ok so i was playing sitting down, and i got up real quick i was standing on the cord though so when i got it it had a real heavy jerk and it somehow knocked the nut around the outside of the input jack off, half of it jump up (or down) a thread and now i cant get the fucker off to fix it...how can i get this damn thing off!?

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I would suggest getting a pair of needle-nosed pliers, and try and tighten it up, it should slip back into place.

be careful not to scratch the finish of the guitar in the process.. this has happened to me before.

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Fuck the finish of the guitar...

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Needle nose or a deepwell 7/16ths ?

On a related issue....today I took my Ibanez jack port out......the contacts were badly corroded....so a tiny bit of light sanding and it lost some static I hardly noticed until I did the cleanup.

make sure you dont strip the thread when trying to fix it.

yea, i was chatting with my dad about it, and he said if i tried to force it off ill just strip it (more then likly) so...it works and its not loose i dont wanna fuck it up more then have to replace it so im just gonna leave it how it is for now

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Try some kind of oil-based lubricant, maybe mixed with some graphite dust (you should be able to pick both up at any decent hardware store) and pour a little bit of that in the threads of the nut and socket, then work it gently from side to side, or up and down, until you get the nut where you want it

You might have to replace the jack. If you plan on replacing the Jack then just clamp a pair off vice grips on the nut and strip away. It might be the only way to fix it seeing as you might have fucked the jack for life. Always put the cord around the strap button to keep this from happening. If you manage to rip a strap button out wood filler will fix it easy.

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well like i said it still works and its not wobbly or anything that would really bug me so ill just leave it for now

thanks for the input anyway guys

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I want to know what cables you're using, cause there's no way a 1/4" piece of cable is going to hold out against a strap button :P

Thats just my point. You will never have to worry about the jack if you hang the cable around the strap button, but that only works if you use a strap to though.

As for the cables I use... I use all kinds of cables. I have a few Moster cables that are nice but I have not really noticed a difference in tone as compared to a cheaper Whirlwind cables. The Moster cables are better made though.

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You mean like this?
I learned that quickly seeing as I have very short cables.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.../Picture367.jpg

Just like that

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i have adopted this aswell now, but i put it through te strap it self

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I'm using Planet Waves cables at the moment. The sheilding's not as great as I thought it would be, considering that I've picked up Czech and French AM radio stations at band practice before now, and the compression springs have gone on one of the ends, but the actual jack construction is brilliant, and the right-angle circuit breaker cable is a stroke of genius

you sure its not somethign else picking those up?

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It was definately the cables; they were still coiled up on the floor when I was playing, cause the distance between my amp and my NS-2 isn't that far and, I guess this is the case with any wire coil, the radio waves induced an EM current in the cable and my amp pumped it out. It was bloody quiet though, I had to crank my volume up full just to make out that it was Czech radio :P

even with the ns-2 on you still got those channels??

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Sometimes when I'm playing in my room, I can hear the stereo upstairs through my amp And thats with a NS-2

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how high to you have your threshhold?

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What amp have you got? That sounds like it's the amp picking it up, not your guitar or cables

Demon, the coiled wire is between the NS-2 and the amp, so the induced signal isn't being passed through the noise surpressor for it to be removed, hence why the stations are still coming across on the amp. I know what causes it though, so it's not a problem to sort it out :P

ah ok i got ya

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