Friends have been asking me how tedious/ technical it is to convert a 2-pin plug to a 3-pin version. Does one need to be an electrician to carry out this make-over? Of course not. To kick it off, just purchase a 3-pin plug head from a hardware store, preferably with a wire colour code attached so you can refer to it along the way. Snip off your default 2-pin amplifier power plug head & you're doing fine.
I used the above tools to help me get the job done:
- Wire cutter- some of us are using this to snip off our excess string length when re-stringing our guitars.
- Flat head screw driver. Your test-pens can double as one, too.
- Cross head screw driver.
- Wire stripper- you need to expose the wire bits (about 0.3cm worth) from its colour coat & screw them under the respective plug pins; this is the proper tool for the job. Experts like Master BEEZ employs his wire cutter as a stripper as well but let's not get into that here...
Still with me? Refer to the colour code reference & screw each wire under the respective plug pins.
Ta-da! Work done, make sure you attach the plug head cover. Why do we go through this trouble? Well, you can still use the default 2-pin version but please learn to live with the background hum once drive/distortion are in use. Some of us find this excessively annoying especially so when you have some recordings involved. As for me, I
prefer listening to my gear, not the hum. Are you still in doubt? Then I strongly suggest you do not try this yourself & fry your amp along the way due to bad attachmets. Ask someone else to do it for you. Buy him coffee for the job if you have to. You can afford decent equipment, no excuse for not affording good coffee...
Friends have been asking me how tedious/ technical it is to convert a 2-pin plug to a 3-pin version. Does one need to be an electrician to carry out this make-over? Of course not. To kick it off, just purchase a 3-pin plug head from a hardware store, preferably with a wire colour code attached so you can refer to it along the way. Snip off your default 2-pin amplifier power plug head & you're doing fine.
I used the above tools to help me get the job done:
Still with me? Refer to the colour code reference & screw each wire under the respective plug pins.
Ta-da! Work done, make sure you attach the plug head cover. Why do we go through this trouble? Well, you can still use the default 2-pin version but please learn to live with the background hum once drive/distortion are in use. Some of us find this excessively annoying especially so when you have some recordings involved. As for me, I prefer listening to my gear, not the hum. Are you still in doubt? Then I strongly suggest you do not try this yourself & fry your amp along the way due to bad attachmets. Ask someone else to do it for you. Buy him coffee for the job if you have to. You can afford decent equipment, no excuse for not affording good coffee...
So some of us lack the 'expert' knowledge in changing our 2-pin plugs to the 3-pin version to eliminate the grounding hum of our amps, yes? Well, selected hardware stores offer the 3-pin, ready to use version, off the shelf. As you can see, it's rather affordable. This one's available @ HOME-FIX hardware store:
