Input jack on 1995 Hamer. How do I fix it...?

[Disturber]

My input jack in a 1995 Hamer is glitching. Signal cuts out sometimes when I move the chord around. I would prefer to keep the original jack, is there a remedy/quick fix for this kind of problem.

Bad side is the back of the jack is like a tube, in the back cavity. So I can not see where the contact is broken. No small metal things I can bend in to place etc (with a big over sized screwdriver - that is how I usually fix things, lol). The old original jacks on the Sunbursts were better and simpler.

[murkat]

replace it. no real way to get the original one to work like new again being a encased shaft input jack thingy.

http://www.allparts.com/Stereo-Long-Thread...ep-8152-000.htm

[veatch]

^^^ Yup - the voice of wisdom.

I replaced almost every one on the 90's Hamers i had. Easy operation, if'n you can handle a hot iron. I tend to doubt replacing the jack with the same, but newer, jack will have any affect on the value of the guitar, if that's what you're concern is. Unless, of course, the solder job is a hack job.

Also, they are Switchcraft jacks - they work best with cables with Switchcraft plugs, which are slightly larger than other 1/4" plugs.

You can try inserting a small screwdriver and trying to bend the tip contact in a bit, but i didn't have much long term success there.

A shot of deoxit might help as well.

Hope that helps.

[Jem]

Quick squirt of ServiSol - if that don't cure it chuck it and replace it.

[JohnnyB]

As owner of several G&L ASATs through the years, I'm all too familiar with this type of jack too. G&L still offers them here.

For a time, Stew-Mac carried a special wrench that gripped the knurled collar and made it relatively easy to unscrew this threaded jack from the body, but I can't find the listing now. It can be difficult to remove the old jack (without this special wrench) without damaging the finish around the jack.

[Disturber]

. It can be difficult to remove the old jack (without this special wrench) without damaging the finish around the jack.

Ouch, that does not sound good. I bent one of the two connectors on the back of the jack today. That fixed it for now, but I suspect it won't last for long.

Will Hamer honour their lifetime guarantee on problems like this? I bought this guitar new, so I am the first and only owner.

[Jem]

. It can be difficult to remove the old jack (without this special wrench) without damaging the finish around the jack.

Ouch, that does not sound good. I bent one of the two connectors on the back of the jack today. That fixed it for now, but I suspect it won't last for long.

Will Hamer honour their lifetime guarantee on problems like this? I bought this guitar new, so I am the first and only owner.

I would have thought that would have come under 'wear and tear' - even though, knowing Hamer they'd probably chuck you one in the post.

[tomteriffic]

I would have thought that would have come under 'wear and tear' - even though, knowing Hamer they'd probably chuck you one in the post.

I had that problem with a couple of mid-90's Studios. One got so bad that the plug would actually just fall out of the jack.

I called Kim Keller and he said they had sourced a newer-better part. It was still a Switchcraft but I forget the model number. Anyway, he popped two of them in the mail to me, no charge. I was spooked about changing it out since it looked like there was a good possibility of mangling the guitar in the process, so I took it so my tech. He had one changed out in a matter of minutes, no muss, no fuss, no damage.

[JohnnyB]

I was spooked about changing it out since it looked like there was a good possibility of mangling the guitar in the process, so I took it so my tech. He had one changed out in a matter of minutes, no muss, no fuss, no damage.

Your tech probably had that tool, which was easy to come by a few years ago. I took my G&L ASAT Classic to my dealer to replace my shorting-out barrel jack. They didn't have the tool (or awareness of it). They didn't wreck the finish (it was a brand new USA ASAT Classic Semihollow in clear red finish), but the tech had to stick something up inside the bad barrel jack to get enough traction to unscrew it from the body. He was successful, but his improvised method mangled the old jack beyond recognition.

The other way is if you put masking tape all around the jack collar and use something that can grip the knurled collar and not tear through the tape and wreck the finish.