Members Jim-Bass Posted March 17, 2007 Members Share Posted March 17, 2007 a guitarist friend of mine showed me a nifty way of getting rid of a noisy input jack by rolling up a piece of sandpaper and just rotating it a couple of times inside the input jack ...cleans out specs of rust, dirt etc.. that cause nasty noise ...does anyone else do this? Is this a common quick fix ..? is there a better way..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted March 17, 2007 Members Share Posted March 17, 2007 Nice trick. I'd hit the jack socket with some compressed air to get the debris out of the jack. 'Course, that just blows it all into the control cavity, where it might come back to haunt you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tim in WV Posted March 17, 2007 Members Share Posted March 17, 2007 I dont like it. most connection problems are caused by bad cable-connector interconnects, not jack-connector connections. First suspect is always a intermittent ground, caused by using substandard cable followed by cheap connectors. Use Belden cabling with Switchcraft connectors. Use plenty o heat shrink between hot and ground and around the connetor barrel, If you can make your own and know how to solder well with a 100 watt gun. If you dont, look for these quality components in your pre made cables. Blister packed cables are bad idea, you cant inspect them first. Ignore stupid {censored} like "gold plating", it makes zero difference. 99% hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grumpy_Polecat Posted March 17, 2007 Members Share Posted March 17, 2007 It might do for a quick fix at a gig, but done repeatedly it's bound to make the problem worse. You'd be removing some of material each time you do it, or 'widening the hole' so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TN.Frank Posted March 17, 2007 Members Share Posted March 17, 2007 Four ought(0000) steel wool would work just as well as sand paper and not take off as much metal. Heck, you can use it to clean lead out of your firearms barrels too, won't scratch em' and is a lot cheaper then those fancy lead removal tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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