Bass guitar with XLR connection.

[lz4005]

Ok. Thanks for the information.

Knowing the basics of signal flow is vital to not damaging your equipment.
Input and output are different things.

 

[ELG60]

Knowing the basics of signal flow is vital to not damaging your equipment.
Input and output are different things.

Yes, I wasn't thinking...output certainly.

Here's the bass in question:

And the female 3-pin XLR output connector:

 

[Jeff Scott]

Probably not what the OP is talking about, but the thought of Phantom power for active Bass electronics sounds interesting.

I've seen a few custom instruments made that way. You can't plug straight into any bass amp, but it's an interesting idea if you go direct. Or if you use a breakout box.

BTDT.

Is this it ???

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ah! My search for the Classic Cantaloupe brought up the oud.

Larry Graham's does:

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As did, Les Paul's guitars.

Input and output are different things.

I know of at least once such "device" where it is both.

 

[devnulljp]

I get it -- bass has 1/4" jack, mixer has only XLR --- you need a DI box to connect the two.
Something simple like a Radial JDI, or more complex like a Bassbone or Bass Driver DI. Plug 1/4" into the DI, XLR out to the miser. Easy.

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[DigitalMan]

When it is sitting in a parts bin it is Schrodinger's Jack. It is simultaneously an input and output jack until you install it somewhere.

 

[lz4005]

When it is sitting in a parts bin it is Schrodinger's Jack. It is simultaneously an input and output jack until you install it somewhere.

Yes!

 

[Jeff Scott]

When it is sitting in a parts bin it is Schrodinger's Jack. It is simultaneously an input and output jack until you install it somewhere.

Actually, while sitting in the parts bin, it is neither.

 

[Bob_Ross]

When it is sitting in a parts bin it is Schrodinger's Jack. It is simultaneously an input and output jack until you install it somewhere.

I LOL'd! Except, since we're talking about XLR jacks, that's not strictly true: In all but the rarest cases an XLR Male jack will be an output, and an XLR Female jack will be an input.

 

[DigitalMan]

Actually, while sitting in the parts bin, it is neither.

You're not following the Schrodinger part.

I LOL'd! Except, since we're talking about XLR jacks, that's not strictly true: In all but the rarest cases an XLR Male jack will be an output, and an XLR Female jack will be an input.

My reference was to 1/4" jacks as the use of the term input while installed in a bass was the key discussion point.

 

[rohi]

Now that raises the question, is “THRU” an input or an output? [/end sarcastic philosophizing]

 

[lokikallas]

fire the drummer

 

[rjake007]

Try turning it off and then back on again...

 

[arbiterusa]

Seen too many of these posts here recently. Guy drops a load of incoherent weirdness, everyone scrambles to guess what's he's saying, and mysteriously the OP is never seen in the thread again.

 

[monkeyland]

I LOL'd! Except, since we're talking about XLR jacks, that's not strictly true: In all but the rarest cases an XLR Male jack will be an output, and an XLR Female jack will be an input.

Don't tell that to the lighting guy

 

[Wipsu]

I sure do recommend REDDI for OP.

 

[AndyPanda]

Knowing the basics of signal flow is vital to not damaging your equipment.
Input and output are different things.

 

[DanAdams]

Maybe he is just out shopping for a DI box.
Also, I found it pretty easy to interpret what the OP was saying.
He calls a 1/4" connector a "jack". that's all.
People call guitar outputs 'inputs' pretty often. We all know what they are talking about so why make a fuss about it. It's the jack that you plug the wire into so....

 

[Flamingo21]

Deliciously weird thread.

 

[Frank77]

Can't believe that no one has recommended a HPF yet.

 

[Slevage]

I LOL'd! Except, since we're talking about XLR jacks, that's not strictly true: In all but the rarest cases an XLR Male jack will be an output, and an XLR Female jack will be an input.

The rare case when it’s wired by a hobbyist. Connectors should always be wire “deadfronted”