Reinstall Loose Barrel Jack on G&L Asat

[Ian Davlin The Looth Group]

You might try putting a nut on it on the cavity side.

[Ben Schmaus Bench Zen]

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.

[Murray FixingGuitars]

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.

[Ben Schmaus Bench Zen]

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.

[Tony Lewis Skypilot Guitar Repair]

“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?

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 1 day ago by  Tony Lewis Skypilot Guitar Repair.
• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 1 day ago by  Tony Lewis Skypilot Guitar Repair.

[Tony Lewis Skypilot Guitar Repair]

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.

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 1 day ago by  Tony Lewis Skypilot Guitar Repair.

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A modern version of the Tele jack cup that is held in place with two screws rather than the traditional clip. Highly recommended.

[Ben Schmaus Bench Zen]

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.

[Ben Schmaus Bench Zen]

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.”

[Ben Schmaus Bench Zen]

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.