Input jack for Active Electronics

[Grandturk]

The input jack on my Model 4 fell to pieces last night. Can I replace this with a standard stereo 1/4" jack?

[Budman68]

Re: Input jack for Active Electronics

No sir, it has to be a stereo input jack.


Dave->

[Grandturk]

Re: Input jack for Active Electronics

Thanks, Dave!

[badams]

Re: Input jack for Active Electronics

Stereo? Does it? I'll have to check that on mine, must be for the battery.

[mariner99]

Re: Input jack for Active Electronics

A stereo jack disconnects the battery (and saves juice!) when the guitar is unplugged.

[charvel750]

Re: Input jack for Active Electronics

Actually, any stereo input jack will work. Dave, I think you didn't read that in his question. Jackson used those black plastic sheet jacks as opposed to the more standard three prong metal jacks.

[Budman68]

Re: Input jack for Active Electronics

Yeah really Joe, you're absolutely right, what a nipple I am... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] But now that you bring up the subject, I had a model 6 that I tried using a stereo jack(without the black plastic housing) that I got from Radio Shack and it wouldn't fit in the body correctly so I had to modify the jack itself a bit to make it fit properly. Sorry about confusing you if I did Grandturk!


Dave->

[Grandturk]

Re: Input jack for Active Electronics

Originally posted by budman68:
Sorry about confusing you if I did Grandturk!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No worries. I figured if you said stereo, any stereo jack would work. I'll just pick up a switchcraft jack. I was mostly concerned that the black plastic original had something else going on besides being a stereo jack.