[geeks] GarageBand test

[Kevin]

It's hard to imagine it doing any kind of damage but it's also tough
to see it accomplishing much if there is no pre-amp of sorts.

/KRM

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:50:43 -0600
Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 10:09:08AM -0500, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> > On the other hand, my experience is likely close to 8+ years out
> > of date, so maybe things have changed a lot.  After all, they
> > didn't have cool toys like Line6 Pods back then (I think...).
> 
> My main concern is that Apple's "guitar adapter" seems to be a
> plain generic Monster Cable-brand 1/4" to 1/8" adapter.  Are these
> *safe* to run a normal electric guitar into a Mac's Audio-In?  
> 
> I tried to do this with my guitar and my stereo's line-in interface
> about 15 years ago and blew up a set of speakers.. 8-)
> 
> Bill