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Permalink Reply by Dave Breault on May 8, 2010 at 4:51am

Polarity doesn't matter. On the jack one lead goes to the bottom prong and other goes to the middle prong. Tin your wire well and no need to sand the prongs. I do twist my wire through the holes before I solder just for the added security.

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Permalink Reply by David L. on May 8, 2010 at 4:59am

Hi Douglas,

For a piezo it doesn't make any difference which wire is wired to which prong it will work either way. For magnetic pickups the prong which makes contact with the tip of the jack plug is the hot (red) wire. If you wrap the wire around the prong and give it a twist it helps to hold the wire in place when you solder it and makes it alot easier. You don't need to sand the connection. The wires soldered to the piezo itself easily ping off with minimal force so I tend to stick a blob of glue of glue over these before I use them to stop this from happening.

Good luck,
David

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Permalink Reply by Dave Breault on May 8, 2010 at 10:38am

Hey Naz perhaps it wasn't clear in my post but I was referring to a stereo jack. That is why I referred to the bottom and middle posts.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Breault on May 8, 2010 at 11:52am

I didn't think you could run a piezo through a peddle. I know they don' t like much gain. Could it be as simple as running black to ground?

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Permalink Reply by Douglas Eric Marsalis on May 8, 2010 at 12:41pm

Ya'll are great. Thanks a bunch for the great replies. Now on to my addiction!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Haraldur Arnar on May 10, 2010 at 1:10am

here you go http://www.guitarnucleus.com/wiring.html#jackwire

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Permalink Reply by Alan Roberts on May 10, 2010 at 10:33am

Wow. That is what I was looking for. Now I'll burn holes in my tabletop with confidence. Lol.

Haraldur Arnar said:

here you go http://www.guitarnucleus.com/wiring.html#jackwire

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