Originally Posted By: eddie1261
Originally Posted By: Simon - PG Music
As far as I know, it was the other RJ45 connector on the amp, the one that was meant for the floorboard. The pinout on them is vastly different, as is the voltages present on each pin, enough so that it fried the guitar.


Oh wow. I think that is right under Ohm's Law in the electronics textbooks, formally known as The Moron Equation. WHO would just randomly start plugging things in just because they fit like that???


I think the real question is why would a manufacturer have the same type of ports for two different things when one would cause that kind of damage?

Also that is what can happen when you don't RTFM!


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