Bass Guitar Input Jack Wiring
The lug for the hot signal tip will be the shortest lug coming from.
Bass guitar input jack wiring. The tip arm is completely separate from the rest of the jack being sandwiched between two layers of phenolic. Lug 2 pans between the hot input lug 3 and ground lug 1. Unscrew the jack plate to see the insides of the output jack. Also when you insert your cord you should notice a snap securing the cord in place.
Use this tip sheet if you need to figure out how to wire a long threaded barrel jack into your bass. Plug in your bass to an amplifier to ensure that your soldering work is sufficient. That snapping feeling is the tip of the guitar cord locking in to the tip arm pictured below. Chrome and gold jacks.
Before touching anything take a close up photo of the output jack using your phone so you remember where all the wires go. Just complete the guitar wiring diagram order form with your custom specifications and our designers will do the rest. This sheet covers the long threaded barrel jacks from switchcraft that we sell but may be relevant to your bass as well if it has this style of jack. This tube is the sleeve or the ground connection.
Get a custom drawn guitar or bass wiring diagram designed to your specifications for any type of pickups switching and controls and options. This will only work on non bullet style jacks. If your jack is installed in a pick guard take off the pick guard to see the output jack insides. Replace the jack by removing the solder from the broken jack and unscrewing it from the bass guitar.
Wire the new jack using the same wires from the pots and screw the jack back into place.