Guitar Jack Tightener

[Megin]

Anyone tried it? Worth it?
http://www.allparts.com/Bullet-Guitar-Jack-Tightener-p/lt-1400-023.htm

 

[Chainsaw Calligraphy]

Personally I'd rather just buy a screwdriver and $13 worth of beer. Do you have alot of jack troubles or something?

 

[Clockwork]

Personally I'd rather just buy a screwdriver and $13 worth of beer. Do you have alot of jack troubles or something?

Lol how do you tighten an output jack with a screwdriver???

I have a thingy like this, not this exact one but it functions the same way. It sure beats the wires getting twisted up and breaking. The jack always loosens on my strat for some reason so I just keep the tool in my gig bag. Used to just use two adjustable wrenches as the thrifty solution.

 

[The Munk]

Some barrel jacks are screwed directly into the body like this one:

I have several guitars with this style of jack. They're very reliable and do not loosen like traditional jacks.

 

[kev]

pliers

 

[Jind]

pliers

^^This^^ Specialty tools tend to be complicated ways of accomplishing simple tasks that a basic toolkit can take care of.

 

[Clockwork]

If you do use pliers, its a good idea to put some masking tape over the teeth so they don't scratch up the edges of the nut or the threads on your jack.

 

[Sloan]

It's a good idea, but I think it would only be worth it if you were dealing with jacks a lot. Strat and Tele style jacks are in my opinion the worst at getting loose. I have not had any troubles with my other stuff and can use a socket wrench anyway.

 

[TravisW]

If it loosens up that often, why not just throw some blue Loctite on there?

 

[AHChris]

If it loosens up that often, why not just throw some blue Loctite on there?

My thought exactly!

 

[Chainsaw Calligraphy]

Lol how do you tighten an output jack with a screwdriver???

By unscrewing the jack plate

 

[nwright]

socket and a screw driver are pretty easy and I'd think most of us would already have those.