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Just picked up a Fender Princeton 65 (price was right, $80 in good condition). The one thing I don't like is that there is no headphone out jack. Being a college student living in a dorm, it's not very polite to use an amp above a whisper. I have decent experience with electronics.
Would it be as simple as using the Pre-out (signal from the pre-amp) and then solder a switch to the speaker to turn it off? I'm mostly concerned with putting the switch there, any chance of doing damage?
Making A Headphone Jack, Fender Princeton 65
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Thanks guys.
The speaker does cut out when something is plugged into the "pwr in", so I assume I can just pop in a 1/4" plug without it being connected to anything and safely cancel out the speaker sound?
I would be using my aviation headset, Telex 150 ANR, I don't know if having something like that would make a difference over regular headphones. I haven't had a chance to try it because they are in the plane and I haven't gone to get them yet. The impedance is 150 ohms mono, 300 stereo.
From what Curtisa has said, I gather that it would be best if I did 1/4 to 1/8" from the pre-out and then into a stereo system and then use the headphone jack on the stereo system? That shouldn't be a problem to do.