Trouble recording a guitar line in.

Hey guys, I'll try to make this as short and detailed as possible. I plug my guitar into my computer using the Line In, using a ME-70 as a preamp, but the computer doesn't register any sound.
Let me try to explain how I'm setting it up:
-My guitar is connected to the 'guitar in' on my ME-70
-I use a 1/4" to 1/8" converter on the 'Rec Out' jack in the ME-70 to connect to the line in on my computer.
-I turn the preamp on my ME-70 on.
-Go to System Preferences/sound, use the input audio as Line in
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I checked, made sure all the volumes were on, and everything was plugged in properly. however, no matter how hard I strum, or what I put the volumes at, there is no response in the input level. Every cable functions perfectly, and when I plug headphones into the Rec Out jack it sounds great. what can I be missing?
thanks for your help.

I am also having trouble getting my guitar to show up in Garageband. I have followed every tutorial I can find online (they all say the same things anyways). I set computer audio preferences and GB preferences to line-in, and experimented with mono 1, mono 2, and stereo 1/2 line in sources in GB. No love from any of them. No sound at all. My guitar has active pickups and all cables work elsewhere. The line-in does show a bit of input when unplugging the cable from the computer so the input isn't dead.
Any help would be awesome.

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