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what to do with extra side input jack?

#2
andysvec said:
I'm building a new bass with a modulus bassstar neck and one of these Fender bodies:

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However, I'm using my Audere in it which has the control plate mounted input jack.

Any ideas of what to do with the extra side input jack hole? I really don't like the looks of a big empty hole, but what to do with it?
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That appears to be a "football" plate style side mount jack plate, which should be able to fit a standard 1/4" jack, so I do not believe that a bullet jack is necessary to use a side jack. Depending on the hole size, the jack may slip through that hole from the inside, or you can de-solder and re-solder it back on, if it's not.
 
#5
andysvec said:
Or I could mount the input from my audere control plate to the football side jack, but then what can I do with the extra hole in the audere? I'd love an active/passive switch but they stated wasn't possible with the pre?
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You could put the jack out the side and put a dummy knob in the extra hole on the control plate...you could also switch things up and be the only guy on the block with a knob coming out of the side of the bass where the jack should be... :D

Maybe not that last thing. That sounds like something that I'd do for fun.
 
#6
andysvec said:
I just mean I already have an input mounted on my audere control plate, so I don't need to use the football side jack and want to 'easily' fill it or cover it or ?
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Ahh I see, well never mind :)

You could always put a "dummy plate" with a jack and confuse folks ;)

Or just find a plate without a hole and cover it up.
 
#12
Beej said:
Which Audere? The Pro-Z and Classic will fit in a 3 hole plate, but the Pro JZ3 is mounted to a circuit board and is only compatible with a 4 hole plate...
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oh snap, I just checked and I have the circuit board JZ3, three hole control plate is out now.

So I think I'll just leave everything as is and figure out something to do with the open side jack hole, some easy way to fill it. Golf ball, small light, rubber drain stopper, ?
 
#17
Since a 3 hole wont work, then I would buy a new 4 hole plate, and change the Z mode switch out with a full size toggle switch and put it where the jack would go. You would still have to drill a hole for the LED light, but that should be easy enough. Using a dummy knob or having an extra output jack for no reason would bug me.
 
#19
eukatheude said:
What? Does anyone know why?
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not sure, my pickups can be run in passive but I guess you can't bypass the audere with their pots/wiring.

The folks at Audere are very nice, I sent an email and they suggested adding a passive tone control. I may do that, but may just find something to plug the side jack hole and stick with the audere as is.

how bout something like this to plug the bottom side jack hole :)
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#20
eukatheude said:
What? Does anyone know why?
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It's a bigger deal than you'd think. Since preamps and passive pickups need rather different pot values to work correctly you really need two sets of pots to switch between. To give one example, the East retro pre gives you passive mode but kind of as a last resort-you keep a volume control because he uses a dual-gang pot for it, each gang having a different value. But all the other pots cease to function, unless you have a passive tone which would still work. Not even the balance works, forcing you to choose both pickups full or only the bridge, with a small toggle switch.
 

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