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Introducing a 100-Megabit Guitar

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Being the lucky recipient of a new Fender Strat (Santa ROCKS), but also a GEEK, I have mixed feelings about plugging my axe straight into a PC. I’d be fascinated though to know what Lou Reed thinks about this. He’s spent 40 years trying to master his sound, both live and on recordings. Anyone out there able to get a comment from Lou for me? 

The mercurial CEO of Gibson Guitar Corporation wants to shove Ethernet up your ax and rock the music world. By Greg Milner from Wired magazine.
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  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2003
    Lol, I don't know about Mr. Reed, but I know that my '69 Telecaster sounds fantastic through my Audigy+LiveDrive
  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2003
    Russ, so you just jack it straight in? Do you recommend Audigy?
  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2003
    (Note: i don't know a thing about instruments)

    It looks cool, plugging a guitar in a network :p Maybe you can attach like 3 of them with a switch and get all signals on a client somewhere simultanious :) It looks nice, it could make it easier for the less fortunate ppl who do not want to spent too much money on it.

    I'm guessing now you need the guitar and an amplyfier and boxes etc? While everyone nowadays already has a PC with boxes on, so he would only have to buy a guitar and plug it in and use some audio tools
  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2003
    I jack it in throught the Audigy Livedrive which has the same connectors ... I suppose I would recommend the Audigy as it can cope with that level of input quite well, the Livedrive has a seperate volume control for that input ... plus you can use the EAX effects quite well, saving on an effects pedal :)
  • Anonymous
    December 31, 2003
    Oh and I'd recommend speakers like the Logitech Z-680 set which are simply fantastic.
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    December 31, 2003
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