[Harp-L] high impedence input (was Re : controlled magnetic mic elements )

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Hi Eric and fellow gearheads
     You  may already know this, but I'm sure there's someone out there 
that needs some clarification. What Ironman Mike is talking about is the 
impedence that the element "sees", not the type of cable. A crystal 
element works a lot better with a 5 meg input than the typical guitar amp 
circuit input of 1 meg. There is a resistor inside the amp, sometimes 
right on the input jack, that accomplishes this. For a few pennies and 
less time than it's taking me to write this you can make a crystal mic 
sound like it's supposed to (provided you have a good element to start 
with). I've been doing several mods to my Blues Deville, as well as 
successfully building my own amp from scratch, and I can assure you that 
this is one of the most important, yet easy-to-accomplish things you can 
take advantage of, if ya wanna run a crystal mic and aren't happy with it. 
Over and out..........

kcmojo