Alesis Guitarlink with Garageband

I am trying to use an Alesis Guitarlink jack to record with Garageband.
It is the standard guitar jack on one end and USB on the other.
I plug it in but it does not show up as an Input item anywhere and Garageband does not see it.
Any suggestions?
I have a 13" MBP 8 GB RAM 750 GB HDD

GB audio input set to USB Codec (mixer)
output is built in audio (using studio monitors hooked up to computer)
Audio/Midi preferences: USB Codec input (format 44100.0 Hz and 2ch-16bit)
Built -in -Audio is Default Output
No aggregate devices set.

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