Slash Guitarist Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 (edited) I went to plug into my Epiphone Les Paul Standard earlier today and when I plugged it in all I got was a lot of buzzing and no sound coming from the guitar when I strummed. So I took off the backplate where the input jack is.And where these two blue wires connect to your input jack thingy, one of them had come disconnected.So I was wondering what sort of repair work does it need and how much would it cost?Help appreciated. Edited August 30, 2007 by Slash Guitarist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max™ Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Just solder it back on. Don't take it to a shop - its a 5 minute job (not even that). Shops will probably charge a small fortune for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slash Guitarist Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Just solder it back on. Don't take it to a shop - its a 5 minute job (not even that). Shops will probably charge a small fortune for it.Cool man, thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfect_crime49 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Just solder it back on. Don't take it to a shop - its a 5 minute job (not even that). Shops will probably charge a small fortune for it.Cool man, thanks for the help dont fuck it up though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slash Guitarist Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Just solder it back on. Don't take it to a shop - its a 5 minute job (not even that). Shops will probably charge a small fortune for it.Cool man, thanks for the help dont fuck it up thoughAnd how would I do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max™ Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Just solder it back on. Don't take it to a shop - its a 5 minute job (not even that). Shops will probably charge a small fortune for it.Cool man, thanks for the help dont fuck it up thoughAnd how would I do that?You could splash some solder on some pots and stuff I suppose. Theres a bit of an art to soldering. One tip to remember is that once you have just soldered the thing together, don't blow on the solder to cool it down. Let it cool by iteself - it will be a better joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedthoughts Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 A shop shouldn't charge you a fortune for that. I'd be surprised if any of the local ones around me would even charge at all. They would probably do it on the spot for free.If they ask for more than $5-10 then tell them to get fucked and buy a cheap soldering iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfect_crime49 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I know i cant solder so i dont even try, im shit at diy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slash Guitarist Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 I know i cant solder so i dont even try, im shit at diyThats why I dont want to do it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santana Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I know i cant solder so i dont even try, im shit at diyThats why I dont want to do it myself. Get a soldering iron and some solder, find some old electronics around the house and use them for practice. It's really not hard once you've done it a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDRM Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I know i cant solder so i dont even try, im shit at diyThats why I dont want to do it myself. Get a soldering iron and some solder, find some old electronics around the house and use them for practice. It's really not hard once you've done it a few times.I was un-soldering and re-soldering guitar pick-ups last year (when i was 14!)Its really not hard dude..and i think its insanely fun! :xmasssanta: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slash Guitarist Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 Thanks for all the tips everyone But what might have caused the wire to come disconnected, the guitar is only a year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max™ Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Thanks for all the tips everyone But what might have caused the wire to come disconnected, the guitar is only a year old.If the entire solder joint has come clean off from the jack then it will just be a dodgy solder joint. If the blob of solder is still on the jack and the wire looks like its been ripped then something would have yanked it. Its possible that the nut has come loose making the jack twist when plugged in then stressing the joint. I doubt that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 My guess would be that since it is an Epi, the jack just started to come loose and it got pulled out. I have to tighten the input jack on my Epi all the time, yet my Gibson is tighter than a 16 year old Mormon. High quality copies my ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiscool Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 just a word of warning if soldering it. don't get your fingers in the way. i ended up with 3rd degree burns to my fingers once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slash Guitarist Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 Thanks for all the tips everyone But what might have caused the wire to come disconnected, the guitar is only a year old.If the entire solder joint has come clean off from the jack then it will just be a dodgy solder joint. If the blob of solder is still on the jack and the wire looks like its been ripped then something would have yanked it. Its possible that the nut has come loose making the jack twist when plugged in then stressing the joint. I doubt that though.The nut was a little loose for sometime and I never really got round to tightening it as I didnt think it made much difference..... it clearly does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slash Guitarist Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 just a word of warning if soldering it. don't get your fingers in the way. i ended up with 3rd degree burns to my fingers once.Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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