Retensioning the jack can be done without removing the jack from the guitar. You will need a thin tool that will catch hold of the portion of the jack that engages the tip of the plug and slightly bend it to increase tension. I suggest that if you go decide to use the method in this video it would probably be a good idea to pick up a new high quality Switchcraft plug and replace the cheap on that was originally installed on your Epiphone. One more hint: After everything is back together, the nut has been snugged and the instrument has been tested, brush a small dab of clear fingernail polish where the jack nut meets the threads of the jack. JUST A LITTLE! This will prevent the nut from coming loose from normal use. Plus it will still allow easy removal if needed.
This is an old vid, but it's the best one I found. Took ten minutes to fix the jack in my Firefly. It's a crummy jack so I just bent it to provide more pressure. I'll replace it with a Switchcraft now that I know how to do it. I did apply painters tape around the "F" hole and jack though because I did not want to relic my guitar.
Thank you! The jack fell into my Riviera, and I had no clue how to get it back up through the hole. I was so scared to do any kind of 'surgery' on my guitar, but this was much less scary than I thought it would be.
I was sitting here trying work out how to do this fix. When I searched UA-cam for "fixing guitar input on semi-hollow" your video came up #1. The best part was I was fixing my Epi Sheraton. Just dumb luck. Thanks so much. Great video.
Hello Nate and Thank you for posting this How to video. I recently purchased my first semi-hollow body guitar and needed to fix the output jack. This really worked like a charm for me. Thanks.
Thanks a lot! Had to use the wire trick to get the input jack back that went. And yes, I did spend a long time trying to get it back :) So ladies and gentlemen, follow this man's advice with the wire, it is golden!
Most helpful - thanks for the tips. Mine was a fender coronado 12 string. For those who want to do the same, it was quite a lot harder: jack and earth wire was wrapped around bridge pots, making it impossible to just remove the jack on its own, and I had to take all pots out as well. They won't fit through the f holes, and had to go through bridge pickup hole. Also had to take tail piece off to release earth wire. Key points: just loosen strings and take off tail piece, rather than take off all strings (much quicker when putting back together); solder a draw-wire onto the earthwire before removing, to easily pull it back later; a fair bit of perseverance was needed to get pots back into place.
Super helpful thanks. Turned out a wire had come off a soldered joint on the input jack (DeAngelico DC Mini). I was just about to chisel out a hole in the back to get the job done 😂
Thank you so much man input jack was never screwed on properly and so kept falling into the guitar. I spent hours trying to fish the jack back through the hole but could never screw it securely but i used string and it did the same job as the wire. thanks
KICK ASS man, worked like a charm and I did this in low light. I used a guitar string for wire and a pair of my wife's tweezers - that's it. Thank you!!!!!! My baby is fixed!
That was very helpful and thank you. One thing I'd do differently is test your repair by actually plugging the guitar into an amp. I've done the bend trick before only to find out that the jack was bad.
If you want to tighten the nut on the jack without the whole thing turning and breaking the wires inside use your needle nose pliers inside the jack, just stick them inside the jack and open them up and apply pressure while you turn the nut. And thanks bro this video has help me to figure out how to approach and issue I am having with my Epi Sherri II VS Arch top. I currently have the jack resoldered OUTSIDE the body of the guitar. And would like to get it back to its original state.
It's like pulling up the sails on Boat in a bottle ! ( I understand why people buy those Strats that are like Lego kits but I'll never give up my Ibanez Schofield for one of those fender toys !)
be careful not to spin the whole assembly, though, because that will stress and eventually have the potentially to break the connection. I am looking for a tool to hold the jack in place without turning while tightening the nut on those guitars that do not have a plate to hold the jack.
Thanks man! Dropped my guitar when it was plugged in. Of course the input jack took hit and cracked looking like it's falling in. Gonna put a big washer to cover the crack and make it also sturdier, but was a bit worried how the heck I'm gonna get the input jack back in. You saved me a lot of trouble. The thing is that there's only one luthier in my town and the prices are what you'd expect from a monopoly. And there's like 3 luthiers in 600 miles radius around here so I'd probably be paying half of my guitar's price for just someone to put the washer on. Now I'm pretty sure I can handle it myself.
