My pedal had its phone jack end severed off. I'm trying to replace the jack. The units internal pot has 3 wire connection but the jack only has 2. What wires go where on the jack.

To wire a Dean Edge bass guitar with four pots (potentiometers) and a battery, you will need to follow the wiring diagram for the specific model of your bass guitar. Here is a general overview of the wiring process:

1. Start by connecting the ground wires to the pots and the battery. The ground wires should be connected to the ground terminal on each pot and the negative terminal on the battery.
2. Next, connect the power wires to the pots and the battery. The power wires should be connected to the positive terminal on the battery and to the power terminal on each pot.
3. Connect the pickup wires to the pots and the output jack. The pickup wires should be connected to the pickup terminals on the pots and to the input terminals on the output jack.
4. Connect the control wires to the pots and the output jack. The control wires should be connected to the control terminals on the pots and to the output terminals on the output jack.
5. Test the wiring to make sure everything is working properly. If there are any issues with the wiring, you may need to double-check your connections or consult the wiring diagram for your specific bass guitar model.

It is recommended that you follow the wiring diagram provided by Dean or consult a qualified technician if you are not comfortable wiring the bass guitar yourself. Improper wiring can damage the guitar and potentially pose a safety hazard.

electronics can be effected by oxidation of the contacts the input jack the volume and tone control pots must be cleaned and lubricated try a cleaner from radio shack this may help if not input jack may be severely worn or the microphone may be in need of repairs to it's plug or cord there could be a shredded or broken wire connection

Tone pot should only have 2 of the 3 lugs with connections, one of which should go to ground or to the capacitor that goes to ground. If by "double wire" you mean shielded cable, the outer 'wire' is the shield that should be grounded at one end at least, probably to the back of tone pot.

Diagram is NOT likely to help much. Look for bad soldering at the input and output jacks AND by the power input jacks. Also look for cracked circuit board and or lifted circuit etch. Lastly, the pots and the soldering around them may be part of the problem. Most of the mentioned things are 95% of the problem.

Hi genoness1,

If you noticed that the pedal works on and off depending on the jack plug positioning, it is because the jack is already broken loose from the solder on the board. If the pedal that you are using can normally open as most or normally closed like Roland types, you can still replace the loosed jack. Unit has to be opened and correct jack replaced.

Hope it helps.

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the jacks are not diffiult to find nor to install, but don't buy cheap radio shack jacks, go to a good music store and buy jacks ( the price may be 3 to 5 dollars each). take the unit apart and take not of where the wires go, wirte it down/draw a diagram, note colors of wire and where they go. cut the wires loose and take the old jacks out, then solder in the wires where they belong, and you're good to go.

If the power goes off when you plug in the pedal, the pedal LIKELY has a short in it between two of the three connections at the plug.

Firat, try putting the pedal plug in BEFORE applying power.

Likely the pedal presents a pot or volume control that will have like 5 volts across it an the wiper returned on the same cable. If the wiring configuration is wrong OR if the plug goes through a period of shorting the 5 volts out during insertion that will cause a problem...

To troubleshoot, move the pedal to half way and these with an ohmmeter for shorts between ANY two of the three connections.

Have you tried another cable between amp and guitar? Usually the cable goes bad first. Have you tried another amp or possibly tried another guitar on your rig? If this still indicates that your guitar's Standard 1/4" TS Jack is noisy, remove the oval cover over the jack and check the solder joints for the wiring. Follow the wires back to the tone and volume pots and check those solder joints. If everything is secure...Plug in, power up and check for noise while turning the volume pots stop to stop. If the pots make a scratching noise, shut down rig and unplug the guitar. Get a can of spray contact cleaner with a small extension tube (available at electronic shops) to spray in the pots while turning them. (May have to remove pots fom the guitar to get at small openings on side of pot can.) Spray jack and test for noise. Jack STILL
noisy...If you can solder...unwire old jack, remove from guitar, take to electronic shop, match to Standard 1/4" TS Jack, install in guitar, resolder wire connections and test. If you cannot solder...take guitar to
a reputable shop or dealer that does this repair. Good Luck! P.S. The
spray contact cleaner can be used on the amp jack, pots and switches
too...just make sure the amp is unplugged from the power supply before
doing any spraying.

Often the bypass contacts on the FX insert jack fail to close. These jacks are really poor and after plugging in a plug several times the bypass switch contact becomes sprung so as to not make good contact causing symptoms like yours.

Open the unit and inspect the jack. You can bend the contacts to tighten them BUT they will fail again.

Externally sometimes you can make a short jumper cable to connect the preamp out to the PA in to bypass the failing contacts.

On an insert jack, you can just wire a TRS plug tip to ring and plug it in.

First, make sure the jack is not shorting against the circuit board or an adjacent wire. Check the wire connections at the jacks and switch. Sometimes these wires disconnect due to poor solder joints on the switch or jacks. Make sure the circuit board is not touching the enclosure or pot assembly.