How the guitar output jack works. Sharpen My Axe

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How the guitar output jack works. Sharpen My Axe

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@matthewstephens6848 Ай бұрын

Possibly the most helpful guitar wiring video I've seen. At least when measured with a helpful info x video length ratio.

@theluckymanfrom Жыл бұрын

This is the most precise explanation that I've seen on output jacks. Thanks for making it clear and straight to the point. I feel like I've got a college degree in "Output Jacks" now after being puzzled by them for years. Well done!

@luigihendrix Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@Just_a_metal_head_ Жыл бұрын

You described it so simple. Even I (someone who has no idea about the electronic at all) understood it. Now I can use the infos to wire my guitar

@mevlutmertcil6105 2 жыл бұрын

The video is short and informative. Thanks for the effort!

@Dutchy1949 4 жыл бұрын

Even with your help it still took me nearly a couple of hours. My jack was similar to the gold one near the end of the video and being a sealed unit it was impossible to figure out the connections with a multimeter. With you telling me that the short one was 'hot' and the big one 'ground' made it a lot clearer. So many thanks.

@malossiflossy 3 жыл бұрын

Just solved my headache in seconds, thank you thank you 😃

@boilingpaul 8 жыл бұрын

That was the best blast of information in the shortest time I have ever seen....thanks for that....I'm just sad I fell one shot at 665 views....keep up the great work...

@dalepal 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a very clear and easy to understand explanation of how the different types of input jacks work.

@davidheuser2119 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for this. Very informative!

@koalanectar9382 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Cleared up something I've wondered about for years in four short minutes :)

@ianbarnes1406 6 жыл бұрын

Just found this at the right time. Very helpful. Thanks Philip

@atsurokihara5525 3 күн бұрын

Best video on the subject in all of youtube

@stevepethel6843 2 жыл бұрын

God bless Phillip McKnight for teaching me those wiring lessons You made it so clear and that was the best video on the you tube for this topic. Phillip keep on rockin those guitars...

@LilYeshua 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. That answered my big question since I’ll be replacing my barrel jack on my Ibanez with one switch craft makes.

@freakyrawen 8 жыл бұрын

I found your channel about a week ago and now I can't live without it. Thank you for your excellent content!

@electricgeorge5589 8 жыл бұрын

You provide good videos,Thank you for all the time and effort you put into them.

@luigihendrix Жыл бұрын

Concise, precise, useful, perfect. Phillip for president! Thank u very much!

@rickscott7584 4 жыл бұрын

Man this helped... i just wired an EMG 85 in my Kramer Baretta but had to use the older longer output jack... static and wouldn't pick up my false or pinch harmonics... i was sick! Saw this vid learned i wired incorrectly....fixed it and now 🤘🤘LETS GET ROCKIN! Thanks for a great vid..! Even if 4 yrs ago!

@AsaelBlanco 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best video out there explaining this stuff 🙏🏻🔥 thanks

@Tomc_vodslam 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Helped me fix grounding issues on my Les Paul.

@Rahn1975 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil!

@soxxie1187 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, You make it easy to learn 100%. I appreciate you man!

@bradcruz1746 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU BROTHER!!!! I WASN'T EVEN SURE IF THIS INFORMATION WAS ON KZfaq!!!! AWESOME!!!!

@donlessnau3983 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always.

@Skullskalle 6 ай бұрын

Short and simple. Thank´s!

@andrexadoh 5 жыл бұрын

Thank god I found this. Made my life much easier

@TVguy9999 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for posting the video!

@TMoody 3 жыл бұрын

Straight up genius.... THANK YOU!

@josensototorres7070 4 жыл бұрын

Really great 👍🏼

@rottinginvain1932 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Just what I was looking for! Thank you sir!

@waiheke109 8 жыл бұрын

thank you for this Phil

@johnclapham1371 4 жыл бұрын

Great explanation. Thank you for posting this video.

@Alex.Pickhard Жыл бұрын

This was really helpful. Thank you

@BlameItOnTheReign 5 жыл бұрын

Love these tech bits. Thank you!

@NoUploadJustComment 8 жыл бұрын

Love these guitar tech videos, keep em coming man!

@kenjhonmher 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this helps a lot. I just replaced my old guitar input with a new one.

@ishangamage9889 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sir, you saved me some money. 😊👍

@seacowexists 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@akshitnaugain8293 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this help full video : )

@james9789 3 ай бұрын

Thanks that was superb .

@enriquemunozbenavente6063 4 жыл бұрын

Thak you very much for the great explanation!!!

@ramoncordova3435 Жыл бұрын

This is so helpful and easy to understand! Thanks!

@vladimirvovovan6565 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely clear! Great guide! Thaks a lot!

