AricKeith

For those still interested in this topic I've pretty much confirmed my suspicion regarding the output jack of the Fender Dimension bass, and the failure of the Relay transmitter to remain seated properly. At this point, I've simply rigged up a 12" adapter cable. The female end is strapped to the guitar strap, and the male end is a 90 degree plug, so it's rather low profile and elegant. When it's gig time I just plug the transmitter into the adapter cable on the strap and it stays locked in exactly as it should. On another note, I had the unit less than 1 week and got this problem solved in time for a gig on Saturday. I discovered on Friday evening that the transmitter would no longer charge! So I clearly had a defective unit. On the way to my gig I swung by Guitar Center to return it and fortunately they had another in stock, and I was able to do a straight across swap. I had time to charge it before the gig and used it. All went well! After that experience, though, I am concerned about the longevity of the transmitter battery and/or the quality of the components. We will see.

The solution I'm going to attempt for simplicity is to use a 12" female to male 1/4" cable and fasten the transmitter to my guitar strap. This has the added advantage of moving the transmitter out from what is a slightly precarious position hanging out of the guitar body.

I've been digging into this because it's quite frustrating but also seems like a total obvious problem, given the design. I found this thread here: It makes me wonder if perhaps the dimension (which has an active EQ section and therefore likely uses the output jack as a switch) is using a similar jack. Normal 1/4" cables do NOT slide out of it even a little. There's quite a bit of tension but the very final 1/16" or so of insert pressure is not the same as other jacks- meaning it doesn't go "click" and stay put, it goes more "slide" and stays put. Well, that "slide" is prone to being pushed out by the spring pin, thus my problem.

Just a totallly standard Fender Dimension bass guitar. Very traditional output jack located on the side of the body like 80% of all guitars. The issue is that the spring-loaded safety disconnect (which is meant to stop signal broadcast when the unit is unplugged) is strong enough to literally push the transmitter out and disconnect itself from the wireless broadcast. This is made slightly worse by gravity- the weight of the unit and the fact that it's hanging of the bottom of the guitar means it naturally WANTS to pull downward slightly. All it takes is about 1/32" and it's disconnected.

I just got the new Relay and I think it will be great except one thing: the spring-loaded pin contained in the transmitter exerts a steady force againts the guitar's output jack. This cause it to push itself out just enough to cause the transmitter to turn itself off intermittently. Anyone found an elegant solution to this? Aric Keith