Cliff Jacks

[skullservant]

Hello all- I know this has been probably covered a million times, I tried doing a search of the forum as well as a google search, but I can't find a proper schematic to wire Cliff Jacks for a pedal using one stereo and one mono

If anyone could whip up a drawing for me that'd be great, I have trouble visualizing things unless I can see them

Thanks in advance

E

[LucifersTrip]

Hello all- I know this has been probably covered a million times, I tried doing a search of the forum as well as a google search, but I can't find a proper schematic to wire Cliff Jacks for a pedal using one stereo and one mono

If anyone could whip up a drawing for me that'd be great, I have trouble visualizing things unless I can see them

Thanks in advance

E

are you asking how to wire the 1/4" in/out jacks for true bypass? if so:
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/diagrams/switch_lo_3pdt_tb_battery.gif?phpMyAdmin=78482479fd7e7fc3768044a841b3e85a

[skullservant]

More specifically Cliff style jacks. I'm fine with the regular style jacks, these black ones with the poles are just a little confusing 

[.Mike]

Why wait for an answer when you can grab the DIY bull by the horns and DIY your own solution? Here's how you do it...

If you can understand the standard open style jacks, then grab your multimeter, a cable, an open jack, and a Cliff jack.

Insert the cable and visually observe what connects to what on the Cliff jack. Confirm what you saw with your multimeter.

Then, compare that to what you already know about the open jacks to what you just taught yourself about the Cliff jacks, and draw your self a wiring diagram.

The answer is right there in front of you. You just have to DIY.

Mike

[LucifersTrip]

More specifically Cliff style jacks. I'm fine with the regular style jacks, these black ones with the poles are just a little confusing 

regarding what .Mike wrote, Do you know how to do a continuity test with your DMM?  If so, as .Mike wrote, it is very easy to figure out what is the input, tip & ring of the Cliff jack.

[skullservant]

I do not know how to continuity check

[.Mike]

Ok, no problem there. It's definitely something you need to learn.

Do you have a multi-meter?

If so, look to see if it has continuity or "beep" mode. If it does, put it in that mode. If it doesn't, set it to measure resistance (Ohms). You'll probably have a choice of a bunch of values like 200, 2000, 20K, 200K, 2000K. I like to use the biggest one, but any of them will work.

Take the two probes of your multimeter, and touch them together. If you're in beep mode, you'll hear a beep. If you are measuring resistance, you'll see that it goes from 1 to something a lot closer to zero. This is what you can expect your meter to do whenever the two probes are connected directly through a short piece of wire.

So, for example, if you grab a guitar cable and put one probe on the tip of one end, and the other probe on the tip of the other end, you should get pretty much the same result as if you touched the two probes together: It'll beep, or, the number will be a lot closer to zero (but maybe a little higher than when you touch the two probes together, since the cable has some resistance).

Now if you extend this a little bit, you can plug a cable into a Cliff jack, and an open jack. Stick your probe on one of the tabs of the open jack. Start probing around on the Cliff jack until you find the tab that makes your meter react. Those two tabs-- the ones you have your probes on-- have continuity, since everything connecting those points are the equivalent of a continuous piece of wire.

If you don't have a meter, please try inserting a connector while looking closely at the jack. You will see two/three of the horizontal metal pieces on the top of the jack lift up slightly. This is because the connector physically pushes the pieces of metal up so that they physically rest on the connector, making the connection.



Mike