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Guitar chord forum - chordie → Electric → new electric
I am considering ordering a new lapslide electric guitar with a piezo pickup under the bridge
as well as a humbucking pickup. Can someone please explain the difference to me??
There is also a blend knob, how will that go with plugging into my computer to record digitally??
Thank you from Oz...
Piezo's are typically used in electro-acoustic guitars. If that lapslide is anything like the Epiphone Ultra II then that piezo will give an acoustic sounding output. The blend knob should be so you can combine the electric and 'acoustic' sounds for a best of both worlds.
Howdy Lapslide guy,
It has been my experience that humbuckers drive good enough to just plug directly into the microphone input on your sound card, and use software controls to regulate volume. So far as the Piezo-electric pickups I think the same is true because the microphone input is looking for a lower input signal than you might get from a line level source. If you are bringing in another source like from a cd player using the headphone jack and a jumper cord 1/8" TRS male-male, you would want to use the line in jack on your sound card because the driven signal is wanting to see a 16-32 ohm load which may be too much for the microphone input. You will also likely need a 1/4" mono female to 1/8" mono male adapter to plug your instrument cord into the sound card. readily available at Radio Shack for less than $3.00.
Works on guitars that I own and should work on your lapsteel as well.
Have fun with your music.... it just gets better!
Take Care; Doug
Guitar chord forum - chordie → Electric → new electric
