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I am no expert about such things but the electric guitar pickups work with steel strings, wouldn't work if the strings weren't steel - the pickup is a coil of wire and the vibration of the steel string generates an output in the coil the amplifier can work with.
The pickups of the acoustic guitar are presumably glorified microphones that would usually work in a similar fashion to the above, by generating an output but if they are active devices they will need a power supply in order to generate an output, something a standard amplifier input will not provide.
An active device either needs an independent power supply to make the device work like a radio needs a battery or the device will create the output by varying the current flow of the voltage applied across it.
I will answer this assuming you have connected the inputs and outputs of both the pedals AND the amplifier/guitar properly. Double-check your connections! ;)
Otherwise...Have you checked all the patch cables to make sure they're ALL working properly? That's usually the culprit in a situation like this, all other things being equal. Cables take the majority of abuse in your signal chain and also happen to be the weak link in the signal chain as well. It only takes one bad patch cable in a series to interrupt the signal.
I would take a pedal with perfectly functioning inputs and outputs and use it to test each cable yer using. If you verify all the cables are in fact working properly (and you are 100% certain everything is connected correctly), that indicates there might be an issue with the pedalboard's onboard electronics. At the most simple, the "From Guitar" or the "To Pedal" or the "To Amplifier Input" jack might be bad. One or more them, in fact, but it only takes one to entirely interrupt that signal chain. The loop section is less straight-forward in that if one of the loops has a bad input or output jack, that shouldn't affect the overall signal chain, nor the inclusion of the other pedals in said signal chain.
So, I think it's one of three things:
1. The pedals, guitar, or amplifier are not properly connected;
2. You have a bad patch cable;
3. Something has gone wrong with the electronics onboard the pedalboard, and this will probably require service.
There is a small chance it "could" but more likely you would just overdrive the input stage to clipping.
You can try it- you need to keep the viltage input to the amp at 1 volt peak to peak or less, or you run the risk of clipping. You should use shielded cable, as you may also pick up other noise along that cable.
Just use WYE connectors and run each guitar to their destination without using the bypass output of the tuner at all... Each guitar into a WYE into the tuner and then continue to the amp and DI box.
Realize that the number on the volume control is only relative... it means nothing regarding what the amp can produce. With a high level output guitar you can easily drive the amp into distortion at very low volume control level settings... what counts is the actual output sound volume and specifically the voltage output going to the speaker. Once the amp reaches saturation, any further input just pushes it into distortion or "flat topping".
An oscilloscope on the output will quickly show when amp starts to flat top.
Read your manuals for both pieces of gear carefully first. You only have one amp so you won't be able to take advantage of all the FX on the Digitech as a lot of them are designed for stereo. The Digitech manual shows guitar into the Digitech and output from the Digitech into input of any guitar amp. Since you have a Marshall and can already get some great sounds by running your guitar straight into the Marshalls input, you would probably be better off using your Digitech in the FX loop. Run a guitar cord out of the send on the loop into the input of the Digitech and a guitar cord out of the left / mono output jack on the Digitech into the effects return jack on the Marshall. Start out with the effects level on the Marshall all the way down. Do the same with the Digitech with both the input and output levels. (Read the manual carefully) I think the choice of the Digitech isn't that great because it is already trying to reproduce a lot of what you can already get with just your Marshall but with a little experimentation and some careful adjustments you should be able to add to the sound of the Marshall. Hope this helps.
What you're hearing is FEEDBACK caused by the nearness of the guitar to the amplifier speaker. Always mute it when not in use, or don't move it close to the guitar amplifier speaker when unmuted.
Usually, even though you hear a high-pitched screech, the problem is actually caused by low frequencies, sometimes below the human hearing threshhold (i.e., subsonic) because they are more omnidirectional and thus more easily easily can loop between input (the guitar pickup, especially on a hollow-body guitar) and output (the speaker). The screech frequency is determined by the distance between input and output, determining how quickly the output reaches the input (then loops around through the amplifier). Therefore, reducing the BASS a bit will often alleviate some of the problem.
This is basically the same type of feedback heard when a microphone is turned up too loudly or the mic is pointed at the PA speaker. Avoid those actions and your feedback will be minimized.
Only time and experience will allow you to automatically take actions to avoid feedback. I worked in the San Francisco Bay Area as a manager and sound man for rock bands and several nightclubs for 22 years. My college major was Physics (which includes acoustics).
Run a jack from your guitar to Input R Mono on the pedal.
Run a jack from Output R Mono on the pedal to the input of your amplifier.
There is a switch for guitar or Bass. Put the swich on guitar
You do not need a preamp to use this pedal.
Hope this helps,
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