.]

Originally Posted by fenderboss7

would you suggest just plugging an acoustic electric guitar straight into the sound system, instead of mic ing an acoustic amp.....?

Depends on the situation... There's a time and place for both those options, though, generally speaking, if there's a nice sound system with good monitors, plugging right into the house using a DI box using a good pickup is a good route.

[fenderboss7]

Originally Posted by Rainer.

Depends on the situation... There's a time and place for both those options, though, generally speaking, if there's a nice sound system with good monitors, plugging right into the house using a DI box using a good pickup is a good route.

kewl.......but for electric guitar, you have to mic the amp in order to have it in the sound board right?

[Rainer.]

Originally Posted by fenderboss7

kewl.......but for electric guitar, you have to mic the amp in order to have it in the sound board right?

You could mic the amp, or you could use a cab/mic modeling unit, like a Line 6 POD or Boss GT or Vox Tonelab or Sansamp or something...

[fenderboss7]

Originally Posted by Rainer.

You could mic the amp, or you could use a cab/mic modeling unit, like a Line 6 POD or Boss GT or Vox Tonelab or Sansamp or something...

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[Giga Hertz]

Originally Posted by fenderboss7

would you suggest just plugging an acoustic electric guitar straight into the sound system, instead of mic ing an acoustic amp.....?

As Rainer said, it depends on the situation. At my Church, before I started playing, our main guitarist bought a Behringer ACX1800, which has DI out. So he runs an XLR lead from that, into our multi-core (which connects to the mixer).

It's a great amp, with a nice EQ band, reverb, and some other effects (delay, wah, etc.), and also has two channels (so that you can plug two guitars in at once, or have a separate setup for two different guitars). Works wonders. It's a permanent feature at the Church, now.

kewl.......but for electric guitar, you have to mic the amp in order to have it in the sound board right?

Nope. You have a number of options depending on the setup.

You could run the guitar into a DI, and have the amp as a foldback (though you will need an FX pedal in between the guitar and DI first, lest you have just a clean tone).

My electric guitar amp has DI out, like my mate's ACX1800, meaning I can also run an XLR from that to the mixer, and have the FOH output exactly the same as my amp's.

Really, it all depends what's feasible with the gear you have, and your setting. If you look at, say, a large worship centre such as Hillsong, C3 or Planet Shakers, they won't necessarily have one dedicated combo/stack for their guitars, but rather the guitars will most likely be plugged into heads, and the sound is mixed altogether. Hillsong musos usually use in-ear foldback systems to hear themselves.

[fenderboss7]

i'll just stick to mic ing my electric amp

[Plexi8759]

IMO an electric guitar direct into a sound board is some bad mojo.

[fenderboss7]

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