Fender Input Jack Wiring

Jack 1 the high gain jack has a 1 meg 1 000 000 ohms resistor wired across the jack from the hot tab to the ground tab and the grounded lead of the resistors is bent back and soldered to the middle tab the switch the switch is grounded on jack 1.

Fender input jack wiring. Hi low input switch this switch allows you to use one input jack and select hi or low output. 1 pre tin your terminals and your wire. The primary lead is the short lug that connects to the longer bent flange and the long lug is the power battery switch that connects to the short bent flange. Before you install it s important to do two things.

Used as the input jack on the ultimate chorus princeton chorus and similar solid state models from the 1990 s. Fender hi channel input jacks have a jumper between the ground terminal and the switch so with no plug inserted all three terminals are grounded. Click here for specifications. Creating a mechanical connection will ensure a strong connection.

Most of our older guitar parts lists wiring diagrams and switching control function diagrams predate formatting which would allow us to make them available on this page as pdf files. Installing the jack is very simple but there s a few important steps to perform before you begin. Follow the easy steps to change out your output jack in your fender guitar or bass. 2 put a kink in the tip of your wire to create a mechanical connection.

Fits certain fender amp models 1988 present. The ground lug attaches to the case. Photo 3 shows the wiring for a stereo open jack and photo 4 is a stereo barrel jack. Instrument output jacks can become intermittent or stop working all together over time and with extended use.