Playing guitar through 2 amps...

[TragikRemix]

heh we had a wonderful discussion of this several months back.

search for marshall.amps i think his name was..

oh that poor kid with his friggin switch..

 

[Light]

And also, a Stereo TRS splitter will work find

Not unless you modify either the cable of the guitar.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[OhSh1rt]

Not unless you modify either the cable of the guitar.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

Why? the ring and the tip would be identical on a TS plug to the socket, therefor the signals coming off of each of the female plugs would be identical

 

[twon]

Why? the ring and the tip would be identical on a TS plug to the socket, therefor the signals coming off of each of the female plugs would be identical

if you mean like an insert cable, it wont. ground goes to both outputs, tip goes to one and ring goes to the other. so only one would work, the other would short

 

[Light]

Why? the ring and the tip would be identical on a TS plug to the socket, therefor the signals coming off of each of the female plugs would be identical

The ring on the plug (which is hooked up to one of the ends TS ends) will not make contact with anything in the jack, so one of the two "outputs" will have no signal (it will, in fact, be an open, which is pretty bad for the amp). You need to either move the wire on the Ring connector to the tip connector, or replace the TRS plug with a TS plug.

Also, if you have active electronics (or at least, with MOST active electronics, there are other ways of switching them), if you have a TRS plug the electronics will not be turned on, because the circuit is completed by the sleeve of the plug making contact with both the sleeve AND the ring of the jack. The negative side of the battery is hooked up to the ring of the jack, and so the sleeve of the plug completes the battery's connection to ground.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[Outlaws]

The ring on the plug (which is hooked up to one of the ends TS ends) will not make contact with anything in the jack, so one of the two "outputs" will have no signal (it will, in fact, be an open, which is pretty bad for the amp). You need to either move the wire on the Ring connector to the tip connector, or replace the TRS plug with a TS plug.

Also, if you have active electronics (or at least, with MOST active electronics, there are other ways of switching them), if you have a TRS plug the electronics will not be turned on, because the circuit is completed by the sleeve of the plug making contact with both the sleeve AND the ring of the jack. The negative side of the battery is hooked up to the ring of the jack, and so the sleeve of the plug completes the battery's connection to ground.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

Negative Light. Were are talking about two seperate things I think.

My post was talking about a Stereo splitter. Like Radio shack sells for headphones so that you can plug two 1/4" stereo headphones into one headphone jack. In that case, both signal will get the guitar signal and ground.

I would never have suggested an insert cable. That obviously wouldn't work.

 

[Outlaws]

Depends on the Y-cable you use. If the TRS has the Tip connected to one of the mono ends and the Ring attached to the other mono end (like an insert cable) then it won't work

I have never heard of an insert cable refered to a "splitter". When most people think of splitters they think of little connectors you hook up to a line that split a signal.