Very helpful video ! An easy thing to do is to put a cloth or tissue on the top of the guitar for protection while you work. You never know... Something might just fall of your hands and damage the varnish coat ...
It’s much easier. Find a screwdriver about the same size as the Jack hole. If it’s a bit too big, that’s good. File or grind it to a taper that you can push into the hole. Hold it in with your tummy and one hand on the guitar. Use a 1/2” scanner to tighten the nut. The strength of 1 or 2 fingers on the spanned is tight enough. This job took 1 minute. Next time it will take 20 seconds.
Thanks! This is awesome. I used this to investigate the jack for a ground buzz, and it looked fine, so I put it back, and the buzz is gone. Who knows? ; ) But when I put it back the first time I realized I forgot to include the two lock washers and one flat washer that were on the inside, probably to keep it from sticking out too far. So I repeated the process, this time including the inside washers. I used this order, from the body of the jack to its outer extremity: lock, lock, flat. But now, when I tighten it, it never gets real tight; something is spinning. Did I use the incorrect order?
Ok, I get it; the jack itself is turning with the washer, now that there's much less material on the outside of the guitar to work with. A common enough problem, now that I Google it. So, I'm thinking... simply wedging a screwdriver into it (of course that's the exact size I don't have) or something, until the lock washers crush down and take. Thanks again!
Awesome idea! I have a very annoying vibration inside my semi hollow body I just have to get rid of. Everytime I hit a certain pitch or string, particularly the G string, I get this annoying like metal on metal buzzing sound. It isn't fret buzz as it happens on unfretted notes as well. I have tightened everything I can tighten from the outside. Any ideas where it could be? Almost sounds like bridge potentially too but don't know what it would be? But it is driving me nuts listening to it when I play unplugged.
10 years later and this video still helped me out alot
In my 15 years of playing I have never once paid any repair shop to fix any of my guitars, thanks to videos like this one. Thank you so much!
Retensioning the jack can be done without removing the jack from the guitar. You will need a thin tool that will catch hold of the portion of the jack that engages the tip of the plug and slightly bend it to increase tension. I suggest that if you go decide to use the method in this video it would probably be a good idea to pick up a new high quality Switchcraft plug and replace the cheap on that was originally installed on your Epiphone. One more hint: After everything is back together, the nut has been snugged and the instrument has been tested, brush a small dab of clear fingernail polish where the jack nut meets the threads of the jack. JUST A LITTLE! This will prevent the nut from coming loose from normal use. Plus it will still allow easy removal if needed.
EXACTLY my issue with my Sheraton II! Thanks for making it much less frightening!
This is an old vid, but it's the best one I found. Took ten minutes to fix the jack in my Firefly. It's a crummy jack so I just bent it to provide more pressure. I'll replace it with a Switchcraft now that I know how to do it. I did apply painters tape around the "F" hole and jack though because I did not want to relic my guitar.
Thank you! The jack fell into my Riviera, and I had no clue how to get it back up through the hole. I was so scared to do any kind of 'surgery' on my guitar, but this was much less scary than I thought it would be.
Thanks so much for posting thus. My jack had fallen inside my guitar and I hadn't a clue how to fix it until I found your video. Brilliant work@
I was sitting here trying work out how to do this fix. When I searched UA-cam for "fixing guitar input on semi-hollow" your video came up #1. The best part was I was fixing my Epi Sheraton. Just dumb luck. Thanks so much. Great video.
Hello Nate and Thank you for posting this How to video. I recently purchased my first semi-hollow body guitar and needed to fix the output jack. This really worked like a charm for me. Thanks.
Thanks a lot! Had to use the wire trick to get the input jack back that went. And yes, I did spend a long time trying to get it back :) So ladies and gentlemen, follow this man's advice with the wire, it is golden!
This is the most helpfu and useful thing I have ever seen on youtube. You just saved me a lot of money!
I’ve got a different semi hollow that had a few factory flaws but after watching this I’m Finns try fixing the dodgy output jack . THANKYOU
Duuuuuude! Same as the others... I've been wondering how to fix this on my Dot! You are a lifesaver! Thanks, Nate!
