Gibson Digital Guitar Owner's Manual page 3

HEX output
– each string with
its own output. This connection
requires six separate analog
audio inputs such as six amps
or a PC audio card with six
inputs. Plug each analog input
into one of BoB's FROM GUITAR
output jacks (1-E through 6-E).
3. Connect your guitar to BoB. Plug one end of the Cat-5 cable into the guitar's MaGIC jack and the other end
into BoB's MaGIC jack. The Neutrik Ethercon locking connectors were designed to maintain a connection, without
signal breakup, under typical guitar playing conditions.
CAUTION: DO NOT PLUG THE CAT-5 CABLE INTO A COMPUTER OR ANY OTHER DEVICE EXCEPT THE BREAKOUT BOX.
4. Play. In digital mode, only the Master Volume control (the knob closest to the neck) is active.
PLAYING IN CLASSIC MODE
Classic Mode engages the humbucking pickups only and also activates the traditional Tone and Volume controls
for each individual pickup. The Digital Guitar offers two ways to access the Classic Mode output: directly from
the guitar or from BoB:
From jackplate: The standard quarter-inch guitar jack on the jackplate bypasses all digital electron-
ics and operates as a conventional, completely analog electric guitar. Use a standard guitar cord and
plug directly into a processor or amplifier.
From BoB: The signal to BoB's Classic Mode jack starts out as analog from the humbucking pickups,
gets converted to digital inside the guitar in order to send it through the Cat-5 cable as data packets,
and then is converted back to analog inside BoB. Use a standard guitar cord to connect from BoB to a
processor or amplifier. Connecting through BoB using the Cat-5 cable allows your guitar signal to be
sent over 100 meters without the interference, signal degradation and other tonal drawbacks of a
standard guitar cord.
TO GUITAR
™
OUT
1-2-3 4-5-6
L R
SUM
1-E 2-B 3-G 4-D
FROM GUITAR
L R
ACTIVE
5-A 6-E
DC 48V 0.8A
POWER
DIGITAL
VOLUME