I've just bought my first guitar and I pretty much know nothing, but that's not the problem I'm asking about. xD I bought a "starter kit" Squier Fender. It came with a Squier Affinity Series Strat and a Fender G-DEC Junior Amp. I didn't think my guitar was in tune so I figured I'd plug it into the amp which seems to have a tuner. I plugged it all in (cable in guitar, cable in amp, headphones, plugged into the wall) and figured it work but it doesn't. The amp turns on and the "on" light is on and I can hear it humming through the headphones but my guitar and it doesn't seem to communicate. D: I have it set on tuner and the volume on the amp is set to 1 and the volume loop is set to 1. The weirdest part is that when I jiggle the chord plug in my guitar the lights come on (I'm assuming the ones that are suppose to come on when the guitar is plugged in. Its a green light and the light under "Tuner".) I figured maybe it was the chord but I have two (one that came with the kit and a new monster cable because the guy at Guitar Center said the one that it came with sucked) and neither of them work. So are they BOTH broken? Is my amp broken? Is my guitar broken? Or did I just forget to do something? Granted I am a total newbie for guitar so I'm not very sure what I'm doing. HELP WOULD BE SUPER APPRECIATED!!! :D PLEASE!
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Forget for a minute about tuning your guitar. Start by unplugging the headphones, turning the volume controls 1/3 to 1/2 way up, and seeing if your amp produces any sound with the guitar plugged in and with you strumming it. If not, bring everything back to the store for a refund or exchange. If there is sound then either your headphones or the output jack on the amp is faulty.
Well first of all, you plug out the chord and turn on the amp, hit the metal tip of the chord on your palm and see if it makes any sound on the amp, if so, its probably the guitar. If its the guitar, check if you need to replace a new battery (some guitars have batteries, some do not, it all depends on the pick ups). But if there is no sound, then it might be the chord or the amp. Trying borrowing another chord from a friend to try it out, if there is still no sound, its the amp.
the wire maybe faulty you did say that their brand new so that probably isn't it. , try bringing the volume on the amp and the guitar a little bit higher the amp may not be picking up the guitar because the guitar volume is low, message me if this dosen't work
They are both oriental crap. Get rid of that garbage and get some quality gear. You'll notice the difference.