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

               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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