Replacing the jack on a DC-3's footswitch

[fasterdammit]

As any road-going gear will attest, cable ends take a beating. So the cable from the footswitch finally lost its jack end. I'm about to solder a new one on, but I'm not sure which strand in the cable goes to which pole on the jack. I have a mid-90s DC-3, with the two-button footswitch - one for the EQ, one for the channel.

Could anyone clarify which is which, before I start switching my EQ w/ the channel button & vice versa?

Thanks in advance!

 

[MJ Slaughter]

On mine blue is the ring, red the tip. Since you gig on the road you may want to consider just putting a jack in the foot switch so you can plug a cable into it. That way if you have trouble on the road you should be able to easily find cables with ring, tip, sleeve or just carry a backup cable. I've done this to one of my switches for other reasons and I don't do road gigs.

 

[fasterdammit]

Awesome - thanks for the that.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing re: jack in the box vs. hardwired. This definitely qualifies for one of those "while you're in there" moments ... LOL