How do I tighten this??

[jake_xms3_punk]

The input jack/strap button on my epiphone ej200CE has come loose and it feels like it's only a matter of time before it comes off, how would I go about tightening it? I've tried putting my arm in the sound hole but nope lol

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: How do I tighten this??

place nut over guitar cable
insert cable into jack
pull thru hole
hold cable while tightening

or some such
I don't know

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: How do I tighten this??

The nut is on the inside of the guitar

 

[Warheart]

Re: How do I tighten this??

The strap button itself should come off the jack if it is this model:
http://www.allparts.com/EP-4161-001-Switchcraft-Nickel-End-Pin-Jack_p_1379.html

If you can get the strap button off, there should be another nut and washer underneath it that you have to first loosen, take the jack out through the soundhole, adjust the nut on the interior side of the jack, and then put it back in the endblock. Make sure when you are trying to loosen the strap button that the rest of the input jack is not spinning. IF it does, you may damage the wires and have to resolder it as well.

I usually reach into the guitar with a #2 Phillips screwdriver through the input jack hole. Since you can't reach the endblock with just your hand, by putting the screwdriver in the input jack hole, you can push the jack onto the screwdriver and it should hold well enough to pull it back out with the jack attached. Install the washer then nut, there should be a hole going sideways through the jack as well. You can put an Allan key through that to hold it in place while you tighten with a thumb wrench.

For a diagram:
http://www.lrbaggs.com/sites/default/files/pdf/element_active_manual.pdf

Basically, you're crushing the wood between 2 nuts and washers, that's all that keeps them in place most times.

 

[BrianS.]

Re: How do I tighten this??

^Yep.

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: How do I tighten this??

The strap button itself should come off the jack if it is this model:
http://www.allparts.com/EP-4161-001-Switchcraft-Nickel-End-Pin-Jack_p_1379.html

If you can get the strap button off, there should be another nut and washer underneath it that you have to first loosen, take the jack out through the soundhole, adjust the nut on the interior side of the jack, and then put it back in the endblock. Make sure when you are trying to loosen the strap button that the rest of the input jack is not spinning. IF it does, you may damage the wires and have to resolder it as well.

I usually reach into the guitar with a #2 Phillips screwdriver through the input jack hole. Since you can't reach the endblock with just your hand, by putting the screwdriver in the input jack hole, you can push the jack onto the screwdriver and it should hold well enough to pull it back out with the jack attached. Install the washer then nut, there should be a hole going sideways through the jack as well. You can put an Allan key through that to hold it in place while you tighten with a thumb wrench.

For a diagram:
http://www.lrbaggs.com/sites/default/files/pdf/element_active_manual.pdf

Basically, you're crushing the wood between 2 nuts and washers, that's all that keeps them in place most times.

Thanks a lot man!! I'll try that tomorrow and report back