Help me unscrew this!

[giovanni]

Well it turns out the jack itself is not working. It’s still shorting. So I bought me a replacement that I will need to install tomorrow.

 

[HamishR]

Wow. An Electrosocket would have made all of this so mush easier!

 

[RetiredUnit1]

Well it turns out the jack itself is not working. It’s still shorting. So I bought me a replacement that I will need to install tomorrow.

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Isn't that an acoustic guitar jack? Tele's typically use non switching switchcraft jacks. I need to repair mine too, but using a guitarmadness (seller on eBay with insanely low prices on high quality pickups, etc) electrosocket thingy @HamishR posted so I don't have to ever do it again. Only seven-ish buck$ + tax. Made in Korea.

 

[giovanni]

Isn't that an acoustic guitar jack? Tele's typically use non switching switchcraft jacks. I need to repair mine too, but using a guitarmadness (seller on eBay with insanely low prices on high quality pickups, etc) electrosocket thingy @HamishR posted so I don't have to ever do it again. Only seven-ish buck$ + tax. Made in Korea.

That’s what G&L uses on some of their electric guitars. I was also a bit puzzled. I emailed them about it and they confirmed.

 

[gonzo]

I hate those barrel jacks. They all seem to eventually act up internally.

 

[Alan W]

I had a G&L Broadcaster and remember having to replace that Jack. I couldn’t believe how much twisting the leads were subjected too and what a screwy idea it was. Great guitar though!

 

[giovanni]

I had a G&L Broadcaster and remember having to replace that Jack. I couldn’t believe how much twisting the leads were subjected too and what a screwy idea it was. Great guitar though!

You don’t need to twist the wires, you’re supposed to desolder them first!

 

[Alan W]

You don’t need to twist the wires, you’re supposed to desolder them first!

I’m pretty certain that at this point, if I ran into that, I would realize that. This was in mid80s, and my first electric guitar in a decade. Pawn shop, after looking around a bit.

 

[Alan W]

Even though a few years later when I parted ways with it, and got a bit of profit, I truly regret selling it; great guitar, except I have owned several wonderful guitars whose skinny, narrow necks I really don’t like and this was one of them. Plus, since I had never even had the neck off, I didn’t realize the Leo had signed in the pocket of the first 500. I found this out, at a guitar show the next year, when I saw my guitar (very recognizable neck wear to me, so I asked to see it, and it was the same serial number), as a centerpiece, rotating slowly, tiered above the other guitars.