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Originally Posted by dmaki I recently acquired an old Fender Musicmaster Bass and am having some issues with the output jack.
When I insert a plug it either:
A) pops and loudly hums (no bass signal)
B) allows the bass signal through, with a crackling noise proportional to how hard I strike the strings
I took off the pickguard and looked at the jack with a plug in it and the connection is fine... however the entire jack is a greenish color with the exception of a very narrow sliver of silver where part of the plug rests. Something tells me I need a new jack... or can I clean this old one?
[Note: Just in case anyone was going to ask, the volume and tone pots are perfectly fine and aren't scratchy at all] |
You can try cleaning it by shooting a little contact cleaner (Radio Shack) into the jack and inserting and removing the plug several times.
A MUCH better approach would probably be to just replace the jack. Unless you get all the corrosion off the jack it will just spread again.
The corrosion will eventually start on the wire going to the jack and ruin the wire.
If there is already corrosion on the wire or solder joints you will need to cut a little off the end of the wire to get to clean copper wire or you risk a cold joint when you solder the new jack in.
It's an inexpensive repair in a repair shop, usually. If your soldering skills arent pretty good, that may be your best bet.
Good luck.
