steve00 Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 The signal from my guitar will intermittently go out while playing...very annoying. Wiggling the cable connected to the output jack of the guitar will restore the signal. I thought it might have been the cable because it's kind of cheap and I usually play with the same cable, but I've since swapped cables and it's still happening. I pulled out the output jack and looked at the prong that makes connection with the tip of the plug and where they make contact, the metal has become a copper color, whereas the rest of the plug is the familiar silver color. Is this a sign of a worn output jack? Does the physical contact associated with plugging/unplugging a cable wear down an output jack? There is still a very good physical connection between the tip of the plug and the input prong of the jack, so it's not a matter of poor physical connection. I'm really hoping this is just a problem of replacing the output jack, but since the physical connection is good, I'm surprised that it's cutting out like that. Thanks for any help you can offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Might just need to resolder the joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Brown Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 the plating on jacks can be worn down after time due to pluging in and unpluging, when you play do you thread your lead through your strap? if not you may want to look at the jack when its plugged in and wiggle the cable about to see if it comes lose and loses contact. if this is the case simply push the metal contact inwards to give a better connection. you may think the physical connection is fine but iv seen this kind of promblem quite a few times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Just replace the jack - it's not worth worrying about when your "repair" is going to fail completely, leaving you without a guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve00 Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Ok it's a cheap part, I'll just replace it and at least that will tell me whether or not it was the output jack. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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