[sdiy] reamp?

[Ingo Debus]

Paul Perry wrote:
> 
> At 05:09 PM 23/08/01 -0500, Larry Spence  wrote:
> 
> >run a high-impedance output into a low-impedance input, but what's the
> >problem with running a lo-Z output into something with a 1M input impedance,
> >assuming you use a pad to get the level down to what the input will accept
> >without overloading?
> 
> Some guitar fx boxes assume that they are being fed from 500k impedance,
> otherwise the tone is a bit different.

But isn't the output impedance of an electric guitar often much lower? A
magnetic guitar pickup is a coil after all, and the guitar's volume pot
won't make the impedance higher if set to max.

If the fx box needs a high source impedance, why not put just a resistor
in series with the input?

Ingo