Connecting Guitar

Using a 1/4 to 1/8 adapter to connect an electric guitar directly to the Audio In port. System preferences < Sound < Input is set to Line-In. Output is set to Built-In Output.
In GB, Track Info is set to Guitar, No Effect. Monitor is on and I've tried Channel 1, 2, and Stereo.
GB Sound set to Built in Output and Built in Input. The only other input selection is for a Mic, which I've tried. New Basic Track is select in GB.
The system is not recognizing the guitar at all. I can hear no sound and strumming has no effect on the screen. Any help?

it appears you have everything set correctly, which leaves three obvious things to check...
1. that you're definitely plugged into the Line-In and not the phone-out jack
2. the guitar cable is good
3. the adapter is good (i've lost count of how many people have had this problem due to a faulty adapter)

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