@TheBeatrice160 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I get it now. Very helpful

@mailliw2698 8 жыл бұрын

I didn't think I needed to know about this, but now Im glad I do! Cool vid as per usual. I dont think you've made a bad one yet.

@jumex-hj7qq Жыл бұрын

thank you!!!!!!!!!!! a million, very easy to understand

@NoUploadJustComment 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help man!

@johnbob82 8 жыл бұрын

Great info!

@simonleonp Жыл бұрын

Just what I needed to know!

@falsemoment 6 жыл бұрын

Super helpful thank you so much

@arthuralexander4687 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton for a useful content as always 🤘

@giulioluzzardi7632 9 ай бұрын

Just a tip; pull the jack out of your 9Volt Active acoustic or electric Guitar when not using it as the lead left in drainz the battery, same with 9volt bsttery powered pedals.

@philroberts3212 5 жыл бұрын

Well explained, thanks!

@mufuliramark Жыл бұрын

Super helpful, thanks.

@majorleehunge 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!!

@shawnforpresident5198 8 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Thanks Phil

@Barry101er 17 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@brysonwood8356 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I have played guitar for many years and recently started playing bass. Had a grounding issue with my bass and wasn’t sure where to solder... Now I do...

@dsnodgrass4843 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. One question: In the beginning of the vid, you mention that "black" was ground, while "white" was "hot". That's the opposite of how 110v single-phase wiring (common non-industrial setup) works in the US; the black is always the "hot", while the white is "common", or "neutral". Ground color varies by nation, i know, but here in the US, it's usually green. What would be the reason for configuring it the way guitar makers do?

@daveclelland1188 5 жыл бұрын

D Snodgrass These are common colors in the U.S. for low voltage or electronics. You’re correct that common household voltage colors are black (and red or blue) for hot, and white for neutral, and green for ground. FYI, the 12 volt system for a car uses black for ground and red for hot! Pay attention!! LOL...

@Alfredo78666 4 жыл бұрын

Thanx (again), Dr. Guitar!

@PennStacker 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I did it wrong. Had to find a video. 🤟🏻

@three4thirty 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@speedmetal81 8 жыл бұрын

You da man Phil

@not2stupidguitar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude

@kaiying74 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant again, thanks Phil.

@sniffmatip3865 4 жыл бұрын

Aww man, I had to rewire the cable for my input jack aswell the wire was full of nicks were it had been twisted in the cavity, upgraded to some vintage cloth covered wire.

@edwardkennedy5500 3 жыл бұрын

I only have one wire coming from guitar and trying to upgrade the jack, how did you rewire?

@sniffmatip3865 3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardkennedy5500 does your wire have wire strands underneath the insulation that are around another insulated wire? If so it's a double core wire and you will be fine using that. The stands that are between the outer insulation and the inner insulated wire are the ground, and the inner insulated wire is your hot. Just twist the ground strands together so they are easy to solder like a wire. Hope this helps, let me know how you get on.

@kennyvrocks 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks For Sharing Phillip. I've just recently subscribed to your channel. Believe it or not, you've taught this old dog some stuff! You keep making them, and I'll keep watching! Peace & Love Brother!

@mathguy5887 Жыл бұрын

thank you!

@kikechallco 8 жыл бұрын

I don't want to rush you but waiting for your Squier Classic Vibe video review lol

@B.Mijatović 10 ай бұрын

Thank you kind sir :)

@denniswalsh8476 8 жыл бұрын

If it wasn't clear, inserting the guitar cable plug with the long sleeve, connects the negative of the battery to the common connection (sleeve) of the jack and powers the electronics or the active pickups.

@eachampandmabel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much indeed.

@evanalexanderpeters 2 жыл бұрын

Nickel to gold

@stevemoore6349 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

@eddybass68 5 жыл бұрын

great tutorial, thanks for posting!!

@Almanzajj 4 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@Julllle 7 жыл бұрын

Am I missing something here: Wouldn't it be the exact same thing if instead or using a TSR/stereo-jack, you would connect the 9V ground to the same same ground as in a mono jack? Or is the point of the whole thing just to have different soldering points for both ground wires? Never owned a guitar with active PUs and didn't know they use TRS-jacks, so that's Mr. McKnight all right; even on a thing that's as basic as it get's, there's still at least one new thing to learn.

@cb24203 Жыл бұрын

Any chance you could do one on how a shunt tip jack works?

@dan76ielnj03 3 жыл бұрын

Hey glad I saw this post, thanks for all the education. But I’m stupid. So I’m putting passive pickups Seymour Duncan’s,. But I bought a kill switch led that takes a nine volt battery. What type of jack can I use? Appreciate your time if you get back to me on that!!

