Rewire your Lemon 3-zone ride

Lemon ride cymbals have three zones: bow, bell, and edge. If your module has a single ride input, it reads two of them — and you choose which two.

You may not need this guide. Out of the box, the cymbal's Ride 1 cable already gives you bow and edge — plug it in, assign the sounds, done. Nothing to open.

This one-time jumper move is for the other choice: it re-routes the Ride 2 cable to carry bow and bell instead, trading the edge for the bell. Worth it if you want the ride's bell under your stick. It takes about 10 minutes, needs no soldering, and is reversible. Check your module's setup page first — some modules have no ride-bell sound to play, and on those the bell config gains you nothing.

Steps

1. Unplug both cables from the underside of the cymbal.
2. Flip the cymbal upside-down on a soft surface so the back panel faces you.
3. Unscrew the back panel covering the jack assembly — it's the molded cover marked Ride 1 / Ride 2.

   

4. Find the short red/black cable connected to the Ride 1 input pad.

   

5. Unplug it from Ride 1 and reconnect it to the Ride 2 input pad — the connector is keyed, it only fits one way.

   

6. Reattach the back panel.
7. Plug a single cable from the Ride 2 output to your module's RIDE jack. Bow strikes should trigger the bow sound; bell strikes the bell sound.

After the rewire

Pick your module's setup guide to assign the ride pad type and route the bell sound: browse module setup guides ›

To reverse: open the back panel and move the red/black jumper back to the Ride 1 input. No solder, no glue.