metallicore Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 For a while I thought I was going crazy with my guitar amp tone. Sometimes it would sound good and at other times it would sound thin. I have a spider jam and a Stagg les paul with humbuckers. At one point the wiring on my guitar cables and output jack were so frayed that they weren't even connected to the plugs and causing a horrific screeching sound. I re-soldered everything to the best of my abilities at the time. I still experienced inconsistent amp sound for quite a while. Recently I checked the cables again and I noticed that some of the individual wires in the cables were not fully connected in both my output jack and cable. I cut open my guitar cable and saw that some the grounding wire had broken inside the cable. When it came to re-soldering, I made sure that all the wires were fully connected and none of them were going nowhere. Now when I play, there is far more bass and my guitar tone sounds fuller. I should note that I also made adjustments to the bridge height, to eliminate fret buzz. The screech has pretty much disappeared. So my question is, can a minor thing such as one little disconnected wire in a stranded cable in the output jack and guitar cable alter the tone that significantly? I I know I pretty well answered my own question, but I am just wondering if it could be my bridge height tuneup or the faulty connections or if I have done something else to my guitar without knowing it that is affecting the tone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazzy Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Yes it can and good job fixing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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