DI Box with Eclipse

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- April 17, 2008 at 8:43 pm #105587
  
  jcalama
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  Hello,
  
  If anyone out there could make a recommendation on the following it would be greatly appreciated.
  
  I am a guitarist who knows almost nothing about rack gear, but having recently fallen in deep deep love with an eclipse unit, I recently bought one (it's not here yet, though). My question:
  
  In order to run a guitar into the eclipse, is it recommended to do so through a DI box? I thought I read in the manual that plugging an unbalanced guitar cable like you would in any guitar – pedals – amp setup will result in a 6db loss and not the optimal signal.
  
  So I guess the question is should I go guitar – unbalanced 1/4 cable – di box – xlr into the back of the eclipse?
  
  If so, any recommendations on what DI box to purchase?
  
  Thanks in advance.
- April 17, 2008 at 9:47 pm #117393
  
  simeon
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  do you not have an amp?
- April 18, 2008 at 1:42 am #117394
  
  jcalama
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  I do have an amp, a small Class A tube amp with no effects loop. My concern is in keeping the tone as pristine as possible. Because I will have to run the Eclipse essentially as a stompbox, in front of the amp, I want to insure that I don't lose any signal at all.
- May 3, 2008 at 2:48 pm #128590
  
  scottburk
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  Check out the Suhr MiniMix. Run your Eclipse parallel with your guitar, in front of the amp. You could have the Eclipse set to 100% wet and control the amount of effect with an expression pedal.
  
  http://www.suhrguitars.com/tonetools.aspx
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