Owen Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Hi all! I have a student who is struggling with his Ibanez bass. He has tried to re-wire it to a new jack socket but sadness has happened because he has got lost in wires. At the moment it looks like this [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140912_124111_zpsnsjwvxbg.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140912_124105_zpscvusjpem.jpg.html"][/url] The black wire which is not soldered to anything is coming off the battery. The black wire that is soldered to the jack is from the pre, as is the white. I'm sure you lot can do these in your sleep, but we are confused. At the moment there is a weak and puny signal coming out which cuts out completely when the floating wire is touched anywhere on the jack socket. Help! TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 The white wire goes to the shortest of the three connectors. The black wire from the battery goes to the middle sized connector. The remaining black wire goes to the longest of the three connection points. EDIT: If it's been left wired up wrong then the battery could well be shot, so if the above doesn't work - try changing the battery as well. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 According to the above and if my eyes don't deceive me you need to swap the black wires over (desolder the one that's on the tag and move it to the other tag, then solder the currently free floating wire to the now freed up tag). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXoPEmh39ls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 I love you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiipopes Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I concur. My jack buggered on my Ibby SRA305, and I had to replace it. It is wired exactly as described above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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