Question about sidejack
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:25 pm
I want to put a sidejack on a mustang by the control plate but what kind of plate should I get? Would a football jack be too thick? Being that the mustang body is thinner.
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:27 pm
Or should I just do something like this....
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:04 pm
do you have a strat jack you can measure? i know when i did it on my tele years ago i was suprised that it went almost completely side to side, tho it wasn't a standard run of thte mill tele or anything. i don't even remember how thick the body was..... but it was a beast.
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:10 pm
Nope. And I mean the strat jack on the back not the side. I guess what I am really asking is, what can I use for the side of the body for the jack to mount that isnt too thick?
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:20 pm
shit man, for the side, i would cut out a piece of a record, or score a bit of pickguard material, walla, side jack.
i wouldn't dick with a tele style or anything like the electro jack.
you might be able to do what shad did to the sguar. the jack busted thru the front. and he used a bit from a strap lock to re-secure it. might work really well. might not.
i wouldn't dick with a tele style or anything like the electro jack.
you might be able to do what shad did to the sguar. the jack busted thru the front. and he used a bit from a strap lock to re-secure it. might work really well. might not.
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:54 pm
Hmmm. In installed a football jack on my friends strat but I think the mustang thickness won't work.
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:38 am
What about a flush endpin jack for an acoustic guitar? Just drill a half inch hole (or whatever is right) from the edge to hit the control cavity. Something like this is very narrow and only costs a few bucks:
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:42 am
Yeah. That might work.
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:49 am
So what you want to know is what diameter hole would you need to drill to mount a football jack?
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:34 am
Yeah. How wide is the football jack plate?
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:56 am
I've got a guitar that was drilled to mount a football jack. I'll measure the size of the hole later and get back to you. It is quite thin body though, so my guess is you'd be fine.
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:06 am
Ok. Thanks a lot man! It's not going on an actual mustang. It's going on the jagstang 3.0 because I wanna make that in mustang thickness.
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:43 pm
The hole I drilled to fit the football jack plate is 23mm, but would probably have been done with an imperial bit as I did it in America. That's about 9/10". One thing I don't know is the dimension of the plate itself, but you should be able to find that online at some store that sells them.
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:46 pm
GPR have it as 1" (25.4mm) for non-recessed and 1 1/16" (27mm) for recessed. The hole diameter I gave is for recessed.James wrote:.. you should be able to find that online at some store that sells them.