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(62 votes) Published: Jun 02, 2007 9:46 p.m. Viewed 611 times
Welcome to another DaDevil egg.
You probably know all about my previous "Guitar Maitenaince" Egg, on custom making Headstock inlays. If not, check it out HERE.
Anyway, in this egg, I will be going through on how to Replace/Fix the input jack of an electric guitar. They are pretty much all wired the same, but for this egg, I will be using my trusty ol’ Strat. (I’m not keen on doing this on my Gibson ES-335 just yet, plus it’s brand new, I don’t need to).
Now, I’ve done this a few times, as my Strat is pretty old, and has needed some maitenaince, and since I need to do this a second time, cuz I’ve replaced my pickups with a set of Fender Custom Shop Texas Specials.
I would’ve made an egg on that too, but my camera was fucked up at the time, so one day I will pull it apart and re-do it for your enjoyment.
Anyway, back to the mission at hand.
You will need:
Your guitar to work on:
The input jack to your guitar, to replace/fix: (disregard my reflection when taking the picture)
Wire Cutters:
Phillips Head:
Solder: (not very much)
Soldering Iron:
You will also need decent soldering skills. Check out my egg on how to solder HERE.
Right, assuming you have all these, we can continue.
First of all, wait till the Soldering Iron heats up fully, as when we work, ya don’t wanna have to wait till the fucking this heats up. So it’s good to come back when its heated fully.
Now, remove the Jack plate from the guitar:
Now, the jack is under the plate, now if you are replacing the jack, with a completely new one, I suggest stripping the wires, so they’re fresh, that’s where the wire cutters come into play. But for this egg, we’ll skip this step, as it’s pretty self explanitory.
Assuming the soldering iron is heated up fully, we will now get the soldering iron, and place the tip on the solder joint.
It will melt the solder down, so now we can take off the wires, strip them, etc, and put a fresh bit of stripped wire onto the jack.
Twist the wire (not the insulator, but the metal little wire hairs, so they are neat, and "tin" them if you desire).
NOTE: Tinning is heating up the desired wire and lightly coating the wire with some solder, so it is nice and crip, and wont unravel.
Now put the wire, and twist it around the hole in the metal leg of the Jack. Get your soldering iron and place the tip on the wire and Jack leg, and heat that up (a few seconds). Slowly push the solder into the joint, and it will melt on impact, creating a very sturdy Solder Joint, and very efficiant, so it wont break like a poor joint.
Check these pictures for more help:
Now, assuming you’ve completed all that, you’re done! Now just screw the jack plate back on, and you’re sweet! Take it for a jam and rock on!
Jun 02, 2007 9:48 pm - NOTE: I MADE A VIDEO TUTORIAL OF THIS AS WELL, AS WAS GOING TO INCLUDE IT IN THIS EGG, BUT MY NET IS DODGEY AT THE MOMENT, SO IT WON’T UPLOAD VIDEOS, BUT IT WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
WHEN IT IS, IL UPLOAD THE VIDEO, IT’S VERY GOOD, AND SIMPLE TO DESIPHER.
Jun 03, 2007 1:37 am - lol i did that to my amp once, and had to pull my amp apart to get at the Input socket, and pry it out, then bend those metal copper wires back into place... cheers for the 5 man
Jun 04, 2007 10:09 am - Basic^^??? Yeah, I’m sure that everyone who plays guitar knows how to change their input jack with a soldering iron? Fagget
Good egg, keep these up man. 5*
Jun 06, 2007 12:16 pm - i gave u a *5* because unlike other peoples eggs, it has a very nice layout...i like the fact that u took ur time with this and its good knowledge to have at hand. good job and keep em coming
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