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I was given a monster guitar cable and was wondering if the shield strand should be soldered to the ground wire on one end to help prevent ground loops.
Thank u.
Thank u.
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Contradictory answers:
1) yes, but only one end, because if it's not connected at all, it's not a shield.
- you may have to swap the ends to find the lowest-noise connection
2) yes, at both ends, but leave that other wire disconnected - you don't need it.
3) no, you can't get a ground loop between a guitar - which is effectively 'floating' - and an amplifier.
Sadly, all of these answers are equally true (I think). Personally, I would choose (2).
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For the signal cable from guitar to amp the sheild has to be connected at both ends to - if not you don't have a complete circuit (unless this cable has two sheilded connectors to complete the circuit)
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