[imported_farmer_rob]

can a guitar cable (essentially a 1/4" jack) be modded (and work) to terminate in a rca?

here what I want to do: I want to be able to plug my guitar into an old scott reciever tube amp - it has a RCA input for TV (mono) so I'm thinking it may work?

am I wrong??

anyone up for a challenge??

 

[BradJudy]

No modding needed - just get one of these: http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

$3 at Radioshack.

 

[mminutel]

Sounds to me like it would work. Just head over to markertek and buy a 1/4" male and an RCA male. Wiring is really simple.

The RCA jack on the amp is for audio though right?

 

[imported_farmer_rob]

ring the bell- LOL brad- that was too easy, i didnt even think about adapters-

yes- there are two audio ins, phono, and TV

 

[mminutel]

I would prefer to make my own cable but its all up to you. Im a DIY kinda guy.

 

[OtterMarc]

Rob,

You've already got the cable issue resolved, but there's another. The guitar signal may be too weak for the amp. You might need some kind of guitar amp between your guitar and the amp for it to work. The TV in is meant for a line-level input up to a volt. Guitars don't put out one volt from their pickups. Try it and see.

Some of those $8 - 30 dollar 9-volt battery-powered amps one finds in guitar and music shops might do just fine.
Good luck,

 

[BradJudy]

As mminutel pointed out, this is a simple DIY cable as well, I have a couple of 1/4"-RCA cables I made for use with my M-Audio MobilePre.

 

[imported_farmer_rob]

hmmm maybe a mod to my lil cmoy? or mini to rca out of the cmooy

 

[dcheming]

An active DI box will convert the low-level high-impedance guitar output into a line-level signal that would feed your tube receiver properly. I use a PreSonus TUBEPre DI box to play bass guitar directly on my KRK V6 monitors. This particular DI box has both balanced and single-ended inputs and outputs so it's pretty versatile. At $100 it's a pretty good deal for the SQ that it has IMO, but there are many other cheaper DI boxes as well. Guitar Center has a pretty decent selection usually.