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Spector Stereo output -which type of stereo cable??

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Charlie28711

Jan 17, 2017
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So I got this new Spector Neck Thru a week or so ago. Great bass. Love it. I want to make the most of it. It has a stereo output jack and I want to know the type of cable to utilize it and split the signal to two amps.
The guy from Sweetwater says a stereo cable from Relish (Relish Guitars) is what I need. However that cable is for (One plug [red one]) is for a magnetic pup and the [black plug] is for a piezo pup.
Both pickups on the bass are magnetic. Traditional passive P & J. With a active Tone Pump pre.
So do I drop $60 on this Relish cable or do I do something like a TRS cable to an A/B pedal?
 
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I'm not familiar with your Spector, but a Rickenbacker 4001/4003 has Ric-O-Sound, which can use a standard TRS-to-dual TS Insert Cable. This set up allows the bridge pickup to go to one amp and the neck pickup to go to another amp.
 
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Are you sure it's actually wired for stereo output? It's very common to use a stereo jack in active basses, wired so that the jack acts as a switch to engage the battery into the active circuit when a plug is inserted - basically an on/off switch that turns the bass preamp off when you unplug the bass so the battery doesn't run down.
 
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Charlie28711 said:
So I got this new Spector Neck Thru a week or so ago. Great bass. Love it. I want to make the most of it. It has a stereo output jack and I want to know the type of cable to utilize it and split the signal to two amps.
The guy from Sweetwater says a stereo cable from Relish (Relish Guitars) is what I need. However that cable is for (One plug [red one]) is for a magnetic pup and the [black plug] is for a piezo pup.
Both pickups on the bass are magnetic. Traditional passive P & J. With a active Tone Pump pre.
So do I drop $60 on this Relish cable or do I do something like a TRS cable to an A/B pedal?
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No, no, no, no, no.

No. :D

I only know this because of a thread on here, but if you see that a Spector has a “stereo” output jack, it’s only because the extra pin inside the jack is used to signal the preamp to turn on or off.

While it technically may be a stereo jack, it isn’t going to give you a stereo signal.
 
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