Errant Tiger wrote:This is probably a stupid question, but after sticking a pickup into my Guild, would I necessarily need a preamp? I've never used or needed one before - but is that just built into a dedicated a/e already?
I think it depends what kind of electronics you grab. I've heard a lot of people using preamps if they go for passive amplification (like the K&K mini I mentioned earlier). From what I've read they're really just there to bring weak signals up to proper levels and to provide some additional tone shaping.