Jack location poll--dare to disagree!

[Aloe]

I think, I couldn't care less, except for keeping a straight end cable for recessed jacks (strat or ibanez-style), my right angle plug of choice fits them as well (as well as a tele jack), but I don't like it visually.

most of my instruments have a side-mounted jack, but only because most instruments come that way. I don't really have a preference, any type is good for me.

 

[Timmah]

Top jacks are my preference because they’re easier to put on a stand and easier to play sitting down without worry. That being said, I don’t consider side jacks a deal breaker.

 

[PlayTheBass]

I’m surprised there wasn’t this option: top jack, side jack with plug just to blow your mind

 

[sleddogn]

I like the side.

 

[SharpCat]

I’m surprised there wasn’t this option: top jack, side jack with plug just to blow your mind
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‘Both’ is on there, merged with stereo.

 

[PlayTheBass]

‘Both’ is on there, merged with stereo.

Right, but since mine is 1-1/2 jacks, not quite both, I took the liberty of being silly with it

 

[Nedmundo]

I like side jacks with right-angled plugs, and I mostly play my fives, which have that configuration. But my fours are top mounted, which is fine. It's not a big deal.

Both my guitars are Strats, so I need cables with straight plugs for those. (I don't like using right-angled plugs into the amp.) Oh well. I've never been averse to stockpiling gear, so I probably have a dozen gig-worthy cables in several lengths and about five different colors.

 

[bucephylus]

XLR on the top, 1/4” jacks suck.

Only if it is a 5 pin!

 

[bwildt]

Barrel jacks are a consumable IME and more difficult to service.

Exactly my thoughts. I really don't like them.

 

[gln1955]

Input, or output jack?

Input on top, output on side. Those that understand 'lectricity know why.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Side, do not care for "The Loop".

 

[2tonic]

Input, or output jack?

There you go, stirring up sh*t again!

 

[GIBrat51]

All right, this seems like it hasn't been beaten to death in a while, let's get a thread going on jack location. Show you know jack!

For my part, I like top jacks best, but not enough to avoid getting a bass with a side jack. For side jacks, I don't like recessed tele style, as I prefer right angle plugs for side jacks. Ibanez style recessed top jacks are RIGHT OUT!

Well...
Seeing as how I have 27 basses and 5 guitars - including a Strat copy with the typical Strat jack - I own something with the output jack in all the usual places. Do I care? Nah... not really. The only things I really care about are;
1. Remembering which output jack is which, on my 3 Rickenbackers, and
2. Wondering which barrel jack is going to fail next. I hate those things, but... the instruments that I own with them, seem to have been designed around the verkakte things, and the only thing I can replace them with is another one...

 

[skaForge]

When I voted for the Strat-jack, what I have in mind is an inverted (reversed) Strat-style plate on the front. With the pure Tone jack, for good contact.