linear Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 As in the title, I'm replacing the dodgy barrel socket on my BB414 with a Switchcraft stereo socket. Is it worthwhile connecting the ring and sleeve tags with a little bit of insulated wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 No advantage to with a mono jack plug, I'm assuming you're not using the ring for active/battery switching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linear Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Yea, it's a passive bass, and I can't see any situation where I would be plugging a stereo jack into it. I thought maybe it might increase the chances of the jack making a connection when not pushed in all the way, or when the socket's internal contacts eventually starts to lose their springiness. An unlikely speculation I guess, but I thought I should double-check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6v6 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 [quote name='linear' timestamp='1415459601' post='2600590'] Yea, it's a passive bass, and I can't see any situation where I would be plugging a stereo jack into it. I thought maybe it might increase the chances of the jack making a connection when not pushed in all the way, or when the socket's internal contacts eventually starts to lose their springiness. An unlikely speculation I guess, but I thought I should double-check. [/quote] If you do that, you'll short the tip to ground when you use a mono jack plug in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linear Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 [quote name='6v6' timestamp='1415618321' post='2601955'] If you do that, you'll short the tip to ground when you use a mono jack plug in there. [/quote] I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean a situation where a jack is not pushed all the way in and the tip touches the ring contact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6v6 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 [quote name='linear' timestamp='1415619099' post='2601962'] I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean a situation where a jack is not pushed all the way in and the tip touches the ring contact? [/quote] Ah, I actually misread your post, sorry - I thought you said connect the tip and ring, not ring and sleeve. Still, I don't see much advantage, as the sleeve will contact the whole body of the jack anyway and never wears out (other than getting corroded I suppose). IME it's normally the tip connection which gets worn first, which this doesn't really help with. If it's a decent (genuine Switchcraft) socket it should last for years anyway, but I guess there's no harm doing what you propose, if you want to. Sorry for the confusion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linear Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 No probs. Good point about it being the tip contact that wears out; I was forgetting about that. I reckon it was my Planet Waves cables that caused the original to fail in the first place - those will be getting retired too. I'll keep it simple and just solder what's necessary. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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