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Capacitance issues with Fender stereo Y guitar cable??
I have a Fender Nashville Power Telecaster that has both magnetic
pickups and a Fishman piezo pickup. If the guitar's stereo jack senses a stereo cable plugged in - it sends the magnetic signal thru the tip and piezo/acoustic signal thru the sleeve - out to the mono jacks at the 2 ends of this Y cable. I was experimenting with my cables and a multimeter. I dont have a capacitance meter - but decided to see what the ohm meter displays across ground and tip of: 1. the 2 ends of the supplied FENDER Y cable while the stereo-end is plugged into the tele. 2. the 2 ends of the an old tip-ring-sleeve Y cable while the stereo-end is plugged into the tele. 3. a standard mono cable. Here's what I found: 1 (fender Y): 6 ohms on the acoustic end (sleeve) 1 (fender Y): 20 ohms on the electric end (tip) 2 (generic Y): 8.5 ohms on the sleeve end 2 (generic Y): infinite (no reading) on the sleeve end! 3 (mono): 4.5 ohms I am a novice at electronics and my question is: With the quest for better tone in mind, what can one infer from this? Also - anyone knows where one can buy low capacitance STEREO Y instrument cable to use with my Power Tele? Thanks! Jay |
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Thanks for the suggestions Mike. Yes I do have a preamp in my guitar
for the piezo. I'll check the volume knobs tonite and try again. By the way - the reason I am pondering about my cable is because I noticed this: If I use the stereo cable and plug in only the electric end into my BJR - my volume knob has no affect till it reaches 3/4 of the way - then it kicks in from zero to max in just a qtr turn. I plugged in the same cable into a straight squier strat - had the same affect. Pligging in a regular mono cable takes the vol from zero to max nicely across the entire turn. Thats why I wonder if its the cable.... Cheers Jay |
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MR: check the reading with the volume fully up....
Same exact readings. ALl vols max. By the way - the reason I am pondering about my cable is because I noticed this: If I use the stereo cable and plug in only the electric end into my BJR - my volume knob has no affect till it reaches 3/4 of the way - then it kicks in from zero to max in just a qtr turn. Interesting new observation - this above observation seems to be MUCH less prominent when I have the amp distorted - but is very prominent when I go for a clean tele sound... Jay |
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