So I just won a beat up old thunderbird off an auction, and it was in really rough shape. The biggest issue I’m dealing with is there is a lot of noise when playing through the amp and the electronics are cutting in and out constantly. After troubleshooting the issue I think it’s a faulty output Jack. I switched it with an old one I had off of a fender jazz, and it seems to have cleared up the noise.
The issue I’m having now is that the threaded shaft of the Jack is too short to go through the wood body of the thunderbird. Do they make long shaft jacks that are made for this application? I know they make long and short shaft potentiometers but can’t seem to find a similar long/short differentiation between jacks I see listed online. All the Gibson style jacks look like they have short shafts and are meant to go through a screw mounted Jack plate, or they’re the super long barrel type that I suspect is too long to fit in the control cavity.
I think I need something like a 3/8” thread length. The jazz Jack only has 1/4” of thread and sits just flush with the top of the body when mounted.
Another option would be to use a countersink bit on the backside and try to thin out the wood around the Jack, but I’d rather not go that route. If anybody knows of a replacement Jack that works with an ‘06 epiphone thunderbird please let me know. Thanks!
The issue I’m having now is that the threaded shaft of the Jack is too short to go through the wood body of the thunderbird. Do they make long shaft jacks that are made for this application? I know they make long and short shaft potentiometers but can’t seem to find a similar long/short differentiation between jacks I see listed online. All the Gibson style jacks look like they have short shafts and are meant to go through a screw mounted Jack plate, or they’re the super long barrel type that I suspect is too long to fit in the control cavity.
I think I need something like a 3/8” thread length. The jazz Jack only has 1/4” of thread and sits just flush with the top of the body when mounted.
Another option would be to use a countersink bit on the backside and try to thin out the wood around the Jack, but I’d rather not go that route. If anybody knows of a replacement Jack that works with an ‘06 epiphone thunderbird please let me know. Thanks!
