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Post by barrycreed on Jun 20, 2015 19:35:58 GMT
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Post by snakehips on Jun 20, 2015 20:08:56 GMT
Hi there !
Stick the jack socket in the treble side F-hole hole.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 22:06:56 GMT
Hi there ! Stick the jack socket in the treble side F-hole hole. That's what she said? |
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Post by barrycreed on Jun 21, 2015 18:37:49 GMT
haha, both will work from what I can see.  |
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Post by mikenewport on Jun 22, 2015 18:35:54 GMT
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Post by bryanbradfield on Jun 22, 2015 23:46:32 GMT
After using the receptacle in the f-hole for many years, I concluded that it would look better to the audience, and be more comfortable for me to play, if the receptacle was in the tail-block, so I removed it from the f-hole and installed it in the tail-block. No regrets.
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Post by Stevie on Jun 23, 2015 6:20:11 GMT
I just put mine in the strap peg location from the get go. I winged the gapped ( and thus non-functional) tail piece block.
Despite warnings of imminent body collapse from interested parties, here I am seven years on and it still plays and sounds as well as it ever did with no sign of the body giving up the ghost. As ever, YMMV etc.
If I had gone down the F hole route, I think I'd have invested in an angled jack plug and run the lead behind the strap.
e&oe...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 7:23:27 GMT
I would have the angled jack in the guitar, but when I rearranged my pedal board, I couldn't get the straight jack to fit in the first pedal. It does not affect playing at all as it is, just looks a bit odd.
TT
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 23, 2015 10:16:21 GMT
There was a time when everyone used the treble-side F hole as a jack socket. It works fine, but be careful when using a straight heavy jack plug and cable. If that lead got pulled, or the plug got knocked, it would bend the front of your guitar. Use an angled jack plug, or risk a nasty accident!
Can we some of your gig?
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 12:25:27 GMT
National apparently makes a replacement cover plate, they call it the Hot Plate -- it's got a single-coil tele (neck) style pickup made by Lollar, and controls and jack built in. Kind of pricey, unless you're already playing a National, of course.  |
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Post by slide496 on Jun 23, 2015 14:29:31 GMT
Be hard to know with the hot plate if the drill holes would line up with the coverplate you were replacing. That might be an issue for some.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 23, 2015 14:47:02 GMT
Harriet is correct that apart from NRP and as far as I know, most vintage Nationals, that new holes would need to be drilled in the top of the guitar.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 15:29:50 GMT
What's a few holes (and 460 euros) when you can add that kind of coolness?
Although I kind of like deuce's punkish "jack? what jack?" approach too...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 12:24:07 GMT
Can we some of your gig? Shine On Michael If you mean can we hear some of it, it was video'd and I'm awaiting the guy to process / send me it. I'll edit the bad bits out... TT |
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 24, 2015 13:07:40 GMT
Yes I did mean "can we HEAR some..."  ....Easy to do when typing at speed Shine On Michael |
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