Friday, June 7, 2013

Cheap way to amplify electric guitar without using an amp?

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I have an electric guitar (Fender Starcaster), but no amp. I have a lot of adapters (RCA to 1/4 jack, RCA to 1/8, etc), so is there any way I could get the sound into a speaker or something?


Answer
yes you can find the right adapters like 6.5mm to 3.5mm conversion plug to connect into some speakers, but i must warn you it wont be much fun as there might possibly be a lot of feedback. Also speakers aren't designed as a guitar amp which could really damage the speakers itself.

Also its gonna suck ass to do so because a standard speaker doesn't have built-in effects like distortion. Even if you purchase an effect pedal, its not guaranteed it will work properly as the feedback may be immense (the crackling noise) due to the speaker size is small and not specifically designed for guitars.

Luckily i have a cheap solution for you, why not get a guitar lead interface that plugs into the computer's USB which enables the computer's speaker as proper amplifier. Like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-UCG102-Guitar-to-USB-Interface/dp/B000PAPO9W

The guitar USB interface is designed to remove feedback to use the computer's speaker via an amp modeling software (like Guitar Rig 4), it is a cheap solution to expand and experiment on different effects and distortion type as it is all software based.



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