Sharing my mistake for others

[Rcmatz]

On my first pedal, I was just sitting on the floor, tossing it into my pedal chain with the short 6" patch cables.

On my second pedal, I thought, Hey, I'll get longer cables, save my back and work on the desktop.

I ordered these:

Amazon.com: 1/4 Inch Cable Guitar Balanced Cable [2-Pack 6.6ft], JSAUX 1/4 TRS Jack to 6.35mm Stereo Audio Cable Male to Male for Electric Guitar, bass Guitar, Electric Mandolin, Speaker-Red : Musical Instruments

Amazon.com: 1/4 Inch Cable Guitar Balanced Cable [2-Pack 6.6ft], JSAUX 1/4 TRS Jack to 6.35mm Stereo Audio Cable Male to Male for Electric Guitar, bass Guitar, Electric Mandolin, Speaker-Red : Musical Instruments

www.amazon.com

I have been troubleshooting this for a two weeks off and on. I was about to give up.

I built an audio probe (thanks for the advice from the board), it didn't even work on the input jack, which made no sense!

I had to convince myself I wasn't crazy and plugged those cables guitar to amp for the first time. They don't work. I was chasing a problem that ended up having nothing to do with the pedal because I introduced a new variable without testing it independently.

I would be interested in anyone's thoughts on why these cables don't work.

Thanks!

 

[Robert]

Assuming the cables aren't defective (which could be determined fairly quickly with a DMM), one possibility is that the jack in either your guitar or your amp might grounded to the Ring lug instead of the Sleeve.

 

[music6000]

Unless your guitar & amp has a Stereo style jack, it would explain your Issue!
If your 6 '' Patch cables are mono, why purchase the stereo style Leads, Amazon is misleading saying they are for Guitar, Bass ect. ect. ect.

 

[Rcmatz]

Unless your guitar & amp has a Stereo style jack, it would explain your Issue!
If your 6 '' Patch cables are mono, why purchase the stereo style Leads, Amazon is misleading saying they are for Guitar, Bass ect. ect. ect.

Thank you!

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Which pedal? Many production pedals, especially the ones that have provisions for an internal battery, use a stereo jack on the input side as an automatic power off when you unplug from that jack. It uses the fact that a mono plug will ground the ring connection. If you plug in a stereo cable, then the ring is left floating and that part of the power circuit never gets energized.

 

[Rcmatz]

Which pedal? Many production pedals, especially the ones that have provisions for an internal battery, use a stereo jack on the input side as an automatic power off when you unplug from that jack. It uses the fact that a mono plug will ground the ring connection. If you plug in a stereo cable, then the ring is left floating and that part of the power circuit never gets energized.

I started with a Sunflower.... when I had troubleshot as far as I could (and worried I had damaged it) I switch and started over on a sandspur.