Garage Band 10 guitar connection

I've just upgraded to a late 2013 27" iMac with Garage Band 10.
Any recomendatiion for the best way to hook up an electric guitar to Garage Band?

Thanks Léonie but that doesn't explain why it's fine for a few minutes and then distorts.
No, I know, but I never noticed that kind of behaviour with my Apogee Jam connected to my strat, neither with GB 10.0 nor GB '11.
I thought it might be due to the dynamics of your playing, simply playing louder after a few minutes. and then the settings would matter.

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