Thank you man very helpful had to sign in to let you know if you still come on here
Thank you man! You saved me TIME and MONEY on my guitar (which happens to be that same Epiphone Sheraton lol). Thanks again -chris
Most helpful - thanks for the tips. Mine was a fender coronado 12 string. For those who want to do the same, it was quite a lot harder: jack and earth wire was wrapped around bridge pots, making it impossible to just remove the jack on its own, and I had to take all pots out as well. They won't fit through the f holes, and had to go through bridge pickup hole. Also had to take tail piece off to release earth wire. Key points: just loosen strings and take off tail piece, rather than take off all strings (much quicker when putting back together); solder a draw-wire onto the earthwire before removing, to easily pull it back later; a fair bit of perseverance was needed to get pots back into place.
3:45 I gasped when the jack hit that pristine body.
Yeah I’m sure that really did that finish in....... lol
Oh it's fine z I'm sure the guitar has seen much worse actually getting played.
It’s an Epiphone. Who cares 😂
Super helpful thanks. Turned out a wire had come off a soldered joint on the input jack (DeAngelico DC Mini). I was just about to chisel out a hole in the back to get the job done 😂
Thank you so much man input jack was never screwed on properly and so kept falling into the guitar. I spent hours trying to fish the jack back through the hole but could never screw it securely but i used string and it did the same job as the wire. thanks
KICK ASS man, worked like a charm and I did this in low light. I used a guitar string for wire and a pair of my wife's tweezers - that's it. Thank you!!!!!! My baby is fixed!
I have the exact same guitar and I'm having issues with the jack, was wondering how on earth I would fix it.. problem solved! Thank you
same here, but put a freaking lock washer on the bottom side so it doesn't spin and you can get the nut tight!
Thanks man you saved my life of quarentin!!
Many thanks for the solution to a problem I had no idea how to fix!
That was very helpful and thank you. One thing I'd do differently is test your repair by actually plugging the guitar into an amp. I've done the bend trick before only to find out that the jack was bad.
Thanks so much! That helped perfectly for my Sheraton
Great video. It is just what I was looking for! Thanks
I have searched and searched this was perfect
I'm having the same issue with a Greg Bennett custom (Samick Royale) great info, looking forward to the DIY fix.
Sweet - soooooo helpful! Rather than fight with this for 2 hours - you let me do it in 5 min! THANKS!
If you want to tighten the nut on the jack without the whole thing turning and breaking the wires inside use your needle nose pliers inside the jack, just stick them inside the jack and open them up and apply pressure while you turn the nut. And thanks bro this video has help me to figure out how to approach and issue I am having with my Epi Sherri II VS Arch top. I currently have the jack resoldered OUTSIDE the body of the guitar. And would like to get it back to its original state.
Thanks a lot! I'm about to restore a vintage hollow body, your vídeo is great!
HA! What great information my friend. So simple yet so elusive was the fix.
Big thanks from Melbourne brother ;-)
Idk wht i would have done without you!
It's like pulling up the sails on Boat in a bottle ! ( I understand why people buy those Strats that are like Lego kits but I'll never give up my Ibanez Schofield for one of those fender toys !)
thank you, great vid. Now I would like to learn how to set intonation a stationary bridge hollow body!
I needed to learn that wire trick. Thanks!
be careful not to spin the whole assembly, though, because that will stress and eventually have the potentially to break the connection. I am looking for a tool to hold the jack in place without turning while tightening the nut on those guitars that do not have a plate to hold the jack.
Thanks man! Dropped my guitar when it was plugged in. Of course the input jack took hit and cracked looking like it's falling in. Gonna put a big washer to cover the crack and make it also sturdier, but was a bit worried how the heck I'm gonna get the input jack back in. You saved me a lot of trouble.
The thing is that there's only one luthier in my town and the prices are what you'd expect from a monopoly. And there's like 3 luthiers in 600 miles radius around here so I'd probably be paying half of my guitar's price for just someone to put the washer on. Now I'm pretty sure I can handle it myself.
You could also put a chrome jack plate there if the washer doesn't look good enough.
thank you! imagine my surprise when I found out that's exactly the model of a guitar I needed to repair :)
Great - thanks for generosity in putting this together.
Very helpful video ! An easy thing to do is to put a cloth or tissue on the top of the guitar for protection while you work. You never know... Something might just fall of your hands and damage the varnish coat ...
Seriously - fixing dings in nitro takes some know how.