@TheNerdArmory 7 күн бұрын

1:11 Hopefully someone can help. I followed the instructions here, hot to positive on the battery and the 2 negatives to the negative on the battery. I plug it in and my audio board picks up SUPER WEIRD noises. If you've ever heard a hotdog in a microwave screeching, that's what it sounds like. Playing the guitar while plugged in it picks up NOTHING from the guitar, just the constant screeching. The tuner has power, so clearly it's been wired right, it's getting the signal from the strings and I can tune it using it, so why am i getting this screeching? UPDATE: Even when the jacks connections aren't connected to the tuner, when plugged into my sound board and it's just the battery and jack on its own, it makes this screeching noise. WTH

@melexdy 8 жыл бұрын

Hey could you make one explaining the 5 way switch?

@Robbo57 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@Diarrhea28666 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. you help me alot m subscribed onyou

@Maidomax 8 жыл бұрын

In example 2, why wouldn't you just weld both wires that go to the ground to the same ground terminal, why do you need 2 ground terminals?

@denniswalsh8476 8 жыл бұрын

TRS, tip, ring, sleeve, "stereo jack". When the negative of the battery is connected to the "ring", the jack also acts as a "switch" to turn on the electronics or the active pickups when a mono guitar cable is plugged into the jack and off when it's removed. NOT 100 % of the time, but 99+%.

@PhillipMcKnight 8 жыл бұрын

+dennis walsh said perfectly. thank you for posting

@1961jscofield 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@yanivadam6470 3 жыл бұрын

Do you can tell me exactly where I need soldering the red, black and the white wires? Thanks...

@carlosa.sencion6516 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@shakti5768 4 жыл бұрын

Love your work brother I want you to explain to me how I can connect my guitar to my phone by connecting the cable to headphone wire

@zackwest2229 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this vid not really any good “to the point” videos like this

@johnmcnamara1037 2 жыл бұрын

I cant figure out why everytime i change an output jack then. The guitar chord is close to push in all the way

@beep8771 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely don't get the one for the active pickups: It gives you a third connection (for the battery) which leads to the sleeve and therefore the very same ground for the rest of the guitar. Why not connect the battery ground connection to any ground? Why make a third connection which suggests it has an individual use, which imo it doesn't since it's connected to the "old" ground? Someone care to explain? I got an idea while writing this - does the battery discharge if it would be connected to the same ground, and that's why there is an individual, third connection which only gets connected when a guitar cable is plugged in?

@PhillipMcKnight 4 жыл бұрын

You got got it. It is a on off switch for the power.

@beep8771 4 жыл бұрын

@@PhillipMcKnight tyvm

@beee_skates 23 күн бұрын

so could you still use the 3pin output and not use the 2nd ground, would it still work normally?

@u.s.a.198 3 жыл бұрын

Ty for video..

@123pwop 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I can do this !

@ericgonzales2349 3 жыл бұрын

So if I have a bad stereo output jack with active electronics and a 9v battery, can I just solder both grounds to one contact on a mono output jack?

@071453Baxter 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a difference between a guitar output jack and a stereo headphone jack?

8 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@maximuswedgie5149 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, question, I put new pick ups on my Gretsch hollow body and when I was done I over tightened the input jack and crushed the wood a little bit, Since then I cannot get one of the pick ups to work. I’m not sure what’s going on I did my southern correctly it all looks well but now one pick up doesn’t work. Do you have any ideas?

@eddiefalbo2299 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Phil. You should do a live stream soon.

@PhillipMcKnight 8 жыл бұрын

been sick with the flu, but feeling better. I will do one this week coming up

@eddiefalbo2299 8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip McKnight yes!!!!!

@apelee2311 8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip McKnight , get better mate , been through that a more than a few times , it sucks bc , your in bed , you can't get up or you feel dizzy(if you have an ear infection at the same time , which I usually do) , you don't wanna eat , anyways , feel better mate , love your vids , I have one question , I have a fender squire bullet strat and the input jack is loose , not the metal plate surrounding the jack , the actual jack is loose and needs to be tightened , what tools do you recommend using , I've done work on my guitar like; emg pickups , a new set of locking tuners, a new ivory nut or whatever you call the white string separator on the top end of the neck (sorry for the noob like language) I've actually used some of your vids for advice on how to do these things.

@seraph127 8 жыл бұрын

Wild guess here. You seem to be saying that the jack nut is tight but the plug is wiggling in the jack. If so, maybe the tang (the bit he's pointing out at 1:04) is pushed away from the tip a bit. Try loosening the jack retainer nut, pulling the jack out and bending the tang back over.

@apelee2311 8 жыл бұрын

+seraph127 , I will try that , thanks man