Plugging cables into wrong input/output of pedal
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cheesedaele
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Generally no. There may be some obscure boutique pedals that may blow up, cause earthquakes or global warming, who knows.
No sound will come out of your amp, of course.
No sound will come out of your amp, of course.
lemonade93
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Its just like eating
If you put food (Cable) into your mouth (Input), you'll end up shitting (Sound).
However
If you put your food (Cable) into your ass (Output), you'll end up feeling like shit, not getting shit (No Sound).
If you put food (Cable) into your mouth (Input), you'll end up shitting (Sound).
However
If you put your food (Cable) into your ass (Output), you'll end up feeling like shit, not getting shit (No Sound).
lemonade93
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If you stuff things up your ass (Output) would it damage your ass?
The answer is....
Maybe.
Depending on what you stuff (Gear) into your ass (Output).
If you stuff a grape (Gear-X) into your ass (Output), it'll be unpleasant (No Sound).
If you stuff a durian (Gear-WTF) into your ass (Output), you just raped your ass (Goodbye Gear)
As stated by Cheesedaele, depends on the gear and i HOPE to God it's not a durian
But honestly, i've never seen any gear get messed up just cause you plugged it into the wrong in/output
The answer is....
Maybe.
Depending on what you stuff (Gear) into your ass (Output).
If you stuff a grape (Gear-X) into your ass (Output), it'll be unpleasant (No Sound).
If you stuff a durian (Gear-WTF) into your ass (Output), you just raped your ass (Goodbye Gear)
As stated by Cheesedaele, depends on the gear and i HOPE to God it's not a durian
But honestly, i've never seen any gear get messed up just cause you plugged it into the wrong in/output
lemonade93
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I don't know, my analogy's are pretty straight forward :/. And in the analogy i never said stuffing the guitar into the amp, I used the term 'cable' and you ARE stuffing a cable into an amp... but i digress (Always wanted to say that 
) HAHAHAHA.
ANYWAY
Shouldn't be a problem if you put the cable into the wrong jack.... if i'm not wrong lah. Just dont stick the wrong power supply in. THAT will fry your ass
) HAHAHAHA. ANYWAY
Shouldn't be a problem if you put the cable into the wrong jack.... if i'm not wrong lah. Just dont stick the wrong power supply in. THAT will fry your ass
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cheesedaele
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Sorry for asking so roundaboutly.
What gear are you using? We can better advise if you provide more details.
What gear are you using? We can better advise if you provide more details.
relinquish69
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There would be no damage to the pedal AFAIK. However, feeding it with the wrong power supply on the other hand is a different story.
The TS is asking a very straight forward qns. we should help by giving him/her a straight forward ans.
The TS is asking a very straight forward qns. we should help by giving him/her a straight forward ans.
Guitar, cable, pedal, amp. Different pedals won't react differently to this, we are not talking about how different pedals will sound differently, or asking about pickup upgrades etc. It's either all pedals will be damaged this way, or they don't. I'm just trying to find out if damage will occur.
cheesedaele
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No.
10 characters.
10 characters.
carboxymoron
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You could be a bit more open-minded since you're the one seeking answers.
I'll bet there's a tiny number of pedals out there that won't respond kindly to signal coming in the wrong way. But generally no damage.
PatheinRaindropMoe
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heh, the one asking question doubting the answers given even though everyone else gave the correct answer and the only wrong answer, ironically, is from the perception of one asking.
Anyway, audio signal is audio signal, power is power. In a pedal, these 2 things, doesnt meet. The power circuit is of different path to audio circuit.
Even if we are talking about the voltage level of audio signal from geetar/geetar effect pedals, its pretty much low level signal which prolly in negligible values.
If theres any pedal that can get damged just by reversing the input and output, imho, dont waste money on it. Oh yeah, many many years ago,a famous geetarers discover about reversing the wah wah pedal input/output and got himself a sea gull sound which ended up in his band recording.
anyway, if wanna more info on audio signal voltage level, here
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF...dio+signal+voltage+&pbx=1&fp=fd0f73886609171d
Anyway, audio signal is audio signal, power is power. In a pedal, these 2 things, doesnt meet. The power circuit is of different path to audio circuit.
Even if we are talking about the voltage level of audio signal from geetar/geetar effect pedals, its pretty much low level signal which prolly in negligible values.
If theres any pedal that can get damged just by reversing the input and output, imho, dont waste money on it. Oh yeah, many many years ago,a famous geetarers discover about reversing the wah wah pedal input/output and got himself a sea gull sound which ended up in his band recording.
anyway, if wanna more info on audio signal voltage level, here
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF...dio+signal+voltage+&pbx=1&fp=fd0f73886609171d
So your answer is "No, it definitely won't damage?"
skipper53
Member
I know this is silly, but that made my day. Lol.
@Santana: lol yes man, basically what everyone's saying here with much elaboration for everyone's benefit is: no. Btw, your rep power, power~
junkiemanxl
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wrong hole.. : No sound and no damage
Jumpin'Jellybean
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That's pretty obvious, yes... And at least 3 other people already told you that same answer.
Did you read properly? The earlier guys were saying things like "maybe" and "generally" which is neither yes or no.
