dietermoreno
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N00b question about input and output of a guitar effects box:
I have encountered a band which at a show attempted to connect the output jack of an effects box to the guitar and then connect the input jack of the effects box to the guitar amp.
It sounded terrible.
I think there is a good reason why input and output are not interchangeable, but I am not quite sure why, and I found the Guitar World forums to be full of people who don't care about electrical engineering and want the retard explanation, so I came to these forums for help. (Here is an example of a thread on Guitar World forums where the forums members were spamming asking for retard explanation asking what an ohm is:http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1571081&page=1&pp=20).
What is the electrical engineering reason why input and output jack of a guitar effects box can not be mixed and matched incorrectly, only one way works?
Does it have to do with impedence matching to block feedback from the applied effect in the effects box from oscillating back to the guitar pickups in a continuous oscillation?
I have encountered a band which at a show attempted to connect the output jack of an effects box to the guitar and then connect the input jack of the effects box to the guitar amp.
It sounded terrible.
I think there is a good reason why input and output are not interchangeable, but I am not quite sure why, and I found the Guitar World forums to be full of people who don't care about electrical engineering and want the retard explanation, so I came to these forums for help. (Here is an example of a thread on Guitar World forums where the forums members were spamming asking for retard explanation asking what an ohm is:http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1571081&page=1&pp=20).
What is the electrical engineering reason why input and output jack of a guitar effects box can not be mixed and matched incorrectly, only one way works?
Does it have to do with impedence matching to block feedback from the applied effect in the effects box from oscillating back to the guitar pickups in a continuous oscillation?
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