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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Dellwood" data-source="post: 48166" data-attributes="member: 498">Re: Acoustic guitar into passive DIA few months back, I was scheduled to mix a duo, a singer and acoustic/electric guitar player, at a club using supplied equipment. There was time before the show for a line/sound check, but I simply could not get any signal out of the acoustic guitar which was plugged into the DI. Guitar player said he just used the same guitar that afternoon in the studio, and it worked fine.&nbsp; Guitar player changed batteries, changed the 1/4 cord. Nothing.&nbsp; I swapped DIs, and the xlr out, but still nothing. Mixer channel was fine.&nbsp; I was stumped. I wound up having to mic the guitar with a SM57 (all that was available).&nbsp; Got through the show, but I found out later a wire inside the guitar had somehow come loose causing the problem.&nbsp; Sometimes it&#039;s NOT the sound guy&#039;s fault.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />~:smile:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Dellwood, post: 48166, member: 498"] Re: Acoustic guitar into passive DI A few months back, I was scheduled to mix a duo, a singer and acoustic/electric guitar player, at a club using supplied equipment. There was time before the show for a line/sound check, but I simply could not get any signal out of the acoustic guitar which was plugged into the DI. Guitar player said he just used the same guitar that afternoon in the studio, and it worked fine. Guitar player changed batteries, changed the 1/4 cord. Nothing. I swapped DIs, and the xlr out, but still nothing. Mixer channel was fine. I was stumped. I wound up having to mic the guitar with a SM57 (all that was available). Got through the show, but I found out later a wire inside the guitar had somehow come loose causing the problem. Sometimes it's NOT the sound guy's fault. :)~:-)~:smile: [/QUOTE]

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