Stereo jack?

[Steve Sawyer]

I’m building a bass with an active EMG P-J pickup set. Just noticed that the jack that comes with the pickup set is a stereo jack. Is a stereo plug required for this jack, or does this use a stereo jack simply to provide a way of taking the battery out of the circuit when the plug is removed (a conventional plug “shorts” the shaft and ring terminals)?

[Peter Wilcox]

Yes, the jack just connects the neg terminal of the battery to ground (turns on the circuit by shorting ring to sleeve) when a normal 1/4" guitar plug is inserted.

[Steve Sawyer]

Thanks, Peter - that’s what I suspected!