Brilliant.. thanks man! This was super helpful
Fantastic, and worked like a charm! Thanks loads!
Super helpful!! What kind of wire are you using?
Thanks dude! Just fixed my Artcore with this.
cheers, helped me fixed my emperor swingster
Many thanks Nate! It help a lot. I used a string instead of a wire ;)
This vid is a GREAT help; thanks for posting it.
Thank very much mate! I've been tying on fishing line etc... right mess. This is awesome. \m/
Genius. Thanks so much for this. Saved me paying out loadsa money! Owe you a pint!
Hoping this fixes my grstch, been working fine then had an issue with it buzzing on the amp, thanks a lot!
Damn fine tutorial . Great idea, thanks
Damn thanks man. So simple but so smart
Awesome! This helped a lot! Thank you!
This video saved me today! thank you!!
Very helpful - thank you!
You're great, bud. Thanks!
Dude - thanks so much - this was super helpful
thanks, not exactly my issue but i learned a trick or two
Nice video. My only concern is the guitar finish. Try a fish oxygen tube not wire. Also painters tape to prevent scratching.
Well done!
you sir are a fucking hero, thank you for saving my gig!!!
Thanks man! You saved the day
Thanks dude, great tutorial
Awesome video! Thank you!
So easy even I can do it! And I once hit myself in the face with a hammer!
Thanks :)
Very nice video
I assume it would be the same for all hollow bodied electrics
What about the wire that still connected to the jack? How do you get that off?
Great! It helped much, thanks a lot!
Tanks! Just what I needed!
what size socket did you use? Is it one made for guitar parts?
What I need to know is how can I pull that input jack back thru that little hole.
If this is something that happens often, I wonder if one could make a tool to reach in , grab the contact and bend it slightly.
It’s much easier. Find a screwdriver about the same size as the Jack hole. If it’s a bit too big, that’s good. File or grind it to a taper that you can push into the hole. Hold it in with your tummy and one hand on the guitar. Use a 1/2” scanner to tighten the nut. The strength of 1 or 2 fingers on the spanned is tight enough. This job took 1 minute. Next time it will take 20 seconds.
Thanks! This is awesome. I used this to investigate the jack for a ground buzz, and it looked fine, so I put it back, and the buzz is gone. Who knows? ; ) But when I put it back the first time I realized I forgot to include the two lock washers and one flat washer that were on the inside, probably to keep it from sticking out too far. So I repeated the process, this time including the inside washers. I used this order, from the body of the jack to its outer extremity: lock, lock, flat. But now, when I tighten it, it never gets real tight; something is spinning. Did I use the incorrect order?
Ok, I get it; the jack itself is turning with the washer, now that there's much less material on the outside of the guitar to work with. A common enough problem, now that I Google it. So, I'm thinking... simply wedging a screwdriver into it (of course that's the exact size I don't have) or something, until the lock washers crush down and take. Thanks again!
Awesome idea!
I have a very annoying vibration inside my semi hollow body I just have to get rid of. Everytime I hit a certain pitch or string, particularly the G string, I get this annoying like metal on metal buzzing sound. It isn't fret buzz as it happens on unfretted notes as well. I have tightened everything I can tighten from the outside. Any ideas where it could be? Almost sounds like bridge potentially too but don't know what it would be? But it is driving me nuts listening to it when I play unplugged.
Thanks, just saved time and money.
Dude. Great vid 👍thanks man
Very helpful. Thank you
Thanks worked great!
Thank you very much!
Thank you for doing this bro!
why not at a lock washer underneath while you have it out? hello?
OK, but it's actually the OUTPUT Jack! As the Jack on the Amp reads INPUT!
There’s always one
Make that two
@@gregorwalton Yeah, some Amps have two , others even four ! And I'm too smart for this planet .............🤢
Hey dude you have the balls (it means you’re very very smart)
Very helpful -- thanks!
wow....great help!!! Thanks a lot!!
Thank you for this!
Very helpful, thanks :)
saved my life
thank you. just fixed mine.
You're a clever chappy! Tip top on a top tip
Thank you!!!
Thank you bro this helped a lot
Thanks man helped a lot
Your the man thanks
Nate!! Thanks Mate!!
You are a Hero 🙏
Very helpful