Re-wire stereo jack

[worldfamousandy]

Thanks!  
 
I had a small scare last night, when I plugged in the 5-pin and had no signal.  I pulled the 1/4 from the output of my compressor (the last effect in my effects board), and plugged it into the bass, and everything was fine.  I suddenly became concerned that my operation had perhaps disabled my 5-pin, which would be a real drag, as I will still use the 5-pin 90% of the time.
 
Eventually, I went throught the whole effects board, and I found a loose power cable to my chorus pedal.  Once I attached it firmly, everything was outta sight.
 
Though I am proud of my ability to deal with such situations in a relatively mellow manner, I have to confess that I became somewhat out of sorts on this one.  I guess I get a little sensitive when it comes to my Alembic.  What would I do without it?

[dfung60]

Glad that the mod came off smoothly.  I considered making the change internal in the bass but given the complexity of the existing wiring on the 1/4 jack I just decided I didn't want to mess with it (I don't think I've ever seen an instrument connector with so many leads on it).  Although I have a 1/4 stereo Y-cable, I don't think I would ever really bother to use it, so making an internal mono mod would not be a loss to me either.

[sfnic]

Reminds me of the time I was playing a festival up in Leytonville, and got that silent output from my rig.  I panicked, somewhat, and ended up pulling the tray on my Fender Bassman.  Turned out that I merely had a bad guitar cable.  Figured that out about 5 minutes before we went on.
 
(As I stared at the amp's guts, I realized that I didn't quite know what to look for.  I ended up going back to the books and learned a bunch of tube amp theory and maintenance techniques after that; I never wanted to have that lost feeling again.  That, eventually, led me to Alembic.)