1. Unscrew the metal connector shell and pull it up the cable.

Also pull up any

insulator sleeve. You should see something inside that looks like this:
2. Desolder the cables center wire from the connectors center terminal and pull it
back.
3. Take one 330 K ohm resistor (Orange-Orange-Yellow-Silver or Orange-Orange-
Yellow-Gold) and solder it between the center terminal and the ground (outside)
terminal as shown in the illustration below.
4. Take another 330 K ohm resistor and solder one end to the center terminal where
you had removed the wire earlier.
5. Take the other end of this resistor and solder it to the center wire on the cable.
Wrap this connection with electrical tape so it cant short to the cable ground braid
or the connector shell.
6. Replace connector shell and label this plug so you know to connect this end into
your V-Amps input. Plug the other end into the guitar and enjoy.
Building a 6 dB Input Attenuator for the
V-Amp 1 / 2 into a Guitar Cable
This project will result in approximately 6 dB of attenuation when plugged into a V-Amp 1
or 2, which should be adequate to better match higher output guitars to the V-Amp. The
circuit interacts with the V-Amps 1 Megohm input impedance to provide the attenuation
and still provide approx. 580 K ohm input impedance so as not to result in the tone
sucking phenomenon when used with high impedance guitar pickups.
This information is provided as-is with no warranties
either expressed or implied. Use at your own risk.
Materials Needed: one guitar cable with metal, non-molded, connectors; two 330 K ohm
watt resistors (preferably metal film type for lower noise); solder; electrical tape.
2005 Christopher Wright. All rights reserved. This information may be freely distributed, but cannot not be sold
or distributed for profit without the express written consent of the author.