Bass guitar with XLR connection.

[JPDub]

Looking at the original post, the answer is:
Put the jackplug end of the cable in the bass and the XLR end of the cable in the mixer then. If not, what is the problem?
Need more info on the bass output signal and the mixer input options.

 

[Skillet]

Slow night on TB .......

 

[dan1952]

I've seen Ibanez and Washburn acoustic basses with both a 1/4 inch and XLR output jacks. However, you couldn't use both simultaneously, because they were shorting jacks. Plug into one, and it shorts the other. This might be what the OP is talking about.

 

[1bassplayinfool]

 

[bench]

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.

exactly...

 

[nilorius]

Sorry if my inquiry is confusing, my bass is a Classic Cantabule,accoustic /electric. It has a jackplug into the guitar but an X.L.R on the input to the amp or mixer.
It does not work with a Jack to Jack lead.
I may be able to buy an adaptor to be able to plug into jack sockets on amps?.
Any thoughts on this please.

So you are talking about the cord ! Try stereo jack cord on both sides.

 

[Sparkl]

A bit of a thread hijack but here's my question.

The other night I was recording bass in my home studio and haven't had an instrument cable around since I had them all packed in anothee guitar case since I gigged the day before. I had a stereo jack - male xlr though. Never thought it would work but I plugged in anyways and to my surprise it works great (straaight into the sound interface - scarlett 8i6).

My question is - since there was no di box or anything between the interface and ebass, have I captured a mono signal or stereo? The bass sounds great in the mix though. Logic Pro tells me that it is a mono signal but what really happened there?

Thanks for answers!

 

[Slevage]

A bit of a thread hijack but here's my question.

The other night I was recording bass in my home studio and haven't had an instrument cable around since I had them all packed in anothee guitar case since I gigged the day before. I had a stereo jack - male xlr though. Never thought it would work but I plugged in anyways and to my surprise it works great (straaight into the sound interface - scarlett 8i6).

My question is - since there was no di box or anything between the interface and ebass, have I captured a mono signal or stereo? The bass sounds great in the mix though. Logic Pro tells me that it is a mono signal but what really happened there?

Thanks for answers!

A standard xlr connection is not stereo.
Stereo happens after the son pot on the board.
It is possible to custom wire an xlr with 2 hots ( simulating a tip- ring -sleeve 1/4”
Plug.

 

[Frank77]

exactly...

At least Rumbledore had the courtesy to keep the weirdness going by posting more nonsense in his threads after his initial, inintelligible title and opening statement.

 

[Sparkl]

A standard xlr connection is not stereo.
Stereo happens after the son pot on the board.
It is possible to custom wire an xlr with 2 hots ( simulating a tip- ring -sleeve 1/4”
Plug.

Thanks for the info!

So as far as I understand, I recorded a normal mono signal but since it is a normally wired XLR the signal is not equal to the 1/4 jack/jack inst. cable right? If I may ask, what is the difference?

 

[HolmeBass]

Sorry if my inquiry is confusing, my bass is a Classic Cantabule,accoustic /electric. It has a jackplug into the guitar but an X.L.R on the input to the amp or mixer.
It does not work with a Jack to Jack lead.
I may be able to buy an adaptor to be able to plug into jack sockets on amps?.
Any thoughts on this please.

The standard instrument jack is called a 1/4 inch phone jack. It was developed by Ma Bell back in the day. So just “jack plug” is not specific enough. XLR connectors are also jacks, just a different kind.

You need a direct box, aka DI box, to convert instrument outputs to low impedance, and direct boxes also usually have an XLR connector to interface with recording and PA consoles.

 

[Bobro]

Sorry. I meant to say the hole you put the doohickey in.

heheh! I've been teaching friends who are not native speakers of American the "that's what she said" joke, so it's kinda my automatic thought when I read something like this!

 

[Goatrope]

Lol.

I think the first response that questioned whether English was a first language may have scared them away. They just joined TB to ask this question and now have to figure out how to save face, while adding some depth to the question. For some folks, this is like asking them to build a rocket ship to the moon.

Oh well.

 

[Slevage]

Thanks for the info!

So as far as I understand, I recorded a normal mono signal but since it is a normally wired XLR the signal is not equal to the 1/4 jack/jack inst. cable right? If I may ask, what is the difference?

Xlr is low impedance ( better for sending Down a snake to a board and other “balanced” requirements).
1/4 “ is high impedance an works for most applications.
If it sounds good it is good.

 

[el murdoque]

I just tried a TRS to XLR cable with an active bass and mixer. Apart from the Volume pot making scratchy noises when used, it worked just fine.

So the cheapest solution might be
a) A cable with XLR on one end and phone jack on the other
b) An adapter from phone jack to XLR to use the existing cable
c) A DI box or preamp with DI out where the bass connects with phone jack and the mixer connects with XLR.

 

[Sparkl]

Xlr is low impedance ( better for sending Down a snake to a board and other “balanced” requirements).
1/4 “ is high impedance an works for most applications.
If it sounds good it is good.

Yes I thought that impedance is the thing, I just didn't know that it is the wiring that makes up for the difference.

Thanks for your info!

 

[maisbass]

I think you all scared the OP away LOL

 

[retslock]

We’re up to post #77 and the OP has gone missing since post #7. What gives?

 

[elgranluis]

Sorry if my inquiry is confusing, my bass is a Classic Cantabule,accoustic /electric. It has a jackplug into the guitar but an X.L.R on the input to the amp or mixer.
It does not work with a Jack to Jack lead.
I may be able to buy an adaptor to be able to plug into jack sockets on amps?.
Any thoughts on this please.

Read the whole thing (as well as all of rumbledore’s posts) ,so I was able to solve the mistery.

Thank me later guys:

Jack plug = 1/4 connector , male
Xlr= xlr

Issue = bass works only when op uses 1/4 to xlr cable. Bass does not work with 1/4 to 1/4 cable

OP’s question = can He buy a xlr to 1/4 adaptor so he can use the bass on any amp , not just a mixer?

Answer = yes , yes OP. You can.

 

[LUpton]

I could be really pedantic and say that, by definition, a 'jack' is any panel-mounted connector, of any sex, input or output, be it a 1/4" on your bass, an XLR on the back of a mixer, or the AC outlet on your wall, etc. A 'plug' is a cable-mounted connector generally equipped to properly mate with the one of the afore-mentioned 'jacks' to complete a circuit and provide appropriate signal flow, be it input or output.

But that would be really pedantic...