TRS output jack question

[Ljudsystem]

Hi everybody

The output jack on my Danelectro Longhorn bass crackles. There seems to be no faults with the wires/solder connections. There's a bit of wiggle room in the jack, what I think is the problem is that when i wiggle the cable it looses contact with the ground.

Here's the question:

I have a spare TRS-jack. Of course, I could put the TRS jack in the bass and wire the ground wire to the sleeve and leave the ring...

BUT what about wiring the the ground wire to the ring instead? (and the sleeve???)

As long as I use a mono cable that would work wouldn't it? Plus the ground connection would be much more solid since the ring flange would be pushing against the ground part of the cable.

 

[bholder]

Yeah that should work just fine, I would think. Might be easier to simply tighten the existing jack though.

 

[line6man]

Why do you want to ground the ring terminal instead of the sleeve? If anything, you would ground both terminals.

 

[Ljudsystem]

I have tried tightening the jack and cleaned it with contact cleaner but that doesn't seem to help.

So it's okay to ground both terminals? Sorry, electronics isn't really my thing.

 

[line6man]

I have tried tightening the jack and cleaned it with contact cleaner but that doesn't seem to help.

So it's okay to ground both terminals? Sorry, electronics isn't really my thing.

They are both grounded when the cable gets plugged in, anyway.

 

[Geri O]

They are both grounded when the cable gets plugged in, anyway.

Ditto. Yes, you can tie the the ring and the sleeve together.

 

[Ljudsystem]

Ok, thanks for the help everybody!