XLR vs 1/4" Guitar Cable

[MikeBmusic]

Originally Posted by Zandit75

I have an Ibanez acoustic that has both options available to me on the guitar.
Would there be a notable difference using an XLR-XLR versus a standard 1/4"-1/4" guitar lead?

Yes, Ibanez's have that option. Really depends on what you are plugging into, and how that device is set up (instrument input preamp vs mic preamp). the advantage of the XLR is you can run a much longer cable without signal degradation.

[guitaniac]

Originally Posted by Zandit75

I have an Ibanez acoustic that has both options available to me on the guitar.
Would there be a notable difference using an XLR-XLR versus a standard 1/4"-1/4" guitar lead?

Mic inputs typically have more gain available on them than a line input, so that will be an advantage if the line input doesn't happen to give you enough gain. (That's not usually the case, but it happens.) If you happen to have a noise problem with the line input, going XLR to XLR will be quieter.

In any event, your guitar's XLR output is designed to be run to an XLR input. There's no harm in trying XLR to XLR unless (as mentioned above) there's active phantom power on the mixer's XLR input.