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Groups » The Guitars » My Rautia has a loose jack

STARTER MESSAGE 09.03.2007, 16:59


jussi
Message edited 13.03.2007, 13:04
This was asked by Laxu in another section of the forum regarding his FW Rautia, moved it here:

"[...]The output jack on mine has become loose. If I don't wrap the cable behind my strap (a good practise in general) it will fall out of the socket. I really have no idea if it can be tightened because I can't be bothered to unsolder it.

In any case I've liked the Rautia so much that I've contemplated getting the singlecoil model. Alas, my bank account doesn't agree so I've had to seek those tones from elsewhere.
-Laxu"
- jussi

   
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09.03.2007, 17:00

jussi
Message edited 09.03.2007, 16:59

Hey Laxu!

Here's a remedy:

1 - unscrew the five screws that attach the Flax resonator back plate to the guitar body with a hex wrench
2 - carefully pull the back plate out with a hook of some kind (the hex wrench works fine through one of the six holes by the Flaxwood logo)
3 - tighten the nut on the jack (unless a wire has come off, the nut should not have fallen out; if a wire is disconnected, tighten the nut and resolder)

Hope that helped you out!

- jussi
   
 
22.03.2007, 19:45

laxu 		I guess I should have been more specific. I didn't mean that the jack itself was loose, but the connectors inside it won't grip the cable plug tightly enough so the plug falls out of the guitar easily.

I've opened the back but couldn't get the jack out, would've had to unsolder it first to remove it completely.

- laxu
   
 
26.03.2007, 16:00

jussi
Message edited 15.04.2007, 22:26

Hey Laxu!

In that case, you'll need a completely new jack for the guitar. You can either send your guitar to be serviced at the Flaxwood workshop:

Flaxwood Oy
Veijo Rautia
Muovilaaksontie 6
82110 Heinävaara
FINLAND

or then e-mail me your address at jussi@flaxwood.com and we'll send you a new jack. If you can resolder it yourself or have someone to do it for you, this might be the easiest.

Let me know!

- jussi
   
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