16
If there is another 1/4” TRS plug, this is usually known as
Stereo
Cable
. It carries two signals from the guitar to some other
equipment that will take care of both.
If there are two plugs, no matter their type, this is usually called
Y Cable
. There is some confusion here, because this Y shape, by
itself, says little about its function, so that name is a generic. If
there are TRS plugs at the other two ends of the Y, then this
cable will simply fork a stereo signal to two stereo destinations.
These cables serve no purpose for this guitar. The type with a
1/4” TRS plug at one end that forks into two 1/4” TS plugs at
the other two ends of the Y is the one that is useful for us, and
is usually called
Insert Cable
. For example, the Roland RCC-10-
TR28. A cable like this will allow you to route the two signals in
the TRS plug (at its Tip and Ring) to two different devices or two
separate inputs on the same device (at the Tip of each TS plug).
There is a convention for telling apart the TS plugs in these
cables: the one that is connected to the Ring of the TRS is Red.
The other is usually black or white.
Guitar Cables
and
Insert Cables
are the ones to use for connecting this
guitar. Stereo Cables can be used in some situations where you have a
stereo equipment managing both signals, but this is unusual. These are the
most useful possibilities:
a.
Guitar Cable in #1, nothing in #2
This is just like any conventional electric
guitar with a magnetic pickup. You’ll have
two volume controls available: one at the
tailpiece (the one closest to you) and the
other below the pickguard. You’ll also
have a tone control and the HB/SingleCoil
switch, these two below the pickguard.
Ch.A
1
