We connect the Soviet guitar to the computer

Hello dear Khabrovites. Not so long ago, my house was replenished with one wonderful guitar, the game on which justifiably calms and relaxes after a stormy day at sea work. To my surprise, the guitar turned out to be Soviet, and her name was Stella. Naturally, my hands were scratched and one day I wanted to connect it to a computer. Since I do not have a guitar processor, a mixing console, or a specialized preamp, I decided to use what I have. And I have a soldering iron, a small sketch of an action plan in my head, an old tape recorder and hands, which I bring to perfect “directness” every day. Who cares, welcome to cat.



















To begin with, I take a tape recorder Nota MP 220 Stereo, there is nothing else, you can use any other in this series.


The connector emanating from the guitar is disassembled, soldered and connected to the head of the tape recorder, the heads themselves are disconnected.




In this case, the guitar pickups turn out to be connected and matched with the preamplifiers of the Note 220. The linear output of the Note must be connected to the computer (line input jack ~ 200 mV).


The tape recorder is put into playback mode, the marching motor is turned off as unnecessary. Based on the above, the primary playback amplifiers (channel A and B) turn out to be preliminary amplifiers of the electric guitar.


In practice, it is possible to connect an electric guitar through the microphone input jack and by transferring the tape recorder to the recording mode, and receiving an amplified signal from the line output or the output of the head phones.

The author of this topic is not yet among the hawkers, but will be happy to answer any questions, suggestions and suggestions that you can send to him at pivovarim@gmail.com