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Post by jono1uk on Apr 26, 2020 21:42:05 GMT
I noticed on a video today a few resos with the jack socket in the fhole .
i take it the cone needs to removed to get inside to tighten the socket?
Regards
Jon
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Post by snakehips on Apr 26, 2020 22:21:37 GMT
Yes !
But you would need to open up the reso guitar to drill a hole for the jack socket in the side, anyway.
At least placing it in the jack socket, you do not damage the guitar irreversibly !
If you wear thumb and finger picks, I guarantee you it is far easier fitting a right-angled jack into the jack socket on the front of the guitar, than down the side of the guitar !
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Post by jono1uk on Apr 26, 2020 22:53:30 GMT
ok ..so after the plate comes of do you mark where the cone sits and then just lift it out? ( single cone MM)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2020 23:07:46 GMT
Yes.
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Post by snakehips on Apr 26, 2020 23:59:36 GMT
If the biscuit is snug/tight on the cone, then the bridge can only really go one way, so the cone should go back in it’s original position.
That’s of course unless you are replacing the biscuit too (eg. If you were fitting a Highlander pickup .............)
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Post by pete1951 on Apr 27, 2020 6:59:43 GMT
mark the biscuit/cone junction with a pen of some sort while you’re at it.
Pete
The biscuit screw is usually too tight for the biscuit to move relative to the cone, but it can sometimes twist out of place, cones are delicate things , take care!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2020 9:49:10 GMT
It's a bit strange (at first) having a lead coming out of the f-hole.
Either use an angled jack, or better still, get a set of transmitter / receivers.
TT
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 27, 2020 11:15:12 GMT
This was something that was started back in the days when only real vintage National guitars existed, as a way of not destroying a vintage instrument. Correct me if I am wrong, but the first person to do this was Steve Phillips back in the 80s. All MM guitars that have pickups installed have the jack socket on the side, which in my opinion is preferable.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by gaucho on Apr 27, 2020 15:14:52 GMT
I have a vintage Style 0 set up that way. Its a bit of a Frankenguit so I don't worry about it to much. On modern guitars, I don't have any qualms about drilling a hole for a jack tho...  |
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Post by jono1uk on Apr 27, 2020 18:14:52 GMT
Thanks all for your advice ..Reso is out of surgery and recuperating awaiting a fresh set of strings .... :-)
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Post by tokyo on Apr 27, 2020 21:11:29 GMT
 f this was a vintage instrument of mine then no way but I am vintage myself and its what i want to suit me and it does and some may cringe and some may weep but for me Drill and be dammed ! I have also done the same to my Gretsch but volume only with a MM pickup No doubt I will be cursed when i am long gone and I shall not care a fig ,The jack plug is on the side with a small maple 3mm thick block glued inside for stability ...Please fellas no death threats. |
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Post by coach on Apr 27, 2020 21:18:24 GMT
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hope you don't use Newtone nickels like I do, or it might be waiting a long time
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Post by jono1uk on Apr 27, 2020 21:36:12 GMT
mmmmm i want some Newtone Monel ..out of stock ...
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Post by Michael Messer on Apr 27, 2020 21:36:16 GMT
I hope you don't use Newtone nickels like I do, or it might be waiting a long time I know that Neil is doing his best to keep going through the lockdown, but working alone does slow things down. I am in the same position with MM Guitars, still in business but running way slower than I usually do. Shine On Michael |
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Post by gaucho on Apr 28, 2020 14:14:10 GMT
We're all in that same boat! Hope this lockdown eases soon!
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