Am I the only one having trouble with the input jack?

Fabe · #1 10-04-2002, 11:36 AM

Hey!

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. I seem to keep having this problem. After some time of playing the input jack gets loose and I always have to tighten the screw inside again (with my bare hands, I don't have a wrench (is this the right word??) for it). This of course results in it being loose in a few weeks again. Now it happened again, and now the wires have been disconnected.

Now I have to solder them back on, which is really getting kinda hard, cause the wires are becoming shorter every time I do this and my fingers aren't that small to work in such a small environment (don't even think about posting one of your dirty jokes guys

). Anyone else have this problem? I had the same problem with my RG. Is this an Ibanez thing?? Or is it a common problem?

THanks for any help,

Fabe

**jemsite** · #2 10-04-2002, 11:38 AM

tighen the jack from the cavity using pliers so that it does not wobble or rotate. When playing you'll eliminate wear/tear on the jack by tucking your cord in your strap. These loosen but shouldn't every few weeks

...glen

caprile · #3 10-04-2002, 12:37 PM

unless you're exceptionally strong, tightening with your hands won't help much. an appropiate tool should cost like 1 buck and do the job very well.

darren wilson · #4 10-04-2002, 12:46 PM

By the way, it's an output jack.

sniperfrommars1 · #5 10-04-2002, 03:24 PM

Cough couch Input jack cough cough. but really get a 1 dollar adjustable wrench from walmart and keep it with your guitar stuff. hell I have a whole toolbox dedicated to guitar tools, with american and metric allen wrenches, wire cutters, soldering irons, etc. etc.

Project Guitar · #6 10-04-2002, 05:00 PM

I usually dab a spot of glue across the nut and threads once it is tightened properly on problem jacks, that way it will not turn on it's own due to vibration over a period of time.

darren wilson · #7 10-04-2002, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sniperfrommars1

Cough cough Input jack cough cough

If the signal goes out, it's an output jack.

EKG · #8 10-04-2002, 06:37 PM

How about an I/O jack?

darren wilson · #9 10-04-2002, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Eddie Kolesar

How about an I/O jack?

Heh... if the signal were bidirectional, then I/O would be the right term. But the signal only travels one way (out), so it's an output jack.

If a signal goes in, it's an input. If a signal goes out, it's an output. It's about as basic as you can get with electronics.

Reaper · #10 10-04-2002, 07:07 PM

I think you're the only one with an input jack....

sniperfrommars1 · #11 10-04-2002, 07:08 PM

hmm. I think we are both wrong and eddies write. Cause they do get juice to magnetize the pickup

Rich · #12 10-04-2002, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Eddie Kolesar

How about an I/O jack?

That would be your ex wife

Juice doesn't flow in, the pickup is magnetic because it has a magnet in it!

sniperfrommars1 · #13 10-04-2002, 09:32 PM

and what about the purpose of the copper coil around it rich

Rich · #14 10-04-2002, 09:41 PM

:read: [there used to be an emoticon for that]

http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/pickupin.htm

darren wilson · #15 10-05-2002, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sniperfrommars1

and what about the purpose of the copper coil around it rich

Pickups are electromagnets in reverse. Strings vibrate in a magnetic field, the fluctuations in the magnetic field generate current in the coils, which gets sent through the output jack to be amplified and turned back into audible soundwaves by a speaker (another reversal of the electromagnetic process).