dead guitars aren't much fun
Posted by: stebbutt <stebbutt@...>
A guitar shop shouldn't have any problem with fixing a jack.
It sounds to me like a cold or poor solder joint, somewhere inside or on
the jack, that's just given away over time. Might also be a wire that's
starting to break within the insulation. It might be the jack itself. I
would be very surprised if it's not pretty obvious.
I've been a technician for a long time now, and you would be amazed how
much bad soldering is out there. I had a guitar a few years ago that I
took apart to install some shielding (Ibanez), and one of the wires
wrapped through an eye loop on the switch had the smallest spot of
solder I've ever seen, and another wire had no solder at all. Never
under-estimate the ability for any manufacturer to make a big miss here
and there.
klsluder wrote:
> Got to church yesterday, plugged in and the Parker coughed and died.
> It sounded very distorted. bypassed the digitech pedal still
> distorted. Switched off the piezo - if it was the battery that should
> have cleaned it up but didn't. This happened a couple weeks ago when
> the nut came off the jack. I pulled the jack and put it back together
> and it straightened up. I took it apart yesterday and couldn't find a
> loose wire on the jack but it didn't straighten up. Is it more likely
> the jack, wiring, or pc board? If it is the stereo jack would any
> guitar shop be able to fix it?
>
> Peace
> Kevin
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