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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 20, 2016 at 2:59pm

If the tip has 2 segments, ie a black ring near the tip, you have stereo jacks, otherwise it might just have 2 grounds, just connect your hot lead to the contact for the tip, and you should be good

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on October 20, 2016 at 3:13pm

I put a pic now in the original post now. Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on October 20, 2016 at 3:24pm

It's radio shack part 2740255
Closed circuit...what does that mean?

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on October 20, 2016 at 3:26pm

by that pic, it looks like a switcheable jack plug, the extra bit of spring steel beside the  tip contact looks like a contact switch, so when unplugged, no circuit, when plugged in the contacts open and allow the hot wire to complete the circuit, so the top lug is ground, and i THINK either of the others will work, but one will switch off when unplugged, just in case you had , say a battery powered pre amp in your guitar, to the best i can make out it is not a stereo jack

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on October 20, 2016 at 10:54pm

It's the opposite. When unplugged the circuit is hot, when plugged the circuit breaks. 

If you need the opposite then the little peg piece needs to be on the outside of the live bit.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on October 20, 2016 at 3:37pm

Thank you for clearing this up. Makes better sense. I don't know how I missed that when getting it.

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Permalink Reply by Scavanged Sound (Pete) on October 20, 2016 at 3:37pm

These switched Jack's are great. They cut down on the work and space needed to add a physical switch on a small project

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on October 20, 2016 at 3:52pm

That's cool. If you get a chance could you show how a toggle on off might be hooked up with a piezo with one these jacks ?

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Permalink Reply by Scavanged Sound (Pete) on October 20, 2016 at 3:59pm

I've not worked with a piezo. But if I'm thinking correctly, you should use a jumper between the two "tip" parts of the jack so it's always on and then install the toggle in line on one of the piezo wires. Someone can chime in if I have it right or wrong

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Permalink Reply by Scavanged Sound (Pete) on October 20, 2016 at 4:00pm

You won't hurt anything experimenting with it. It's half the fun!

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on October 20, 2016 at 4:16pm

Thank you. It's so cool to have the extra lug now...if I figure out something i'll let you know here.

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on October 20, 2016 at 10:47pm

If you have active electrics in the guitar it can be used as a circuit breaker to switch things off eg. Internal built in amp and speaker set up. Same as mine. If you don't then just ignore it.

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