Weird question but...

Gassage

If I have a unidirectional patch lead, and I want to use it as a bridging cable on a Bright/Normal 4 inpiut amp, and say I am using the bright channel as the main input, which way around does the direction go? Assuming Bright to Normal?

RiftAmps

Can you hear a tonal difference between the two options?

usedtobe

Gassage said:

If I have a unidirectional patch lead, and I want to use it as a bridging cable on a Bright/Normal 4 inpiut amp, and say I am using the bright channel as the main input, which way around does the direction go? Assuming Bright to Normal?

Isn't there an arrow or something..?

richardhomer

Is it made by Russ Andrews?

jpfamps

I can only assume that the cable is shielded at one end only?

This would not really confer any directionality per se, but maybe useful in breaking a ground loop, however this will not be an issue if you plugging into the same amp.

ICBM

If it's as jpfamps suggested, with a 'pseudo-balanced' construction so the shield is connected to ground only at the 'destination' end, then either

It will make no difference since both jacks are connected together by a short ground wire inside the amp anyway.

or

It's better to use it 'backwards', with the 'destination' end in the same channel as the guitar cable, since this is closer to 'star grounding' with that as the master ground point.

or

I can't think of a good joke about it . My money's on the first one.

HAL9000

richardhomer said:

Is it made by Russ Andrews?

The giveaway is if it's been liberally coated with snake oil.