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Reinstall Loose Barrel Jack on G&L Asat
i have a 2010 g&l asat bluesboy with a loose barrel jack. which is to say, when a cable is gently unplugged the jack comes out of the body. there is no nut on the inside of the control cavity to hold the jack in place – it looks like the wood itself is threaded. the jack barely protrudes into the control cavity so i don’t see an obviously good way to get a washer and nut on it.
any ideas outside of enlarging the hole and installing a jack with a faceplate?
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You might try putting a nut on it on the cavity side.
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yeah, i’ll give that a try. i’m just worried that it might be difficult to remove if i (or someone else) need to take it out again.
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If the hole needs to be enlarged to get a nut to thread from the cavity side, you could try reverse drilling using a cutter like what is used to repair bridge plates. You could also glue the jack using a reversible glue, or glue a hard wood plug in place in the hole, drill it, and recut the threads more accurately.
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i also thought about plugging it and re-threading the wood. i might give that a go if i can’t secure it with a nut from the cavity side.
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“any ideas outside of enlarging the hole and installing a jack with a faceplate?” Whats wrong with that? The original looks like a bad design. Why not make it simple for you and the future repair?
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Re-read your opener. I think the wood threaded jack was a dumb design. As you point out, trying to work around the design hard for you and future repair. I’d get rid of it and make it easy. You don’t need a face plate and can mimic outside look.
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Thanks for all the ideas. I agree that threading the jack directly into the wood isn’t a great design.
I’ll probably end up drilling out the hole and installing a football jack plate or the electosocket jack mount.
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I wrote to G&L and here’s what they had to say:
“…the barrel jack is held in place by a piece of twine (see attached photo) this was a Leo Fender design. As you can see the twine goes long ways around the threads of the barrel jack, this is what keeps the jack in place and does not slip out of the instrument.”
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i can confirm that the twine method recommended by G&L secures the jack very well. glad that i don’t have to alter the guitar after all.
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