People in CA have no idea that golf ball size hail looks like or does. I was driving through Cozad Nebraska when a tornado popped up a mile or so away. Hit me with 70+ mph golf balls. Car looked like it had some ball peen hammer work done.
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She arrived just in time for Danelectro Sunday!
Anyone have any recommendations on how to tighten the nut on the Epiphone VP without having to desolder the whole loom? I hate the type of socket they use on it for this exact reason, but I'm stuck with it for the time being, and need to tighten up the socket quick before a gig tomorrow. Thanks!
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Unfortunately no, I forgot my camera and Paul & Steve never take pic's with their phones. Here's one from our last recording session there from two years ago. (pre Covid)
And here's what she was recording -
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A bit confusing... are you referring to the jack nut? If so, just hold the jack stationary and tighten the nut. No need to de-solder anything unless you are replacing it.
If what you’re talking about is tightening an output jack nut without spinning the wire harness inside the guitar This tool would probably help if you had the time to get it…
Bullet Guitar Jack Tightener - StewMac
Unfortunately I lost that tool a couple of years ago or I’d run it down to you. You might have a local luthier with the necessary tool, a good tech or luthier should have one in his tool box.
In a pinch you might be able to slip some needle nose pliers (closed with masking tape wrapped around the tips for grip) into the output jack to maybe hold it in place while you tighten the nut with an open end wrench.
Oh, I'm aware. Things are tighter than a frog's cloaca and that's watertight.
It was 86 when I went for my ride today. It was 76 when I got home an hour later, and 66 an hour after that.It’s now 48 and will be freezing by tomorrow night. Yeehah!
A hailstorm hit Austin the summer after I moved here. It totaled a lot of cars. I couldn’t even find a ding on my 1983 Honda Interceptor. 10 or so years ago, I got caught in a hail storm in my Miata. Got the ragtop up just in time. The hail was deflecting that top 6-8”. I just ducked down as low as I could until I ended up under on a church porch under a roof to wait the storm out. Gold ball to softball sized hail. Not a dent on that 2001 Miata, although I suspect it hastened the demise of the roof. And yes, I made sure the porch was clean when I left!
I’ve ridden through a hailstorm on that bike, as well, tucked in behind the mini fairing with hail bouncing off my helmet, boots, and knuckles. Thank God I couldn’t find my summer gloves that day and had worn my thick winter gloves! (70mph tight traffic on 285 in Atlanta, no safe way to pull off under an overpass.)
I have a full socket set, which normally would suffice, but the output jack on the Epiphones is this style:
So the nut is on the inside...and all the wires are soldered in...
Unfortunately none of my crescent wrenches are small enough to get to the output jack nut and tighten it inside the control cavity.
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Good story Miles!
I drove from Chicago to Iowa City in early August mid '80s to ride their annual RAGBRAI (did it twice) in my '66 122s Volvo estate wagon. (loved that car!) I left late on a Friday night to arrive for the Saturday morning start. It was raining in Chicago when I left - hard. At a certain point on the journey, my drivers side wind-screen wiper flew off! (whoosh - gone!) It was monsoon-level rain and luckily I was able to (as you referred to) pull under an overpass safely. I put the passenger side wiper on the drivers side, waited for a lull, and continued into the rain. Got there in the early AM and snoozed in the car until dawn. I made a fabric covered foam insert for the full cargo space (with rear seats folded down) in the wagon which was actually very comfy to sleep on. I took the bike out of the car when I got there as I was in my friends safe IC drive-way.Also - I was on a Sunday group-ride on near-north Chicago roads when the temp dropped radically and we (all in short sleeved jerseys) on the way back were pummeled with cold hail! We just laughed as it was so extreme!
Raced (road bicycles) in the rain, won a UCF RR in the rain, and had epic training-rides and centuries in the rain. Those days are over - no more rain rides for Geo...
I've also been on my VFR in the rain here in the Bay Area - at night (!) lane-splitting and having cars attempt to squeeze me as I pass. (door-slamming A-holes) Oh well... chalk it up for life as a dedicated 2-wheeled road-warrior I guess.
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It's fussy, but you can use a thin screwdriver to secure/tighten it. Just relax and do your best - you can do it.
I thought you had to touch your tongue to them?
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...shocking?
This might not be super helpful, but most stock barrel-type output jacks I've used this on successfully:
(14mm)
Most of the aftermarket ones I've used (Switchcraft, usually), a 15mm usually works best; I can usually get a regular open-end wrench in, at least with passive basses.
shoes?
I had a couple of short scales I didn’t keep, and a silvertone I used as trading fodder, but the yellow U2 is one of my finest treble geetars. and one of my cheapest by far. ($180 with a hardcase)
Got it. Wasn’t aware it was a barrel jack.
There is a special wrench that grips the external knurled portion of the jack to hold it in place and keep the jack from spinning while you tighten the nut inside the control cavity. I have one of those wrenches I can loan you, but don’t recall where you can buy them.
I’m assuming you have easy access to the nut on the cavity side so you can use an open end wrench to tighten it down. I checked all my Eppi and Gibby barrel jack birds and they are easy nut access.
If your nut inside the control cavity isn’t easily accessible you may have to use needle nose pliers or possibly even a small flat blade screw driver to turn the nut.
edit: just found this at stewmac and it might work for the knurled portion of the jack if that’s your issue…
Adjustable Toggle Switch Wrench - StewMac
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