How to connect an electric guitar?
Every modern teenager has a favorite activity, a hobby. Someone is engaged in drawing, someone likes decorative wood carving, and still others prefer music. Among a wide variety of musical instruments, electric guitars are in great demand. This pleasure is not cheap, and in order to reproduce the sound, you need to purchase the appropriate equipment. This is a combo amplifier as standard. But not all novice guitarists have the opportunity to purchase a combo, which is why they find alternative ways to connect a string instrument to other sound-reproducing equipment.
Connection diagram to speakers
The easiest way to connect an electric guitar is to connect it to speakers. To do this, just use the guitar cable that comes with the instrument.
However, professional guitarists assure that with such a connection, the musician will receive mono sound.
It is best to abandon the direct connection and use a more complex connection scheme with sound-reproducing equipment. To do this, first of all, you need to pair the electric guitar with an amplifier. Further, a wire is pulled from the amplifier to the speakers. In some variations of audio equipment - to a subwoofer. This connection scheme greatly amplifies the sound and increases the flexibility of the stringed instrument.
Effects pedal owners can insert it between the guitar and the amp. Well, the owners of the mixer should connect this device in the distance between the amplifier and the speakers. The mixer gives the guitarist advanced sound control.With this device, the musician can apply a variety of acoustic effects to the melody being played.
It is worth noting that the mixer allows you to connect more than one guitar, but several musical instruments at once.
This simple device can turn an ordinary room into a rehearsal room. A microphone is also connected here.
How to properly connect to the computer and to the phone
Sometimes musicians have to play the electric guitar outside the walls of the house or rehearsal rooms in the absence of sound-reproducing equipment. Someone will say that this is impossible, but it is not. Technological progress is making it possible to connect an electric guitar to a smartphone. For example, Android owners need to make sure that their operating system is at least 5.0 and supports Samsung Pro Audio.
To connect a musical instrument, you need to purchase special equipment. It is best to opt for iRig. It is a small device equipped with several connectors. One connects an electric guitar, the second jack 3.5 output assumes the connection of headphones or a smartphone. The main thing is to stick the wires tightly into the connectors.
There are no problems with connecting an electric guitar to iOS. The connection diagram is the same as with Android. It also requires an iRig device, wires for connecting a musical instrument and a telephone.
The connection process in both cases is simple. First, connect your guitar to the iRig. Next, a smartphone is connected to the jack 3.5. An application is launched on the phone through which the sound is configured.
Of course, such a system is not suitable for high-quality sound, but it is quite reasonable for novice guitarists to use it.
To play the electric guitar at home, the most common thing is to connect the electric instrument to a computer. The connection system is quite simple and does not require any special knowledge from a novice musician. First of all, you need to install a special application on your computer. For recording musical compositions, Adobe Audition is quite suitable, and for correcting recorded tracks it is best to use the Guitar Rig program.
When downloading, it is important to indicate which Windows OS it is suitable for.
Next, you need to check the presence of adapters and wires with the appropriate connectors. It is equally important that a high quality sound card is installed in your computer. The factory model does not have excellent characteristics, it is designed for amateur use only.
After installing the appropriate programs, the guitar is connected to the PC. Modern sound cards have a special connector. If not, you will have to install an adapter. After connecting the guitar, the computer displays information on the connection of the new device. The musician needs to launch the program for the game and set the required parameters, after which he can start playing.
What else can it connect to
It is best to connect your electric guitar to a combo amp. On the body of the sound reproducing device there are special buttons and switches that allow you to adjust the sound of a musical instrument. In this case, the connectors cannot be confused.
The only caveat is that the amp must be disconnected from the mains before connecting the guitar. If this is not done, after a while the cord will stop working correctly, or it may even stop connecting the guitar to the device.
When connected to a combo amplifier, you can connect receiver. And connect a microphone to the mixing jack. Thus, it will create its own mini-studio for recording music tracks.
If desired, you can connect an electric guitar to the music center. This is very convenient, since you can also stick headphones here so that the reproduced sound does not interfere with the household.But first you need to make sure that the music center has the ability to connect other equipment, or rather, there are AUX or VIDEO outputs. You also need to stock up on an adapter with a mini-jack for 2 tulips. Tulips are connected to the music center, and the mini-jack to the guitar. You can start playing.
With such a connection scheme, most likely, only one speaker of the music center will be active, but this is quite enough for a novice guitarist.
A visual overview of connecting an electric guitar at home is presented in the following video.
