I cant get a signal from my line in when I connect my guitar directly into the input jack

I have several electric guitars. I set the GarageBand (and system preference) settings to the "line-in input" in garage band and have plugged my guitar directly into my MacBook Pro using a regular guitar cable and a reducer to fit the laptop input. I have had no luck getting any sort of signal out of this. When I spoke with the guys at the Genius Bar they said I should be able to plug right in. I think I may need an amplifier or something because I don't think any juice is getting to my pickups. Is there something I am missing?

Your pickups don't need any "juice" to work, but still your signal might be too low for a decent recording. Apple keeps advertising that you could just plug your guitar into the computer, but it doesn't work for most people. Try to run your guitar through anything that amplifies it - a pre-amp, for example, or your stereo.

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