Stereo endpin jack?

Irish Pennant · #1 03-02-2017, 11:05 AM

I'm replacing the endpin jack in one of my guitars, I ran across a stereo/mono endpin jack. Will a stereo endpin jack allow a duel source pickup system to be installed with separate signals for eq'ing or is that yet another type of jack?

Andy Howell · #2 03-02-2017, 11:10 AM

The jack should be fine but you will need a stereo lead.

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Irish Pennant · #3 03-02-2017, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy Howell

The jack should be fine but you will need a stereo lead.

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I'm not quite sure what a stereo lead is, can you explain it please? thank you. Is it a balanced cable?

MrErikJ · #4 03-02-2017, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish Pennant

I'm not quite sure what a stereo lead is, can you explain it please? thank you. Is it a balanced cable?

That endpin will allow you to blend two sources. You'll need a stereo or "TRS" cable to carry those two signals to a blender. The signals are delivered to the cable by the tip of the connector and an additional ring. I believe most have capacity to carry a third as well. Below is a link to that type of cable on MusiciansFriend. There's a wide variety of prices.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/trs-c...dRedirect=true

Personally, I use a Baggs LB6 & Pickup the World #54 passively and run them to a Baggs MixPro via a 3ft TRS cable. I blend them there and then send them out via a mono guitar cable to my DI or amp. You'll need some sort of blending preamp as well.

Woodstock School Of Music · #5 03-03-2017, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish Pennant

I'm replacing the endpin jack in one of my guitars, I ran across a stereo/mono endpin jack. Will a stereo endpin jack allow a duel source pickup system to be installed with separate signals for eq'ing or is that yet another type of jack?

The jack in your guitar may already be stereo if it's a typical endpin jack

Bill Yellow · #6 03-03-2017, 08:15 AM

Beware. Many pickups use a TRS (tip/ring/sleeve) endpin jack not to permit stereo use but to sense whether to switch the preamp power on when a (mono) jack plug is inserted.

Irish Pennant · #7 03-03-2017, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Yellow

Beware. Many pickups use a TRS (tip/ring/sleeve) endpin jack not to permit stereo use but to sense whether to switch the preamp power on when a (mono) jack plug is inserted.

Thank you for the heads up. If what I'm going to be doing runs into problems, I'll have an idea of where to look.