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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: BeenDown139 on January 23, 2024, 08:39:13 AM

Title: ...and One Plug to bind them...
Post by: BeenDown139 on January 23, 2024, 08:39:13 AM
i have 4 basses - 2 mono and two stereo.  one stereo bass uses a 5-pin, the other a TRS.  these all get channeled thru a patch box that puts the amps in parallel for the  mono basses and stereo elsewise.  i have a stompbox that controls it all.  what made it complicated was accomidating the different stereo basses.  it made for 3 different cords for 4 basses.  it finally put me over the edge.

the A-bass is a shop night bass that is basically set up for a 5-pin male receptacle like her series II cousin.  thought about having a local luthier do the carpentry and then i'd set her up for stereo only and possibly external power, at least for the LEDs.

i really didn't wanna cut and hack on that bass unless it was absoultely necessary, so i came up with what we used to call in the trade a "gender bender".  now i can use the 5-pin on both basses.  if i like it enuff i might make one for mono basses.  that way i only have to jack with a 5-pin on my home rig and 1/4" on the road rig.  hmmmmm..